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  1. Celebrate Human Rights Day with Five ITVS Films

    December 10, 2012

    Which holidays are you celebrating this December: Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, and New Year’s Eve? Add another to the list because today is Human Rights Day. On December 10, 1948, the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the UN now honors it annually. This year’s theme is the right to speak up in public life and…

  2. The ITVS Indie Roundup

    December 7, 2012

    A 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…

  3. The ITVS Indie Roundup

    November 30, 2012

    A 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…

  4. Death of the DVD Part Two: Filmmakers' Reflections

    November 21, 2012

    ITVS's Rebecca Huval discusses research, news, and trends that come out of ITVS’s IndiesLab. While DVDs fade in importance and profitability, how do filmmakers manage? Two ITVS directors offered their perspectives: Isaac Solotaroff, director of Wham! Bam! Islam!, and Anne Makepeace, We Still Live Here - Âs Nutayuneân, have used different coping…

  5. The ITVS Indie Roundup

    November 16, 2012

    A curated list of indie news and recommendations from ITVS’s Rebecca Huval. When it comes to online film distribution, you probably know about Facebook and Twitter. Update your outlook by learning what the new players — such as Sparkwise, Slated, Tugg, and reddit — can do for documentary filmmakers. San Francisco’s DOCFEST rages on at the Roxie Theater…

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