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Open Call

Open Call provides documentary funding and co-production support so you can complete your nonfiction work in progress, then air it on public television.

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Diversity Development Fund

DDF gives directors of color up to $35,000 in research and development funding so you can develop your documentary for air on public television. Pre-production nonfiction projects only.

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Short-Form Open Call

Short-Form Open Call offers development and co-production funding to help you complete your short nonfiction film or series for distribution on public media's web-based platforms.

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Series and Special Projects

We commission a limited number of innovative and timely projects for public media, providing development and production funding. Submissions for Series and Special Project funding are by invitation-only. This collection also encompasses documentary films funded through limited special open calls held over the years.


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ITVS in the Field

We’d love to meet you! Join the ITVS team at an event. We want to hear about your latest projects.

  1. SFFilm Festival

    April 13-23, 2023
    San Francisco, CA

    Davin Agatep

    Manager, Content & Initiatives

    Jannette Napoli

  2. Reel Abilities Film Festival

    April 27 - May 3, 2023
    New York, NY
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    Supervising Producer

    Michael Ehrenzweig

  3. Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival

    April 27 - May 7, 2023
    Toronto, Canada
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    Vice President of Content

    Noland Walker

  4. Southern Documentary Convening

    May 19-21, 2023
    Durham, NC

    Davin Agatep

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    Director, Content & Initiatives

    Keri Archer Brown

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  1. ITVS Receives NEA Research Grant to Better Understand Relationship Between Documentary Makers and Participants

    March 21, 2023

    Amid intense ongoing discussions of ethics in the arts, including the potential power imbalance between filmmakers and film participants, ITVS will research evidence-based practices that documentary filmmakers may use as they work with people who participate in their films. ITVS is partnering with researchers from Columbia University and…

  2. ITVS Shares Our Progress on Representation

    February 7, 2023

    As an organization with diversity and inclusivity as our top priority, ITVS has a long record of sharing with the public the data that we provide each fiscal year to our board of directors. We’re proud of our record of representation—on our board, on our staff, and among our ITVS-funded filmmakers and programs—and we continuously strive to improve our…

  3. ITVS Announces CEO Departure of Sally Jo Fifer

    January 12, 2023

    ITVS announced today that it will launch a search for its next chief executive officer to succeed Sally Jo Fifer. She will remain in her role until the board hires and onboards a new President and CEO.“What a gift it has been these past 22 years to serve film artists who engage and transform our hearts and minds — make us more empathetic, more just, more wise,”…