FIVE NEW PROJECTS TO RECEIVE FUNDING FROM ITVS
By Kristin Brzoznowski
World Screen News
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Dec 18 2008
NY
SAN FRANCISCO, December 17: The Independent Television Service
(ITVS) has selected five projects from its recently completed ITVS
International Call 2008 for funding, with two more expected to be
announced shortly.
The films set to receive production funding were selected from
an application process, which included 385 submissions from 74
countries. Since 2005, some 100 international programs have been
supported through ITVS International’s Global Perspectives Project
and its International Media Development Fund.
The 2008 International Call projects selected for funding and
U.S. television broadcast include The Caviar Connection by Dragan
Nikolic and Jovana Nikolic (Serbia), Jalanan by Daniel Ziv and Leonard
Retel Helmrich (Indonesia), The Last Tightrope Dancer in Armenia by
Vardan Hovhannisyan and Inna Sahakyan (Armenia), Last Train Home by
Lixin Fan and Mila Aung-Thwin (China) and On the Borders of Desperation
by Nima Sarvestani (Kurdistan–Iran, Iraq).
The deadline for submission for projects to be considered in the next
ITVS International Call is February 6, 2009.