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DISABILITY REPRESENTATION
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Trailblazing Stories for Public Media
Partner with ITVS and we’ll give you the co-producing support you need to complete your project, every step of the way.
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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.
Find out moreReopens 2023
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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.
Find out moreReopens 2023
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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.
Find out moreReopens 2024

Find Us in the Field
We’d love to meet you! Join the ITVS team at an event. We want to hear about your latest projects.
- SFFilm Festival
- April 13-23, 2023, San Francisco, CA
- Reel Abilities Film Festival
- April 27 - May 3, 2023, New York, NY
- Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival
- April 27 - May 7, 2023, Toronto, Canada

PBS’s showcase of independent documentaries and ITVS-funded stories like Free Chol Soo Lee.