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  1. New York Women in Film & Television Honors ITVS President

    December 8, 2011

    ITVS President and CEO Sally Jo Fifer was awarded the Loreen Arbus Award for Those Who Take Action and Effect Change on Wednesday, December 7 in New York City. ITVS was recognized for spearheading public media’s Women and Girls Lead campaign. Each December, New York Women in Film & Television (NYWIFT) presents the Muse Awards for Vision and…

  2. Filmmakers Shed Light on International Call

    December 7, 2011

    ITVS's International Call deadline falls on Friday, December 9. For more than a month, BTB has profiled previous recipients of the funding to shed light on the process. Watch their videos, conducted via Skpye from Chile to Madrid, after the jump.  

  3. Filmmaker Reflects on High Profile Screenings of Lives Worth Living

    December 6, 2011

    Filmmaker Eric Neudel's documentary, Lives Worth Living, follows one man's struggle to survive after a spinal cord injury and his role in the earliest days of the Disability Rights Movement. Neudel followed up with BTB after his high profile screenings last week at the State Department and the UN. On November 17th we received a call from ITVS’ Dennis…

  4. ITVS Picks Up Honors at IDA Awards

    December 3, 2011

    The IDA Awards celebrate outstanding achievements in documentary filmmaking and on Friday in Los Angeles the ITVS-funded Better This World collected the prize for Best Music. Plus, ITVS's longstanding partner POV earned Best Continuing Series — a well deserved recognition for their 25 year commitment to independently produced documentary…

  5. Women and Girls Lead Says: Man Up!

    December 2, 2011

    The Man Up Campaign — a global effort activating young women and men to stop violence against women and girls — is presenting a film festival on Saturday, December 3 at 4 PM at Maysles Cinema in New York. The day-long festival will include titles from ITVS's Women and Girls Lead Campaign, including the PBS series Women, War, and Peace. The Man Up Campaign is…

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