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  1. Social TV Makes Big Progress in 2013

    January 28, 2013

    Originally published on the PBS Station Products & Innovation Blog Lounging around on your couch, clicker and blanket in tow, might not seem like the most overtly social activity. Yet, these days, even when we’re spending the evening parked in front of the television, we’re able to connect with our friends immediately about a show’s plot…

  2. 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…

  3. What Makes a Good Work-in-Progress? Part 2: The Veteran Filmmaker

    January 6, 2013

    The ITVS Open Call deadline is only five days away, making it the perfect time to read the next installment of our ‘work –in-progress’ series. Submitting an enticing ‘work-in-progress’ can be difficult, even for the veteran filmmaker. Today, we bring you As Goes Janesville’s  Brad Lichtenstein, who despite having vast filmmaking experience, had to…

  4. Prepping for the Future with the Vision Machine iPad App

    December 19, 2012

    Originally posted on Truly Free FilmBack in October, ITVS was proud to announce the release of The Vision Machine Interactive Digital Comic. Vision Machine mastermind Greg Pak recently shared his process for developing the project with Hope For Film’s Truly Free Film blog, including the utilization of new creative opportunities, his use of social…

  5. ITVS Docs Hold Their Own at the 2012 IDA Awards

    December 10, 2012

    Well, it looks like some holiday cheer came early for two ITVS films! Both The Island President and Bitter Seeds won awards at the 2012 IDA Documentary Awards.The IDA Documentary Awards celebrate outstanding achievement in documentary filmmaking and on Friday night in Los Angeles, two ITVS films received special recognition at the 28th annual IDA…

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