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  1. At SXSW with ITVS Programming Manager Karim Ahmad

    March 19, 2009

    Held annually in Austin, Texas, South By Southwest (SXSW) is considered one of the world's premiere festivals, recognizing the best of film, music and interactive projects. ITVS Programming Manager Karim Ahmad gives some of the highlights from ITVS's and PBS's participation from this past week.Despite unseasonably cold and wet weather in Austin (and…

  2. International Report From the Field with Cynthia Kane

    February 25, 2009

    Kia Ora (“hello” in Maori) from Auckland, New Zealand! The DocNZ Summit has been lively and enlightening. Plus, it has grown exponentially in the year and half since Independent Lens’s Series Producer Lois Vossen and I came last. I was greeted last Saturday evening by Doc Summit producer Alex Lee and DocNZ festival director Dan Shanan, and swept away to an…

  3. International Report From the Field with Cynthia Kane

    February 18, 2009

    ITVS International Programming Manager Cynthia Kane reports from Australia––“the land of Oz”––about her first day at the Australian International Documentary Conference (ADIC) and the Adelaide Film Festival.It takes virtually two days to get here, in reality about 18 hours, but you cross the International Date Line, so you feel a bit surreal and wonky…

  4. BRONX PRINCESS Premieres at Berlinale

    February 17, 2009

    We just stepped off the flight from Berlin, where we had the privilege to present our new film BRONX PRINCESS at the 59th Berlin International Film Festival. Our film is about a teenager's journey from the Bronx to her parent's royal palace in Ghana, and ultimately to college in the United States. Our film's coming-of-age story placed us in the…

  5. UNMISTAKEN CHILD Premieres at Berlinale

    February 13, 2009

    Berlin––a cosmopolitan, exciting capital, a city of culture with international appeal. In the middle of it all: Berlinale–not only the city’s largest cultural event, but also one of the most important dates on the international film industry’s calendar. Ilil Alexander, producer of the ITVS-funded film UNMISTAKEN CHILD, recounts her…

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