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The ITVS Indie Roundup
October 26, 2012A curated list of indie news and recommendations from ITVS’s Rebecca Huval. Get into the Halloween mood with The Awl’s list of classic Hollywood monsters, including Mrs. Danvers from Rebecca, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and Kim Novak’s eyebrows. The U.S. Copyright Office just granted documentary filmmakers a special pass. In an exemption to the…
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The ITVS Indie Roundup
October 19, 2012A curated list of indie news and recommendations from ITVS’s Rebecca Huval. The director of concert documentary Andrew Bird: Fever Year has found an even more intimate subject to cover for her next nonfiction film. Xan Aranda will explore the Mormon film industry and her own disillusionment from the faith. She dished out the details to Chicago WBEZ’s The…
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MacArthur Foundation Open Call for Documentary Film Proposals
August 16, 2012The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is accepting proposals for documentary film and transmedia projects between Monday, August 6, 2012 and Friday, September 7, 2012. The program seeks to fund documentary projects that address the significant social challenges of our time or explore important but under-reported topics. Domestic and…
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The ITVS Indie Roundup
June 29, 2012A curated list of indie news and recommendations from ITVS’s Rebecca Huval. You’ll never look at a dumpster the same way again. The sanitation department of Hamburg, Germany, teamed up with an advertising agency to form the Trashcan Project. They plant pinhole cameras on the dumpsters, offering a trash-level view of the city. Awaken your creative juices…
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New AIR Initiative Seeks Innovative Media Makers
October 25, 2011Localore — a new initiative from The Association of Independents in Radio (AIR) — is recruiting innovative producers to lead public stations in ways beyond broadcast. Calling all independent media makers (yes, we’re talking to you filmmakers)! Do you want to explore new ways of telling your story? Do you have an idea that takes advantage of both…