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  1. "You Can’t Hurry the Process of Gaining Trust": Patty Zagarella's Blind Love

    July 16, 2020

    Australian filmmaker Patty Zagarella talks to ITVS about her experience producing the "Blind Love" series (including the annoyance of having a very similarly titled but very different Netflix series pop up at the same time) and about the process of applying for Short-Form Open Call.

  2. Filmmaker Bao Nguyen and writer Jeff Chang, with filmmaker Justin Chon in the middle

    “Everything Fell into Place”: Jeff Chang and Bao Nguyen Gon’ Be Alright

    November 20, 2019

    When everything dovetails together so nicely for a creative project, any other filmmaking team would love to know just how it happened. Serendipity? Lightning in a bottle? Blood, sweat, and tears?The collaborators behind the ITVS Short-Form Open Call-supported We Gon' Be Alright documentary web series, filmmaker Bao Nguyen and writer/producer Jeff

  3. ITVS Documentary Film Funding logo

    ITVS Open Call and Digital Open Call Now Accepting Submissions

    December 12, 2016

    ITVS documentary funding application windows now open for feature-length documentary works-in-progress and original web series pilots.

  4. ITVS Digital Open Call banner

    ITVS Digital Open Call Now Accepting Submissions

    March 7, 2016

    ITVS is excited to announce its call for entries for the Digital Open Call. Now in its second year, the fund will support independent filmmakers in developing and piloting original web series for public media's digital platforms, including PBS.org, PBS-branded YouTube channels, and others. ITVS is thrilled to continue building a pipeline for producers

  5. ITVS Karim Ahmad at SXSW Interactive panel

    ITVS Announces New Digital Open Call

    March 27, 2015

    The ITVS team just wrapped up a great week of sessions, film screenings, and networking with fellow storytellers and filmmakers at the annual SxSW Festival in Austin, Texas. While we were there, in conjunction with a panel that ITVS’s own Karim Ahmad, Senior Digital Content Strategist, participated in called “Who’s Going To Fund Your Web Series,” we made a