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1. The ITVS Indie Roundup

   February 22, 2013

   A curated list of indie news and recommendations from ITVS’s Rebecca Huval. The real reason we watch the Oscars: the surprising gaffes. Here are the best and worst moments of the Academy Awards ceremonies since 2008. First-time documentary filmmakers, apply by March 8! You can get mentorship when you sorely need it through IFP’s Independent Filmmaker…

2. The ITVS Indie Roundup

   February 15, 2013

   A curated list of indie news and recommendations from ITVS’s Rebecca Huval. Year after year, you’re frustrated with the Academy’s choices. Now is your chance to set the record straight. The New York Times is collecting your picks for the Oscars. Today is the deadline to submit to Rooftop Films! See your movie blazoned across an outdoor screen on a balmy,…

3. The ITVS Indie Roundup

   February 8, 2013

   A curated list of indie news and recommendations from ITVS’s Rebecca Huval. Guaranteed to put a goofy smile on your face: When filmmaker Bianca Giaever asked a six-year-old what her movie should be about, she recorded the interview as narration and took up each of the kid’s dares. The resulting short film, the Scared is scared, includes whimsical…

4. The ITVS Indie Roundup

   January 25, 2013

   A curated list of indie news and recommendations from ITVS’s Rebecca Huval. Female directors are way more likely to have directed a documentary at Sundance than a narrative film — 34.5 percent of documentaries were directed by women, compared to 16.9 percent of narrative films in the last decade of the festival. One filmmaker at Sundance, Sarah Polley,…

5. The ITVS Indie Roundup

   January 21, 2013

   A curated list of indie news and recommendations from ITVS’s Rebecca Huval. More documentary films are being made now than ever. To make sense of their impact, social scientists are using Big Data to measure cultural shifts within social media. People of all professions go through quarter-life crises, but young filmmakers have a specific set of…