Press Releases
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PBS and ITVS to Offer Indie Content on iTunes Store
November 30, 2009(Arlington, VA/San Francisco, CA)—Independent Television Service (ITVS) and PBS announce the availability of more than 20 independent films at the iTunes Store (www.itunes.com/movies/pbs). Curated specifically for iTunes, the collection offers a diverse perspective from filmmakers pursuing stories not normally seen through mainstream…
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Five ITVS Documentaries to Screen at the World Renowned International Documentary Festival (IDFA) in Amsterdam
November 16, 2009(San Francisco)—The Independent Television Service (ITVS) has announced that five of its productions have been chosen as official selections for the 22nd International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA). Running from November 19-29, 2009, the prestigious festival is the largest showcase of documentary film in the world. Many ITVS films…
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ITVS and P.O.V. Announce the Launch of Online Resource for Honoring Returning American Troops in Conjunction with Veteran’s Day Premiere of The Way We Get By
November 11, 2009(San Francisco, CA)—The Independent Television Service (ITVS) and the PBS’s award–winning series POV announce the launch of the I>Returning Home Projectwebsite (www.returninghomeproject.com), an online interactive resource inspired by the ITVS-funded program THE WAY WE GET BY. In the award-winning documentary, filmmakers Aron Gaudet and…
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ITVS Announces FUTURESTATES, a New Online Fictional Series to Explore Visions of Life in a Future America
November 3, 2009(SAN FRANCISCO, CA) — The Independent Television Service (ITVS) announced today that it will unveil key concepts of its new FUTURESTATES series at AFI’s Digifest in Los Angeles on November 5, 2009. The series, which will be made available online beginning March 2010, will consist of 11 mini-features each 15 minutes in length, created by independent…
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Between the Folds, a Film about Finding Inspiration in Unexpected Places, Premieres Tuesday, December 8, at 10pm on the PBS Series Independent Lens
October 23, 2009(San Francisco, CA)—When you look at a piece of paper, what do you see? If your answer is a flat, two-dimensional square, then BETWEEN THE FOLDS will astound you. Blurring the mysterious lines between art, science, sculpture and math, the film is an exhilarating adventure into origami, or paper folding, featuring works of art whose emotional…