A young person is reclined in a thin column. There is a construction behind them.
31 Oscar-eligible films from our community!
Still from Razing Liberty Square
December 12, 2023
Awards

Congratulations to the 14 Chicken & Egg-supported films and 17 from our Alumni community on the list of documentary features and shorts eligible for the 96th Academy Awards®! We encourage you to catch these films in theaters and on streaming platforms. The Oscars® Shortlist will be announced on Thursday, December 21, so stay tuned.

Still of Against the Tide. Two men go through the content of their fishing net, there are a fish and plastic trash.
Against the Tide
dir. Sarvnik Kaur, prod. Koval Bhatia, Quentin Laurent

Against the Tide is a 2021 (Egg)celerator Lab grantee.

Find about upcoming screenings here.

Indigenous journalist Angel Ellis sits in front of Mvskoke Media wearing a bandana, sunglasses and a "Voted" sticker on her blue T-shirt. She's smoking a cigarette while scrolling through her cell phone on a warm summer evening.
Bad Press
dirs. Rebecca Landsberry-Baker, Joe Peeler, prods. Conrad Beilharz, Garrett F. Baker, Tyler Graim

Bad Press is a participant of Project: Hatched 2023.

Find out about upcoming screenings here.

The upper half is characters Luan and Thomas' faces and Thomas prays to the left of their faces; and the lower half is the back of Thomas' head and him getting ready to dive in the yellowish river.
Eat Bitter
dirs. Ningyi Sun, Pascale Appora-Gnekindy, prod. Mathieu Faure

Eat Bitter is a 2022 (Egg)celerator Lab finalist.

Find out about upcoming screenings here.

Still from El Eco. Two young kids sit on a large rock jutting out from the side of a grassy hill. They are facing away from the camera. In front of them is a grassy valley with sheep grazing in it.
El eco / The Echo
dir. & prod. Tatiana Huezo, prod. Dalia Reyes

El eco / The Echo was supported through Tatiana Huezo’s 2021 Chicken & Egg Award.

A mother and daughter stand under opposite ends of a grape arbor together, harvesting grape leaves. A grandmother is seen sitting in the background with a walker in front of her. Each woman appears to be separately lost in thought.
Joonam
dir. Sierra Urich, prod. Keith Wilson

Joonam is a 2022 (Egg)celerator Lab grantee.

Find out about upcoming screenings here.

Still from MnM. Close up to the face of a person while a hand is using a brush to paint their eyelids.
MnM
dir. Twiggy Pucci Garçon, prods. Colleen Cassingham, Jess Devaney

MnM was supported in partnership with Multitude Films as a part of the QUEER FUTURES (2022) series and is eligible for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Film.

Still from 2023 Project: Hatched film Pay or Die
PAY OR DIE
dirs. & prods. Rachael Dyer, Scott Alexander Ruderman, prod. Yael Melamede

PAY OR DIE is a participant of Project: Hatched 2023.

Now streaming on Paramount +.

PLAN C strategy meeting 2021. A group of people gathers around a table with plates and drinks while a person writes on a whiteboard.
Plan C
dir. & prod. Tracy Droz Tragos

Plan C is a 2022 Critical Issues Fund grantee.

Find out about upcoming screenings here or watch on demand here.

A young person is reclined in a thin column. There is a construction behind them.
Razing Liberty Square
dir. Katja Esson, prods. Ann Bennett, Corinna Sager, Ronald Baez

Razing Liberty Square is a 2022 Critical Issues Fund grantee.

The film will open theatrically in Miami on January 26 and the Broadcast Premiere will be on Independent Lens on January 29.

Still from United States vs. Reality Winner. A young woman, Reality Winner, is standing in a field in front of a house. She has a serious expression. The light is low and the background is out of focus.
Reality Winner
dir. & prod. Sonia Kennebeck, prod. Ines Hofmann Kanna

Reality Winner was supported through Sonia Kennebeck’s 2023 Chicken & Egg Award.

