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Featured Funded Films

Belly of the Beast

In California’s women prisons, incarcerated people who were sterilized without their consent fight for justice.
Free Chol Soo Lee

The rollercoaster life story of Chol Soo Lee, a Korean immigrant wrongfully convicted of murder who inspired a movement to free him.
Fire Through Dry Grass

Fire Through Dry Grass uncovers the devastation experienced by New York City nursing home residents during the COVID-19 pandemic and their fight to be seen, heard—and survive.

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Open Call

Open Call provides documentary funding and co-production support so you can complete your nonfiction work in progress, then air it on public television.

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Open until February 11, 2022 11:59 PM PDT
Diversity Development Fund

DDF gives producers of color up to $25,000 in research and development funding so you can develop your documentary for air on public television. Pre-production nonfiction projects only.

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Reopens Summer 2022
Short-Form Open Call

Short-Form Open Call offers development and co-production funding to help you complete your short nonfiction film or series for distribution on public media's web-based platforms.

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Remembering Michael Shiro
October 29, 2021

Remembering the life and impact of longtime ITVS Controller Michael Shiro, who died age 59 on October 22, 2021.
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ITVS Launches NEH-supported $1.7 Million Fellowship for Independent Filmmakers and Advisors Working in the Humanities
October 5, 2021

How can supporting a diverse cohort of 20 filmmakers for one year bring new perspectives to documentary filmmaking and the humanities?

PBS’s showcase of independent documentaries and ITVS-funded stories like Apart.