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2011 FUTURESTATES Audience Award Winner on the Big Screen in NYC
In partnership with Telegraph21 and Icarus Films, ITVS is pleased to announce an evening dedicated to the 2011 FUTURESTATES Audience Award Winner Kimi Takesue at the Big Screen Plaza in NYC on Friday, August 19th from 5- 7PM.
The evening will start with the 2011 FUTURESTATES Audience Award-winning film, That Which Once Was, followed by a screening of Takesue’s latest documentary, Where Are You Taking Me. The filmmaker will be present at the screenings.
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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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Peek into the Future with Fresh FUTURESTATES Predictions
Forecast future events and explore the predictions left by others on the FUTURESTATES Predict-O-Meter.
Find your shades … it’s getting bright around here!
The producers of FUTURESTATES have launched brand new predictions … think of these as “forward stories” (as opposed to “back”). Just fire up the Predict-O-Meter and take a walk down Premonition Lane to see what’s ahead.
And that’s not all…Check back on the FUTURESTATES site in the weeks to come to cast your vote in our Predict-O-Meter poll, where you get to vote on which prediction is most likely to come true and find out how you can join a live online event with the winning filmmaker.
Don’t get left in the past! Follow FUTURESTATES on Twitter and Facebook. Watch the trailer after the jump >>
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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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Go Back to the Future at the Tribeca Film Festival
Catch a special FREE screening of FUTURESTATES Season Two on Saturday, April 23rd at 2:30PM at the Clearview Cinema in Chelsea, NYC
ITVS and Tribeca All Access host a free screening of shorts from the second season of FUTURESTATES on Saturday, April 23rd at 2:30PM at the Clearview Cinema in Chelsea. This year’s selection, listed below, highlights Tribeca All Access alumni as well as emerging New York filmmaking talent:
Tribeca Film Festival Underway in NYC
The Tribeca Film Festival gets started today in New York and runs until May 1. The festival was founded in 2002 as a response to the events of 9/11, to help Lower Manhattan recover after the tragedy, and to celebrate the vitality and diversity of New York City through filmmaking.
Each year ITVS participates in the festival by meeting with filmmakers involved in the Tribeca All Access program. From April 22-28, ITVS’ Vice President of Programming Claire Aguilar will be in NYC to participate in the All Access development meetings with producers of color.
Three ITVS-funded films will also be on display at this year’s festival, including: Donor Unknown, Give Up Tomorrow, and When the Drum is Beating.
Plus, a special All Access screening of shorts from the second season of FUTURESTATES will screen on Saturday, April 23rd at 2:30PM at the Clearview Cinemas in Chelsea. This year’s selection, listed below, highlights Tribeca All Access alumni as well as emerging New York filmmaking talent:
FUTURESTATES Short Takes a Simmering Glimpse into New York’s Future
The short by filmmaker A. Sayeeda Clarke is streaming free today on FUTURESTATES.tv.
The short White takes place amid a 120-degree December day in New York City. With no money to pay for medical care for his pregnant wife, Bato races against the sun to save his family. Watch the film and other sci-fi shorts from the second season of FUTURESTATES today.
Future Fridays Presents Suzi Yoonessi
The filmmaker’s short Spring of Sorrow is streaming Friday on PBS.org.
Director Suzi Yoonessi describes how the environmental reality of Mono Lake informs her futuristic fairy tale and how she used the Persian stories from her childhood to bring a cautionary tale about climate change to life.
Watch Spring of Sorrow now on PBS.org as part of Future Fridays.
A Love Story Set Within an Environmental Nightmare
Filmmaker Bennett Cohen sets his FUTURESTATES short The Dig on the verge of an environmental collapse. The film is streaming free today on FUTURESTATES.tv.
As the world faces an environmental apocalypse, a group of archaeologists venture into a toxic desert wasteland, determined to unearth a lost civilization. Can this ancient disaster help them avert their own ruin? Watch The Dig today, and find other shorts from the second season of the online original series FUTURESTATES.
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