Still from Songs of Earth
Songs of Earth
dir. & prod. Margreth Olin, prod. Lena Faye-Lund Sandvik

Songs of Earth was supported through Margreth Olin’s 2022 Chicken & Egg Award.

Still from the Eternal Memory
The Eternal Memory
dir. & prod. Maite Alberdi, prod. Juan de Dios Larraín, Pablo Larraín, Rocío Jadue

The Eternal Memory was supported through Maite Alberdi’s 2020 Chicken & Egg Award.

Now streaming on Paramount +.

Main characters in The Total Trust standing in front of the ocean.
Total Trust
dir. Jialing Zhang, prod. Knut Jäger

Total Trust was supported through Jialing Zhang’s 2021 Chicken & Egg Award.

Check out their list of upcoming New York screenings here.

The main character of Twice Colonized, Aaju Peter, in a close-up shot holding her hands in front of her face so her traditional tattoos on her hands and her chin are visible.
Twice Colonized
dir. Lin Alluna, prods. Emile Hertling Péronard, Alethea Arnaquq-Baril, Stacey Aglok, Bob Moore

Alumni filmmakers eligible for Best Documentary Feature

  • AKA Mr. Chow dir. Nick Hooker prod. Diane Quon

  • Anonymous Sister

    dir. & prod. Jamie Boyle prods. Marilyn Ness, Elizabeth Westrate

  • Another Body dirs. & prods. Sophie Compton, Reuben Hamlyn prod. Elizabeth Woodward

  • Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

    dirs. & prods. Michèle Stephenson, Joe Brewster

  • King Coal

    dir. & prod. Elaine McMillion Sheldon prods. Shane Boris, Diane Becker, Peggy Drexler

  • Mourning In Lod

    dir. & prod. Hilla Medalia

  • The Lady Bird Diaries

    dir. & prod. Dawn Porter

    prod. Kim Reynolds

  • Victim/Suspect

    dir. & prod. Nancy Schwartzman

    prods. Julie Goldman, Christopher Clements, Alice Henty, Rachel de Leon, Amanda Pike

  • Who I Am Not

    dir. Tunde Skovran prods. Andrei Zinca, Danielle Turkov, Paul Cadieux, Patrick Hamm, Amy Shepherd, Edith Weil, Daniel Szandtner, Janos Kovacs

  • Your Fat Friend dir. & prod. Jeanie Finlay

    prod. Suzanne Alizart

  • You Were My First Boyfriend

    dirs. Cecilia Aldarondo, Sarah Enid Hagey prod. Ines Hofmann Kanna (prod. of Reality Winner)

Alumni filmmakers eligible for Best Documentary Short Film

  • A Mouthful of Petrol dir. & prod. Jess Kohl exec. prod. Lindsay Poulton

  • Bone Black: Midwives vs the South

    dir. Rebecca Richman Cohen prod. Yoruba Richen

  • Heart of an Astronaut

    dir. Jennifer Rainsford

    prods. Costanza Julia Bani

  • How We Get Free

    dirs. Geeta Gandbhir, Samantha Knowles prods. Kathleen Lingo, Sweta Vohra, Jess Devaney

  • Rest Stop dir. Crystal Kayiza prods. Brit Fryer, Jalena Keane-Lee

  • The Recall dir. Imani Dennison (POV Shorts Co-Production Fund Grantee) prod. Flor Tejada

  • The Feeling of Being Close to You

    dir. & prod. Ash Goh Hua

Post written by Communications Intern Tess Caldwell

Stills from films Against The Tide, How To Carry Water, MnM, Q, Songs Of Earth, Suddenly TV, The Eternal Memory and QUEER FUTURES
18 Nominations for the IDA Documentary Awards!
Graphic: Tess Caldwell
Q&A with filmmaker Maite Alberdi. From left to right: Translator, film participant Pauli, Moderator Kirsten Johnson, and filmmaker Maite Alberdi. They are all sitting in front of a screen.
Maite Alberdi’s The Eternal Memory Receives Academy Award Nomination for Best Documentary Feature
Photo: Mariana Sanson
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