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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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ITVS International: Application for Film Funding; Deadline February 5
January 25, 2010ITVS International Call enables independent producers from outside of the United States to create documentaries for U.S. television. Through the International Call, storytellers from other countries introduce U.S. audiences to their global neighbors, opening a window into unfamiliar lives, experiences and perspectives. The deadline for ITVS…
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And the 2010 duPont-Columbia University Awards go to…
January 22, 2010Last night, the 2010 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards were presented. Among the winners of this prestigious broadcast journalism award was the ITVS film The Judge and the General, by Elizabeth Farnsworth and Patricio Lanfranco, which aired on P.O.V. on PBS. The Judge and the General reveals the transformation of Judge Juan Guzmán in Chile as…
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ITVS Open Call Funding: Deadline January 15
January 8, 2010Looking for film funding? Don't miss out on Open Call, which provides finishing funds for single non-fiction or animation public television programs on any subject and from any viewpoint. Projects must have begun production as evidenced by a work-in-progress video. The deadline for Open Call funding is Friday, January 15, 2010. Due dates are not…