Press Releases

  1. Seven ITVS Documentaries To Screen At The World-Renowned International Documentary Festival (IDFA) In Amsterdam

    October 25, 2010

    (San Francisco)—The Independent Television Service (ITVS) has announced that seven of its productions have been chosen as official selections for the 23rd International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA). Running from November 17 to 29, 2010, the prestigious festival is the largest showcase of documentary film in the world. Many ITVS films…

  2. ITVS Announces Partnership with Kino Lorber Edu to Bring Reel Injun to Audiences Across America as Part of Community Cinema

    October 15, 2010

    (San Francisco, CA) -- The Independent Television Service (ITVS), the leader in independent public media, is pleased to partner with Kino Lorber Edu on the outreach and promotion of Reel Injun: On the Trail of the Hollywood Indian as part of ITVS's national engagement program, Community Cinema. Leading up to the National Broadcast of Reel Injun on the Emmy…

  3. 12 International Nonfiction Productions Receive Funding Through ITVS’s Global Perspective Project

    October 6, 2010

    (San Francisco, CA) — The Independent Television Service (ITVS), leading funder of U.S. independent television productions, announced that it has contracted with 12 international documentary projects from its 2010 International Call as part of the Global Perspective Project, a two-way television exchange that brings documentaries from other…

  4. ITVS Film The English Surgeon Nabs An Emmy at the 31st Annual News and Documentary Emmy® Awards

    September 29, 2010

    San Francisco, (CA)—The Independent Television Service (ITVS) announced today that The English Surgeon, by director Geoffrey Smith, has won an Emmy® in the Outstanding Science and Technology Programming category.  An ITVS International production, this is the story of acclaimed British neurosurgeon Henry Marsh, who has traveled to Ukraine for 15…

  5. Masters In Their Day, Two Armenian Men Now Struggle To Keep The Ancient Art Of Tight Rope Dancing Alive

    September 23, 2010

    (San Francisco, CA) –Seventy-eight-year-old Zhora and 77-year-old Knyaz were once the most celebrated tightrope dancers in Armenia. Today, they are the only masters left, trying to keep this art alive against the currents of contemporary society. Envious rivals throughout their lives, they now share the same hope: that the only remaining…