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ITVS Indies Showcase Audience Award Winner – A Panther in Africa
Your votes have been counted and the ITVS Indies Showcase Audience Award goes to A Panther in Africa!
To bring closure to the inaugural ITVS Indies Showcase festival which just wrapped up, viewers were asked to select a favorite film for the always-coveted Audience Award. Well, the votes have been tallied and the Indies Showcase Audience Award winner is A Panther in Africa.
The documentary by filmmaker Aaron Matthews, which originally aired on POV, tells the story of Pete O’Neal, a Black Panther living in exile in Tanzania who commits his life to activism and community service.
Congratulations to the filmmaker and thanks to everyone who voted!
Click her to watch a trailer >>
Vote Early and Often for ITVS’s Indies Showcase Audience Award
The ITVS Indies Showcase is coming to a close on September 23, after streaming 20 of the organization’s groundbreaking documentaries free online. To bring closure to the festival, viewers are encouraged to select a favorite in the always coveted Audience Award.
At film festivals, the accolade that often most excites filmmakers is the Audience Award. Take the opportunity to stand up and be counted by rating each film throughout the duration of the festival. The highest-rated film will receive a special Indies Showcase Award.
Rate the films as you see them on the Showcase site and help us identify the audience favorite!
ITVS in the News
A sampling of coverage from Indiewire, Pop Matters, NCME and more…
Indiewire: Two Spirits Receives the Audience Award from PBS-Independent Lens
Lynda Nibley’s documentary Two Spirits has received the PBS-Independent Lens Audience Award, recognizing its status as the highest-rated film of the 2010-11 season by the measures of online voting and other forms of audience support.
Pop Matters: Cuba, An African Odyssey
El-Tahri’s fascinating documentary, produced in 2007 with the French-German television network Arte and premiering in two parts on ITVS’ Global Voices this month, traces the complicated history of Cuban efforts to help African independence movements during the Cold War.
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2011 Independent Lens Audience Award Winner!
Your votes have been counted! Find out who won the Independent Lens Audience Award.
At film festivals, the award that often matters most to filmmakers and their subjects alike is the Audience Award. They know they’ve struck a chord when the audience applauds their efforts.
The race for the most coveted award of the year for Independent Lens came down to the last 30 minutes of voting. Our top three highest-rated films with the largest number of votes pulled in nearly 5,000 votes between them. It was like the documentary version of American Idol.
Find out the winner of the Independent Lens Audience Award after the jump >>
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You Be the Judge: The 2011 Independent Lens Audience Award
Voting for the Independent Lens audience award closes Tuesday, June 28.
It’s a wrap! The ninth season of Independent Lens is in the can, and what a fantastic season it was. We had nine months of eye-opening, jaw-dropping, gut-wrenching, and mind-blowing films. Now its the audience’s chance to vote for the films they liked the best.
Voting for the 2011 Audience Award is open for one more week, ending Tuesday, June 28 at 5pm PDT.
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/award/
You can rate each film from one to five stars. You can rate any single film once every 24 hours, so vote early and often!
Best of luck to all of the filmmakers, and thank you for being a standout audience this season!
And the FUTURESTATES Audience Award Goes to…..
In May, ITVS launched the first ever FUTURESTATES Audience Award. Voting has now closed. Thousands of you watched; hundreds of you voted. And now we have a winner.
But first: we’re very happy to announce that ITVS has partnered with Telegraph 21 and The Big Screen Project to provide a very special Grand Prize to the winner.
In August, the winning film will be shown on the big screen, in the bustling heart of the Big Apple. Located four blocks from the Empire State Building, on the Chelsea/Midtown border, The Big Screen Project at the Eventi Hotel has become a magnet for New Yorkers seeking fine cuisine and food for thought. Learn more about the project here.
And so without further ado, we are pleased to announce the winner. Drum roll, please…
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Announcing the FUTURESTATES Audience Award!
You’ve watched the films. You’ve shared, commented, and liked. Maybe even loved. There have been ups and downs, laughter and tears. And this May, you get to decide who will take the laurels in our inaugural FUTURESTATES Audience Award.
From today until May 30 at midnight, the race is on to launch your favorite FUTURESTATES film into hyperspace. Head back to FUTURESTATES.TV, catch up on any films you missed, and check out the fan pages for each of the films.
You can vote once a day, and polling closes at midnight on May 30. We’ll announce the winner on June 1, 2011.
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Independent Lens Audience Award Winner Announced!
All season long Independent Lens fans have logged on to vote for their favorite film. Finally, we have a winner…..Mine by first-time filmmaker Geralyn Pezanoski.
The film tells the heartbreaking story of the thousands of post-Katrina pets who were rescued and then adopted into new homes across the United States. When residents slowly returned to try and rebuild their lives, these animals became the center of full-blown custody battles, with people on both sides struggling to do what was right in the midst of an impossibly complex situation (check out the trailer below).
Independent Lens Audience Award Winner
Four finalists, but there can be only one Audience Award winner.
All season long, our Web-savvy audience has logged on after each episode to cast their vote for their favorite. And without further adieu, the winner is…
ADJUST YOUR COLOR: The Truth of Petey Greene, by Loren Mendell!
ADJUST YOUR COLOR tells the unlikely story of America’s original shock-jock, Petey Greene, who battled the system and his own demons during a time of civil unrest in the nation’s capital.
A big congratulations to our other nominees: STRANDED: The Andes Plane Crash Survivors; HELVETICA and TAKING ROOT: The Vision of Wangari Maathai.
Watch a 20 minute preview of ADJUST YOUR COLOR on SnagFilms >>
Voting Closes Tomorrow for the Independent Lens Audience Award Runoff
Have you voted for your favorite Indie Lens film yet? If not, don’t wait any longer since the runoff ends tomorrow. Pick your favorite and let your voice be heard!
Choose from the four most popular films:
ADJUST YOUR COLOR: The Truth of Petey Greene
The unlikely story of America’s original shock-jock—Petey Greene—who battled the system and his own demons during a time of civil unrest in the nation’s capital.
HELVETICA
A film about typography, typeface, type, font, fonts, graphic design and global visual culture, HELVETICA looks at the proliferation of one typeface.
STRANDED: The Andes Plane Crash Survivors
The survival tale of a group of young men who lived for 72 days in the Andes Mountains after their plane crashed in October 1972.
TAKING ROOT: The Vision of Wangari Maathai
The dramatic story of Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Wangari Maathai whose simple act of planting trees grew into a global movement.
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