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You have a powerful story to tell—let’s bring it to life together. We offer development and co-production funds for short and feature documentaries.

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Up to $36k in production funds for vertical content with hands-on mentorship and industry guidance.

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Incubator Fund

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Early-stage funding for nonfiction web series and features, and a three to six-month incubator to advance your program materials while growing skills.

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As the leading incubator and funder of independent documentaries, ITVS has co-produced over 1,400 projects since our founding in 1988.

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A daughter explores the immigrant experience in America and the human capacity to love, dream, and survive through the story of her South Asian father—who worked as a gas station attendant.

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Fish Doorbell

A livestream created to help migrating fish reach their spawning grounds unexpectedly connects a Dutch lock keeper with an isolated woman in West Virginia.

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Development

A woman with long dark hair and gold hoop earrings smiles softly, resting her chin on her hand, seated on brown steps outdoors.

Carin Jin-Yi Leong

Director

Carin Leong is a Brooklyn-based documentary filmmaker. Her film, Sandcastles (Field of Vision), screened at SXSW, Hot Docs, and the Singapore International Film Festival, and her work has been supported by Aesthetica, DOK Leipzig, and UFO, where she is a fellow. In 2024, Filmmaker Magazine named her one of its 25 Faces of Independent Film.