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FUNDED FILMS: 1,434
PEABODY: 32
EMMY AWARDS: 30

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.

Open until July 28, 2017 11:59 PM PDT

07/28/2017 23:59 PM America/Los_Angeles Open Call Deadline Details at https://itvs.org/funding/open-call MM/DD/YYYY aKiBAUpmXzpWKCxyzmOc24221

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Recent Open Call Projects

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Digital Open Call

Digital Open Call offers research and development funding for you to pilot a series on public media platforms. Pre-production projects only.

The deadline for this round was February 17, 2017 5:00 PM PST

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Recent Digital Open Call Projects

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Diversity Development Fund

DDF gives producers of color up to $15,000 in research and development funding so you can develop your documentary for air on public television. Pre-production projects only.

Reopens Fall 2017

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Recent Diversity Development Fund Projects

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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.

Recent Series and Special Projects

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ITVS in the Field

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

VidCon
June 21-24, 2017
Anaheim, CA

Senior Digital Content Strategist
Karim Ahmad
National Association of Latino Independent Producers (NALIP) -- Producers Academy
June 22-23, 2017
Santa Fe, NM

Senior Manager of Content and Initiatives
Monika Navarro

Independent Lens

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Filmmaker Resources

The AIR/ITVS Scan of Independent Journalists

This benchmark analysis provides new insight into how independent radio, television, and online producers intersect with the rapidly evolving public media landscape.
From Concept to Contract: The Path of an ITVS Proposal

ITVS can give you the funding and support you need to tell your story. Here's a behind-the-scenes look at the process submitted proposals follow.
Open Call Live Chat - Winter 2017

From application troubleshooting to distribution, and everything that falls in-between, the Open Call team will be on hand to answer any last minute questions before the deadline.
Open Call: Work Samples Webinar

Learn how to craft strong work samples that will make your project competitive for ITVS Open Call.
Open Call: Treatment Writing Webinar

We break down the ITVS program description requirements and see excerpts of successful treatments.
ITVS Budgeting Webinar

Learn how to craft a budget for ITVS that will get your film finished on time and pay everyone an equitable salary.

From our blog

ITVS Board Elects Two New Members
April 20, 2017
ITVS is pleased to announce that Delida Costin and Sharon La Cruise have joined our Board of Directors.
Dawn Porter's "TRAPPED" Wins Peabody Award
April 19, 2017
ITVS-funded film TRAPPED wins a 2017 Peabody Award, and four more ITVS films were finalists.
Peabody Names ITVS Institutional Award Winner
April 13, 2017
ITVS was proud to learn that it is this year's recipient of a Peabody Institutional Award, one of journalistic storytelling's highest honors.

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