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The ITVS Indie Roundup
A curated list of indie news and recommendations from ITVS’s Rebecca Huval.
In honor of International Women’s Day yesterday, read about 10 maverick women in film.
Also, check out ITVS’s Women and Girls Lead online film festival, screening free documentaries throughout the month of March.
A sumptuous new photo and video narrative website launched this week. Edits Quarterly by Portland-based designer Ian Coyle defies the categories of magazine and website altogether. Please take a look (tip: scroll down with your mouse); (via Gizmodo).
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The ITVS Indie Roundup
A curated list of indie news and recommendations from ITVS’s Rebecca Huval.
Will YouTube’s new branded channels kill cable TV? We’re betting not, but here’s how filmmakers can stay ahead of the curve.
Get ready! The first PBS Online Film Festival starts this Monday Feb. 27 and runs until March 30.
As violence erupted in Syria this week, the promising 28-year-old French photojournalist Rémi Ochlik was killed by government forces in Homs. Browse the haunting conflict photography he captured before his untimely death.
South by Southwest is just around the corner. Here’s a peak at eye-grabbing film title designs that will appear in the festival.
Legendary filmmaker Errol Morris has worked as a private eye, traveled to Crimea based on two sentences by Susan Sontag, and dodged an ashtray thrown at his head by philosopher Thomas Kuhn. The man is fascinating. Read about Morris’s latest projects in Smithsonian Magazine.
The ITVS Indie Roundup
Before The Interrupters premiered on Frontline Valentine’s Day, the bold star Ameena Matthews and co-producer Alex Kotlowitz made a fierce appearance on WNYC’s Takeaway.
Stumped by your office’s Academy Awards poll? B.J. Novak to the rescue. The Office‘s co-executive producer/writer/actor told The New York Times a few of his Oscar picks.
In other Academy news, Indiewire interviewed all seven Best Documentary nominees.
If you’re wondering why the list of nominees lacks women, look no further than GOOD’s analysis of why the media is male and getting maler.
Happy Presidents’ Day weekend! Start your fun with this charming short animation from POV.
ITVS Garners Four Nominations for IFP Gotham Awards
ITVS films received four out of five nominations in the Best Documentary category for the 2011 Gotham Awards. The award ceremony will take place on November 28th at Cipriani Wall Street in New York.
ITVS nearly got a clean sweep in the Best Documentary category of the IFP Gotham Awards with ITVS films receiving four out of the five nominations. Check out the list of ITVS Best Documentary nominees along with their trailers after the jump >>
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Next on BTB Live: All About International Call
The new International Call deadline is December 10, 2010
ATTENTION all non-U.S. filmmakers, the new International Call deadline of December 10, 2010 is quickly approaching.
Join us this Wednesday November 24 for a live chat here at 5 AM Pacific Standard Time. ITVS Programming Manager Cynthia Kane will be taking your questions so be sure and find out what time the chat is for you.
All questions are welcome on the application process; tips on writing a compelling treatment; what ITVS staff is looking for; what we want in a work-in-progress; what happens if you’re funded; and so forth.
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Live Chat with Karim Ahmad on DDF Funding
The DDF deadline is Friday, November 12
With the Diversity Development Fund (DDF) deadline approaching this Friday, ITVS Programming Manager Karim Ahmad will be taking your DDF questions today from NOON to 1:00pm PST in a live chat.
All questions are welcome on the application process; tips on writing a compelling treatment; what ITVS staff is looking for; what happens if you’re funded, etc, etc.
ITVS' Karim Ahmad
Get your questions ready and log on below to ask Karim about the DDF funding process.
About the DDF: The DDF provides up to $15,000 in research and development funding to independent producers of color to develop single documentary programs for public television. Projects should speak to the ITVS mission to serve under-served audiences with programs that take creative risks, explore complex issues, inspire dialogue and express points of view seldom seen on commercial or public television.
Find more information on guidelines and how to apply.
The Parking Lot Movie: Filmmaker Interview
Filmmaker Meghan Eckman
Filmmaker Meghan Eckman spoke to BTB this week about her film The Parking Lot Movie, which premieres on Independent Lens Tuesday, October 19th. The film will also be screened tonight in San Francisco at the parking lot across from The Good Hotel at 7 PM.
Congratulations on your film. Give us a little background on the movie and what inspired you to make it.
One of my friends was a parking lot attendant at this lot and he suggested that someone make a movie about it. I volunteered, and showed up the next day with my video camera.
Once we started filming, it became immediately apparent to me that this parking lot was very film-worthy. And once I started doing interviews with former parking attendants, I realized it needed to be a feature.
The parking lot has great myths and lore attached to it. It’s legendary in Charlottesville. Once I started filming, I got to uncover why it was legendary and what made it so special.
Is this little parking lot in Charlottesville really a microcosm of America or, shall I say, humanity?
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The Making of Independent Lens
Lois Vossen, VP of ITVS & Series Producer of Independent Lens
With the September 24 deadline for Independent Lens approaching, and the new season premiering next month, BTB has decided to give you an intimate, inside look at how the Emmy Award-wining series gets made.
Lois Vossen is the show’s series producer and vice president of ITVS. We sat down with her recently to learn about the curating process behind the program, and what she looks for in an Independent Lens film.
Revisiting Borat Territory
What happened to the villagers who were misled into appearing as backward and ignorant Kazakhs in the film Borat?
We find out in Carmen Meets Borat, airing Sunday, September 5 on Global Voices on PBS WORLD. Director Mercedes Stalenhoef follows the life of 17-year-old Carmen, who dreams of skipping town for a better life in Spain.
Her plans to emigrate are spoiled, however, when an American film crew arrives to shoot Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan.
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Hey Filmmakers – The LINCS Deadline is on June 18th
Hey filmmakers — the LINCS deadline is on June 18, so if you haven’t already contacted a potential station partner, now is the time to do so.
Do you have questions about LINCS funding and how to successfully partner with a public television station? Recently ITVS Director of Programming Erica Deiparine-Sugars and LINCS Production Manager Robby Fahey joined DocuMentors for their ongoing expert interview series Doc Talks. The ITVS team revealed strategies for a successful LINCS application and station partnership.
Also joining the conversation was filmmaker Monika Navarro, whose film Lost Souls (Animas Perdidas) was funded by LINCS and was produced in association with WGBH-Boston. Lost Souls aired this season on Independent Lens.
Listen to the LINCS Doc Talks interview here >>
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