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The Application Process

Overview

Open Call has two funding rounds each year, with deadlines in February and August.

We’re looking for exceptional storytelling that’s in line with our mission: stories that take risks, tackle important issues, and are seldom seen in public media. We know how hard you’ve worked on your project, and we’ll partner with you to help you finish it, then distribute it on public television.

As part of your application, you’ll submit a work in progress video from your production. For pre-production projects, see Diversity Development Fund or Digital Open Call. On average, Open Call applicants spend 1-2 weeks completing their applications.

One to three percent of Open Call applicants receive funding. Amounts average between $150,000 and $350,000.

Open Call is not a grant. ITVS provides a co-production investment in your project.

Since 1991, we’ve funded 533 Open Call programs, including:

 

Who We Fund

Open Call supports:

  • Single, non-fiction projects of standard broadcast length (30 or 60 minutes) that aren’t intended solely for theatrical release.

  • Works in progress.

  • Programs that can be completed within one year of contract.

Eligibility

You are eligible to apply if you are:

  • The owner of the copyright of your production and maintain editorial control of the story.
  • Not employed as a producer or director by a broadcast entity or film studio.
  • Someone with previous film or television production experience in a principal role: director, co-director, producer, co-producer. Student work won’t be reviewed.
  • Applying to only this ITVS funding initiative at this time – we won’t review projects already under consideration for other ITVS funding.
  • A citizen or legal resident of the U.S. or its external territories age 18 or older.

What to Expect

Review Process

After you submit your application, you will receive notification of your status within 12-15 weeks. If you are among a small group of finalists who advance through a series of peer reviews, you will be asked to submit additional materials for a feasibility review.

Production and Distribution 

ITVS doesn’t just fund your film. We provide you with creative development and feedback, and, depending on the broadcast outlet, with marketing, publicity, and audience engagement services. You own copyright and maintain full editorial, creative, and financial control.

When your program is at or near completion, we offer it to PBS and work closely with public television programmers across the U.S. to secure a sublicense of public television broadcast rights and ensure the broadcast of your program. ITVS will enter into a license agreement for exclusive domestic television rights.

Most ITVS-funded programs air on PBS series such as Independent Lens, POV, American Masters, and FRONTLINE. Our programs also have success in the festival, educational video, home video, and foreign broadcast markets.

Information:

Gender: All
Country: USA
State: All
Grade level: Undergraduate
GPA: 3
Need or Merit: Merit
Race: All
Ethnicity: All
Religion: All
Major: All
Veterans: Yes
Employment: Yes
Community Service: No
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