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The ITVS Indie Roundup
December 7, 2012A curated list of indie news and recommendations from ITVS’s Rebecca Huval. Explore the possibilities of transmedia docs with Filmmaker Magazine’s reflections on the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam. At the festival, Doc Lab showcased choose-your-own-adventure documentaries that don’t sacrifice the main storyline. Oscar…
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The Academy Award Shortlist Has Been Announced and ITVS Couldn't Be Happier!
December 5, 2012What a week for ITVS! First the Sundance Film Festival announced the lineup for 2013, then Time Magazine showed Invisible War some love in their “Top Movies of 2012”, the National Board of Review listed three ITVS funded films in their “Top 5 Documentaries”, and now the Academy Award shortlist is out! Before anyone walks down any red carpets or starts…
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The ITVS Indie Roundup
November 30, 2012A curated list of indie news and recommendations from ITVS’s Rebecca Huval.POV is drumming up excitement over the results of its “Greatest Documentaries of All Time” poll. Filmmakers are discussing the documentaries that mean the most to them, including Marshall Curry on Sherman’s March: “It pulled back the curtain on the filmmaking process and…
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IL Series Producer Recaps Sundance 2012
February 6, 2012Sundance 2012 was a record-breaking year year for ITVS and Independent Lens. Six ITVS funded films screened in the documentary competitions and all six were honored with Sundance awards. (ITVS had had seven films playing at Sundance in 2004; six films in 2002; and eight films in 1997 for those interested in banner years). Adding to that powerful showing,…
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ITVS in the News
February 1, 2012A sampling of coverage from the New York Times, Realscreen, and more …New York Times: Sundance Documentaries Transform Data Into Stories Over the weekend, The House I Live In, Eugene Jarecki’s heart-heavy investigation into the American war on drugs, nabbed the grand jury prize for documentary at the Sundance Film Festival. Miller-McCune Magazine:…