ITVS's Global Perspective Project Seeks to Fund Documentaries About the Progress of Women and Girls Worldwide
Upcoming International Call Deadline Is December 9, 2011
(firmenpresse) - SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 11/08/11 -- The 's (GPP) is seeking documentary submissions, featuring international stories and perspectives not seen on U.S. television, through its . Launched in 2005, the GPP has presented films from nearly 90 nations and funded more than 150 award-winning productions, including -- Golden Globe® winner for Best Foreign Language Film and Academy Award® nominee for Best Foreign Language Film. International Call 2012's deadline for international producers and documentaries is December 9, 2011.
International Call seeks compelling documentaries from international producers in key target regions, including the Middle East, Asia, Africa, and Latin America, that will feed the content pipeline for ITVS's newly launched , a multiyear engagement campaign focusing the power of independent documentary storytelling on the leadership and development of women and girls.
"We continue to look for stories that will give American audiences an opportunity to learn about the stories, struggles, and triumphs of communities from all over the world," said Claire Aguilar, vice president of programming for ITVS. "This year in particular, we are seeking documentaries that will educate and connect citizens worldwide in support of issues facing women and girls."
More than 50 documentaries slated to air on PBS over the next three years form the backbone of the Women and Girls Lead initiative. Three recently funded ITVS International programs are among the documentary productions included as part of the Women and Girls Lead broadcast catalogue: is an intimate observational documentary that follows three women with limited formal education as they take a life-changing journey from their home villages in Africa and the Middle East to India in order to become educated in solar engineering; features Muslim women from a small town in South India who deliver justice in their own courts, posing a radical challenge to their traditional Muslim community and clergy; and provides a rare chance to explore the lives of Myanmar's first all-girl band, The Tiger Girls.
"These documentaries are great examples of the extraordinary stories that are a perfect match for the ITVS International Call. We are seeking some of the world's best independent filmmakers to tell those stories in ways that connect deeply with U.S. audiences and that exemplify the extraordinary progress women and girls are making worldwide," continues Aguilar.
This past year ITVS International contracted with eight international documentary projects from its 2011 International Call. The productions were selected through a competitive application process, which resulted in 476 submissions from 118 countries representing 72 languages. All eight documentary projects are slated for eventual broadcast, including primetime slots on the Emmy® Award-winning PBS series ," ," and the international series, ."
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