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Open Call is going digital!

ITVS' Open Call provides completion funds for single nonfiction public television programs on any subject, and from any viewpoint. Projects must have begun production as evidenced by a work-in-progress video. Open Call funding is only available to independent producers who are citizens or legal residents of the US and its external territories.

Open Call accepts:

• Single programs of standard broadcast length (half-hour or one-hour). In rare cases, when a filmmaker's skills, subject, and story structure warrant it, ITVS will consider programs at feature lengths.
• Works-in-progress (for nonfiction submissions), i.e. projects that have already begun production
• Programs that can be completed within one year of contract

Open Call does not accept:

• Proposals for completed projects seeking distribution
• Series proposals or fictional dramas
• Projects intended solely for theatrical release

The entire proposal review process takes up to five months. Only one to two percent of Open Call applicants will receive funding.

Open Call is not a grant; ITVS provides a co-production investment in the program. All materials must be submitted to ITVS by 5:00 PM PST on Friday, June 28, 2013.