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  1. ITVS Backs Award at the 2013 Pixel Market

    July 25, 2013

    ITVS and Power to the Pixel (PttP) announce the ITVS Impact Pixel Market prize for the best social impact project.ITVS is excited to partner with this year’s Pixel Market in launching a new award for the best social impact project. Over $4,500 (£3,000) in development funding will be awarded to the winning fiction or non-fiction project that makes a

  2. Independent Lens and ITVS Receive Eight News and Documentary Emmy Nominations

    July 12, 2013

    The News and Documentary Emmy nominations are in and several Independent Lens docs and ITVS-funded films have been recognized by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Danfung Dennis' Hell and Back Again — which had previously been nominated for an Oscar — was nominated for a Best Documentary Emmy. The film intimately traces a Marine's rough

  3. Children of the Northern Lights: Season Finale of FUTURESTATES

    June 28, 2013

    Producer Cara Marcous gives us an inside look at the inspiration behind the season finale of FUTURESTATES, Children of the Northern Lights, which is available to stream for free at futurestates.tvWriter and director Andrew MacLean drew his original inspiration for the film from a traditional Iñuit legend of the same name, whose ideas had always

  4. Four ITVS Programs Nominated for Imagen Awards

    June 21, 2013

    Granito: How to Nail a Dictator, Mariachi High, Precious Knowledge, and Tales of Masked Men were the ITVS programs recognized with nominations for the 28th annual Imagen Awards. Administered by the Imagen Foundation, the Imagen Awards aim to recognize and reward positive portrayals of Latinos in all forms of media, as well as to encourage and recognize

  5. Don't Miss the ITVS Open Call Deadline

    June 20, 2013

    The Independent Television Service (ITVS) seeks applications for the Open Call funding initiative. Open Call provides completion funds for single nonfiction public television programs on any subject, and from any viewpoint. Projects must have begun production as evidenced by a work-in-progress video. Open Call funding is only available to