Bold Stories Begin Here

Featured Funded Films

Belly of the Beast

In California’s women prisons, incarcerated people who were sterilized without their consent fight for justice.
Ballerina Boys

A young man’s transformative journey from a diagnosis of severe autism at age three to his dream job, dancing in an all-male ballet company.
Asian Americans

The most ambitious chronicle of the Asian American story in the United States.

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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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Reopens Winter 2022
Diversity Development Fund

DDF gives producers of color up to $25,000 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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Reopens August 9, 2021
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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News
Report: Stories for a Stronger Nation
July 19, 2021

ITVS is proud to share Stories for a Stronger Nation, a report that represents the culmination of a months-long series of conversations convened by ITVS board members Garry Denny, Sharon La Cruise and Patricia Aufderheide and published in collaboration with the Center for Media & Social Impact (CMSI) at American University with support from Ford…
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ITVS Shares Our Progress on POC Representation
July 6, 2021

ITVS is committed today to publish key data that we provide each fiscal year to our Board.

PBS’s showcase of independent documentaries and ITVS-funded stories like Phillly D.A.