Join our newsletter!

Get Funded

Get Funded

You have a powerful story to tell—let’s bring it to life together. We offer development and co-production funds for short and feature documentaries.

EXPLORE OUR PROGRAMS

Our Funds

Open Call

Open Call

Not currently accepting applications

Up to $400k in funding for features and $50k for shorts in co-production support and creative development.

View Open Call

Development Fund

Not currently accepting applications

Up to $35k in early-stage funding for nonfiction projects 30, 60, or 90 minutes in length, and full funding proposal feedback.
Working With Us
Documentaries
Documentaries

As the leading incubator and funder of independent documentaries, ITVS has co-produced over 1,800 projects since our founding in 1988.

EXPLORE OUR DOCUMENTARIES
Featured Film

Home Court

Home Court

Home Court traces the ascent of Ashley Chea, a basketball prodigy whose life intensifies amid recruitment, injury, and triumph throughout her high school career.

Our Work

Where We Stream
About
About ITVS

We amplify powerful stories and voices that represent the breadth of our communities across America.

Read More About ITVS
Who We Are
Search

The City (La Ciudad)

Eliciting hope, The City (La Ciudad) is the narrative story of Latin American immigrants seeking community in a large, impersonal city.

Premiere Date

September 22, 2000

Length

90 minutes

Funding Type

Co-Production

Awards & Recognition

Winner

1999 South by Southwest Film Festival (SXSW) - Best Narrative Feature

The City (La Ciudad), David Riker's critically acclaimed program, is a collection of stories about the love, hope, loss, and dreams of Latin American immigrants living in New York City. Set in the present day, The City (La Ciudad) takes us inside this community of newcomers, creating a powerful and incisive drama about the loneliness, displacement, and economic hardship which they face in the new and unfamiliar world of the city.