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Town of Runners: An Update From the Filmmaker
June 16, 2012Town of Runners is a documentary about Ethiopian runners who hope to change their lives by becoming professional athletes. The film is set in Bekoji, Ethiopia, a small remote town in the Southern Highlands known for producing some of the world's greatest runners, largely due to the dedication of Coach Sentayehu Eshetu. The ITVS-funded documentary by…
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Last Days of the Arctic, Sunday on Global Voices
June 8, 2012ITVS’s Annisa Kau sat down with Margrét Jónasdóttir (producer) to talk about the documentary Last Days of the Arctic, which premieres Sunday, June 10 on Global Voices on the WORLD Channel (check listings). Ragnar Alexsson, a.k.a. RAX, is among the most celebrated photographers in the world. His series Faces of the North are a living document of the dying…
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Marriage Equality: A Special ITVS Social Screening of Thomas Allen Harris's Short Documentary
June 7, 2012ITVS presents an online social screening of Marriage Equality: Byron Rushing and the Fight for Fairness on Tuesday, June 12th at 1PM PT / 4PM ET. The event will take place here.When President Obama stated his support for gay marriage a few weeks ago, the headlines were splashed across news outlets around the the world. For Pride Month, the National Black…
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DIY Distribution
June 6, 2012ITVS's Rebecca Huval discusses research, news, and trends that come out of ITVS’s IndiesLab. If you have yet to reach the halls of filmmaking immortality (i.e., you aren’t a brand like Ken Burns), it might feel impossible to approach Netflix or iTunes on your own. Both companies receive a deluge of distribution requests from indies, and only the rare…
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The ITVS Indies Roundup
June 1, 2012A curated list of indie news and recommendations from ITVS’s Rebecca Huval. Want a work-related excuse to visit the Big Apple? Our friends at POV are hosting a hackathon for storytellers and developers on the weekend of August 11-12 in NYC. The call for participants opened this week, and the deadline is June 29. Thankfully, the filmmaker applications…