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New AIR Initiative Seeks Innovative Media Makers
October 25, 2011Localore — a new initiative from The Association of Independents in Radio (AIR) — is recruiting innovative producers to lead public stations in ways beyond broadcast. Calling all independent media makers (yes, we’re talking to you filmmakers)! Do you want to explore new ways of telling your story? Do you have an idea that takes advantage of both…
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Newly Contracted: ITVS Announces Funding for Every Day is a Holiday
October 25, 2011Filmmaker Theresa Loong’s documentary focuses on the secret diary of her father — a war veteran and P.O.W. — and his long, complicated path to U.S. citizenship. Growing up, filmmaker Theresa Loong knew that her father, Paul Loong, was older than most of her friends' parents. Father and daughter are almost 50 years apart in age. Throughout her youth and…
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Remembering Artist Piri Thomas
October 25, 2011Piri Thomas — the subject of ITVS’s Every Child is Born a Poet (2004), passed away last week. ITVS veteran Richard Saiz remembers the writer and poet. Piri Thomas, the subject of Every Child is Born a Poet, the ITVS documentary that aired on Independent Lens in 2004, was a writer, performer and poet who drew his inspiration from the tough, unforgiving streets…
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ITVS Garners Four Nominations for IFP Gotham Awards
October 24, 2011ITVS films received four out of five nominations in the Best Documentary category for the 2011 Gotham Awards. The award ceremony will take place on November 28 at Cipriani Wall Street in New York. ITVS nearly got a clean sweep in the Best Documentary category of the IFP Gotham Awards with ITVS films receiving four out of the five nominations. Check out the…
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ITVS Announces Funding for Eight International Productions through The Global Perspectives Project
October 24, 2011ITVS has contracted with eight international documentary projects from its 2011 International Call. The next International Call deadline is December 9, 2011.In the Shadow of the Sun by filmmakers Harry Freeland and Brian Hill are among the eight international projects slated to receive ITVS funding.ITVS announced that it has contracted with eight…