If you have questions about our open call that are not addressed in the FAQ, please reach out to us at ph_opencall@chickeneggpics.org.

Yes. If you have covered all of your completion expenses, you can use the full $30,000 USD for your impact campaign.

Yes. $15,000 USD of the grant must be allocated for your film’s impact campaign. The other $15,000 USD can be used to cover post-production expenses that have already been incurred, including but not limited to compensation for you or your team’s time during the completion stage.

No. While many community screenings are free of charge, a community screening license allows for the option to charge a small fee for the event with the intent to generate profit from the film screening. Both free and fee-based community screenings are eligible to apply.

A community screening refers to a public screening that is often self-organized with the intention of reaching a specific audience that you are wanting to impact through the film. Community screenings can take place in various locations such as public libraries, religious buildings, community centers, or private venues. Filmmaker-organizers often utilize community screenings as a tool or method to create impact. While community screenings come in all shapes and sizes for our application, we will only consider community screenings that are held in verifiable venues with a minimum seating capacity of approximately 50 or more people. 

To ensure eligibility for your community screening premiere, you will be required to:

1. Verify the venue and provide evidence of the community screening event. You can do this by providing one of the following: 
   • -A link or a screenshot to the venue listing the event. 
   • -A link to a social media listing or website that contains information about the venue and event details. 
2. Confirm the seating capacity of the venue. Please provide a link or a screenshot that shows the venue’s seating capacity. This information is often available on the venue’s rental or logistics webpage.

Note: In case the reviewing committee has additional questions about your community screening event, you may be asked to provide a list of attendees.

Yes, starting this year, a film that premieres through a community screening is eligible to apply. Please review the additional criteria and refer to the following FAQ questions to understand how we define what qualifies as an eligible community screening premiere.

No, any festival premiere is accepted but it must be a curated film festival and open to the public.

Yes, we require that all submitted materials be in English. This ensures that our reviewers can fully understand and evaluate the application. If any parts of the application are not in English, it may prevent a reviewer from comprehending it in their evaluation of the overall application.

As a 501(c)(3), Chicken & Egg Pictures does not support films or projects related to influencing, directly or indirectly, a political campaign for public office in the US or internationally, regardless of the timing of the film’s release.

If you are unsure about your film’s eligibility, you can email us at ph_opencall@chickeneggpics.org with a description of your film project.

In order to be eligible, the project must be directed or co-directed by a woman or gender-expansive filmmaker. Additional team members,such as producers and impact producers, who are key to the successful development of a project, may collaborate with the director to submit their application. Please note that the primary contact of the application should be the director(s).