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Open Call Recipient: Aaron Schock, Filmmaker of CIRCO
June 3, 2009ITVS funds, distributes and promotes new programs produced by independent producers primarily for public television and beyond. Aaron Schock produced and directed CIRCO, which looks at the hardscrabble Ponce family circus in Mexico who are struggling to preserve their art and way of life against a collapsing rural economy. Schock received ITVS’s Open…
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ASK NOT Filmmaker Contest: Enter to Win an Apple iMac Computer
June 2, 2009Who doesn’t like a contest? From now through June 30, WHYY-Philadelphia invites you to create a short film and share your views about the U.S. military’s "don't ask, don't tell" policy in the first-ever ASK NOT Amateur Filmmaker Contest. The winner will receive a 20-inch Apple iMac computer and will be featured on the Independent Lens Community Voices…
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Watch LIONESS Tonight on Independent Lens
June 2, 2009Tonight at 10:00 PM on Independent Lens on PBS (check local listings), a special encore presentation of LIONESS: How did five female Army support soldiers--mechanics, supply clerks and engineers--end up fighting alongside the Marines in some of the bloodiest counterinsurgency battles of the Iraq War? Directors Meg McLagan and Daria Sommers give an…
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Open Call Recipients: Noland Walker and Sharon LaCruise, Filmmakers of IN THE SHADOW LITTLE ROCK
June 1, 2009ITVS's Open Call provides finishing funds for single non-fiction or animation public television programs on any subject and from any viewpoint. Projects must have begun production as evidenced by a work-in-progress video. Check out the clip below with filmmakers Noland Walker and Sharon LaCruise, who received Open Call funds for their film IN THE…
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P.O.V. Call for Entries 2010
June 1, 2009Are you a filmmaker looking to get onto PBS’s P.O.V.? Submit your film for consideration for their 2010 season (Deadline: Tuesday, June 30, 2009). According to the P.O.V. Blog, all subjects, styles and lengths are welcome and they're evaluating submissions in four categories: Standard: Finished films, or films that are at rough/fine cut stage. (Will be…