9 Critics’ Choice Nominations!

Chicken & Egg Pictures is proud to see three nominations from Chicken & Egg-supported films, and six nominations from our community of alumni at this year’s Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards. The honors will be presented this Sunday, November 12, in New York City. Congratulations to everyone nominated!

Bad Press

dirs. Rebecca Landsberry-Baker, Joe Peeler

prods. Conrad Beilharz, Garrett F. Baker, Tyler Graim

Indigenous journalist Angel Ellis sits in front of Mvskoke Media wearing a bandana , sunglasses and a "I Voted" sticker on her blue T-shirt. She's smoking a cigarette while scrolling through her cell phone on a warm summer evening.
Still from Bad Press

Bad Press is a participant of Project: Hatched 2023 and is nominated for Best First Documentary Feature.

graphic of a film reel

The Eternal Memory

dir. & prod. Maite Alberdi

prod. Juan de Dios Larraín, Pablo Larraín, Rocío Jadue

Still from the Eternal Memory
Still from The Eternal Memory

The Eternal Memory was supported through Maite Alberdi’s 2020 Chicken & Egg Award and is participating in the Short List: Features section. 

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From the AlumNest

  • Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project – Nominated for Best Biographical Documentary
    dirs. & prods. Michèle Stephenson, Joe Brewster 

  • Poisoned: The Dirty Truth About Your Food – Nominated for Best Science/Nature Documentary
    dir. & prod. Stephanie Soechtig
    prods. Ross Girard, Ross Dinerstein, Kristin Lazure, Rebecca Evans 

  • Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields – Nominated for Best Biographical Documentary 
    dir. Lana Wilson
    prods. Jack Turner, Christine O’Malley

  • The Lady Bird Diaries – Nominated for Best Archival Documentary & Best Historical Documentary
    dir. & prod. Dawn Porter
    prod. Kim Reynolds

  • Victim/Suspect  – Nominated for Best True Crime Documentary
    dir. & prod. Nancy Schwartzman
    prods. Julie Goldman, Christopher Clements, Alice Henty, Rachel de Leon, Amanda Pike

Post written by Communications Intern Tess Caldwell

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