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1. The ITVS Indie Roundup

   March 22, 2013

   A curated list of indie news and recommendations from ITVS’s Rebecca Huval. San Franciscans, rejoice! Nick Offerman, who plays the meat-lovin’ libertarian and all-around heartthrob Ron Swanson on Parks and Recreation, will be in-person at the Roxie Theatre Saturday for the indie flick he stars in, Somebody Up There Likes Me. MacArthur Foundation just…

2. The ITVS Indie Roundup

   February 8, 2013

   A curated list of indie news and recommendations from ITVS’s Rebecca Huval. Guaranteed to put a goofy smile on your face: When filmmaker Bianca Giaever asked a six-year-old what her movie should be about, she recorded the interview as narration and took up each of the kid’s dares. The resulting short film, the Scared is scared, includes whimsical…

3. The ITVS Indie Roundup

   January 25, 2013

   A curated list of indie news and recommendations from ITVS’s Rebecca Huval. Female directors are way more likely to have directed a documentary at Sundance than a narrative film — 34.5 percent of documentaries were directed by women, compared to 16.9 percent of narrative films in the last decade of the festival. One filmmaker at Sundance, Sarah Polley,…

4. The ITVS Indie Roundup

   January 21, 2013

   A curated list of indie news and recommendations from ITVS’s Rebecca Huval. More documentary films are being made now than ever. To make sense of their impact, social scientists are using Big Data to measure cultural shifts within social media. People of all professions go through quarter-life crises, but young filmmakers have a specific set of…

5. The ITVS Indie Roundup

   December 14, 2012

   A curated list of indie news and recommendations from ITVS’s Rebecca Huval. OOur friends at Chicken & Egg Pictures just granted more than $200,000 to 25 documentaries produced by female filmmakers. Take a look at this year’s enticing list films. Become a pre-interview pro with these tips from the directors of Better This World and ITVS’s The…