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Filmmaker Pamela Yates Reflects on Open Call Orientation at ITVS
February 16, 2010ITVS’s Open Call orientation concluded last week. Pamela Yates, filmmaker of Granito, gives an overview on her experience and why she is excited about working with ITVS and presenting her film on public television. Get her take below.The first thing that struck me at the ITVS Producer’s Orientation was the force. The force of dozens of people working as one…
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Ravi Patel Discusses His First Open Call Orientation
February 12, 2010ITVS’s Open Call provides finishing funds for single non-fiction or animation public television programs on any subject and from any viewpoint. This week, ITVS hosted 17 filmmakers who were recently awarded Open Call funding. Ravi Patel, writer, director, and subject of the film One in a Billion, shares his thoughts about his first several days at…
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Indie Films to Watch This Valentine’s Day Weekend
February 12, 2010It’s almost Valentine’s Day and we thought we’d share just a short list of some ITVS films that explore the power of love and relationships. Whether you can’t wait to celebrate this weekend or believe that Valentine’s Day is nothing more than an exploitation of mass consumerism, we think these films will warm the hearts of even the biggest cynics! Check out…
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Special Community Screening of P-Star Rising
February 8, 2010A special community screening of the Independent Lens film P-Star Rising was recently held in Chicago. The film, which airs tomorrow night at 10:00 PM on Independent Lens on PBS, looks at nine-year-old Pricilla who wants to be the youngest female rap star ever and her single father who is determined to help her make it big. Find out what happened from…
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Join the Live Streaming Webcast Tonight: Myths of Filmmaking and Funding
February 8, 2010ITVS recently hosted a special live streaming webcast of the San Francisco Film Society (SFFS)’s Arts Forum, a bi-monthly workshop that includes dynamic presentations, topical panels, works-in-progress screenings, and trade secrets. The forum, entitled “Thinking Outside the Doc Box,” is designed to explode the myth that funders and broadcasters…