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LINCS Film Funding: Q&A with Panelist
September 15, 2009Linking Independents and Co-Producing Stations (LINCS) provides matching funds (up to $100,000) to partnerships between public television stations and independent producers. For the past two days, the LINCS panel––made up of peers in the independent film and television community––has been convening to recommend eight to ten projects for ITVS…
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Subscribe to Beyond the Box Blog by Email
August 30, 2009Are you a fan of indie film? Are you a filmmaker looking for funding opportunities? Interested in free film screenings? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, sign up to get Beyond the Box Blog posts delivered by email. This once-a-day email will give you the latest news from the Independent Television Service (ITVS), which funds and presents…
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Free Screening of BRONX PRINCESS This Saturday in Little Ghana Neighborhood
August 25, 2009BRONX PRINCESS tells the true story of Rocky Otoo, the Bronx-born teenage daughter of royal Ghanaian parents. With freedom in sight, this sassy, college-bound overachiever rebels against working at her mother’s beauty shop moves to Ghana, West Africa, with her royal father and reconciles her African heritage with her dream of independence. Funded by…
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Apply for ITVS Diversity Development Funding: Deadline on September 25
August 5, 2009Interested in film funding? ITVS funds, distributes and promotes new programs primarily for public television. We work with independent producers to create and present programs that take creative risks, advance issues and represent points of view not usually seen on public or commercial television. The Diversity Development Fund provides up to…
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Filmmaker Shukree Tilghman Wraps up Last Days at Open Call Orientation
July 28, 2009ITVS's Open Call orientation concluded last week. Shukree Tilghman, filmmaker of MORE THAN A MONTH, reflects on his experience meeting staff, attending workshops and gives an inside look at the process––something he believes filmmakers consider to be shrouded in secrecy. Get his take below.I was asked to write a blog about my experiences at Open Call…