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We’re headed back to #Sundance! We’re so excited to have five ITVS-supported films selected for Sundance Film Festival. 🎞️Third Act (U.S. Documentary Competition) 🎞️The Librarians (Premieres) 🎞️Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore (U.S. Documentary Competition) 🎞️Life After (U.S. Documentary Competition) 🎞️SEEDS (U.S. Documentary Competition) Congratulations to the film teams 🤩 We’ll see you there in January!

🤖 Join us next week for VERSED: Gen A.I. in Documentary Filmmaking co-presented by Catapult Film Fund and ITVS. In this workshop, documentary filmmakers Jennifer Petrucelli & Rachel Antell from Archival Producers Alliance will discuss what led them to facilitate the creation of industry-wide guidelines around the use of Generative AI in documentaries. They will outline what they believe are the possible risks and benefits of Gen A.I. for the documentary genre, and what filmmakers can do to ensure that its integration does not compromise the integrity of the form. 📍Ninth Street Independent Film Center 📅 December 17 | 5:00-7:00 pm 🔗 Link to register: https://lnkd.in/gz8RYWuF

Exiting news! Congratulations to the filmmakers, the Independent Lens team and the full ITVS staff. The #IDADocAwards nominees in each category represent the vast and incredible contributions of our field, so the recognition is a special honor. Thanks to IDA and to the voters!

The International Documentary Association (IDA) #IDADocAwards were last night and we were awarded two top prizes! Our series Independent Lens won the Best Curated Series award, and the ITVS-supported Independent Lens/Reel South docuseries A Town Called Victoria took home the Best Limited Series win 🏆🏆 Congratulations to the A Town Called Victoria film team, the ITVS-Supported My Sweet Land team on your three IDA Awards nominations, and to the ITVS staff on taking home these wins!

A big shoutout to DOC NYC for allowing us to present the findings of our study, The Filmmaker-Participant Relationship Unpacked: Ethical Responsibility and Impact in Documentary Filmmaking! You can see the full findings here: https://lnkd.in/gq7aqyc9 📸: Allison Stock

Congratulations to ITVS' Indie Lens Pop-Up team and the ITVS-supported project The Tuba Thieves on taking home a Gold Anthem Award for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Media Impact Campaign! The film's director Alison O’Daniel accepted the award 🏆

ITVS is refreshing our website and to more directly reflect our mission to expand the diversity and innovation of programming available to public media. Our work enriches the cultural landscape with the voices and visions of underrepresented communities, reflecting the interests and concerns of a diverse society, so we can be better informed and inspired by the world around us. If you believe in this work, we need your feedback on how best to highlight ourselves as we navigate the changing landscape. Please take a quick survey and help us elevate what matters to you.

Today ITVS shared findings from our Filmmaker-Participant Relationship study. For the first time, participant experiences (across documentary sectors) are captured at scale, as are actual filmmaker practices. Some findings are surprising, some affirm commonly held beliefs, and some offer insights that are easily addressed. I'm excited to see how the field uses the research to further its practices. This work involved ITVS staff, partners and respondents, and could only be achieved as a collective effort. Thank you to every individual and organization who played a role, and thanks to the Ford Foundation and National Endowment for the Arts for making this report possible! Let us know your thoughts!

🚨HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT🚨 We're proud and excited to release the results of our groundbreaking study The Filmmaker-Participant Relationship Unpacked: Ethical Responsibility and Impact in Documentary Filmmaking. This large-scale study—tapping 678 U.S.-based documentary filmmakers and 195 participants—sought insight from both documentary filmmakers and film participants on what works and what can be improved as the nonfiction field evolves. Special thanks to funders Ford Foundation and National Endowment for the Arts for supporting this massive accomplishment. You can read the full study here: https://lnkd.in/gq7aqyc9

Our very own Grace Anglin and Sherry Simpson will be at DOC NYC tomorrow and they're bringing something major with them 👏 Stay tuned...