New York International Children's Film Festival New York, NY
Nic Yulo
STEM Content Creator; Director of Horizon and Knights in Newark
Girls POV: Science On Screen— Trailblazing young scientists
Program Description
Take a special FilmEd field trip exploring the science themes in NYICFF’s 2022 Girls’ POV: Science on Screen® program with Nic Yulo, STEM content creator and director of Horizon and Knights in Newark, two of the films featured in this program.
Presented At
New York International Children's Film Festival New York, NY
Film Synopsis
This year Girls’ POV looks forward, and back, to celebrate stories of young scientists who are trailblazing creative ways to solve some of the world’s biggest challenges.
Whether you’re inspired by the historical tale of a 19th century fossil hunter, wanting to watch real-life stories of young innovators like Gitanjali Rao, or getting Sci Fi with social justice in the Knights in Newark, you’ll see that there’s no science to gender bias; these girls lead the field!
About the Speaker
Nic Yulo, STEM content creator and director of Horizon and Knights in Newark, two of the films featured in this program. Nic is a STEM children's book author and writer-director whose work spans from picture books to AAA video games. She is a 2022 BAFTA Newcomer, a Chinonye Chukwu Emerging Writer Awardee, and a juror for the 2022 BAFTA Games Awards. Her work has received an Alfred P. Sloan Screenwriting Award, an Adobe Design Achievement Award, and has been recognized by the Sloan Film Summit presented by Film Independent, NYWIFT, SeriesFest, and Shondaland. Her debut picture book, Patch of Sky, which brings easy STEM concepts to life for very young readers, was published by Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Random House, in July 2022.