Born to Fly

Partnership

Chicken & Egg Pictures strives to create and build community at every turn. As we evolve, we are extending our work to create an even broader, richer, and mutually supportive network.

In addition to individual film projects, we collaborate with field-building organizations and film festivals. These partnerships offer Chicken & Egg Pictures opportunities to elevate and celebrate women in the film industry–and to ensure that women are active and vocal participants in industry conversations around artistic, social, and political issues.

  • Jacob Burns Film Center

    Creative Culture at the Jacob Burns Film Center supports filmmakers from Chicken & Egg Pictures with an annual residency experience, providing two members of a film team with the time, space, and resources to do significant work on their feature length project over the course of four to six weeks. The Jacob Burns Film Center  is also happy to offer fiscal sponsorship to Nest-supported filmmakers.

  • New York Road Runners

    New York Road Runners is the world’s premier community running organization, serving nearly 600,000 runners of all ages and abilities annually through hundreds of races, community open runs, walks, training sessions, and other running-related programming. Chicken & Egg Pictures is an Official Charity Partner for the 2019 United Airlines NYC Half Marathon.

     

     

  • LUNAFEST

    In 2000, LUNA started LUNAFEST—a traveling film festival celebrating, showcasing and championing women in film. The festival is a fundraiser held by any host who wants to raise funds for a local women’s cause while supporting their main nonprofit beneficiary, Chicken & Egg Pictures.

  • The MacArthur Foundation

    The MacArthur Foundation supports the (Egg)celerator Lab for first- and second-time filmmakers and previously supported the Diversity Fellows Initiative and the Impact & Innovation Initiative (past programs).

  • BakerHostetler

    BakerHostetler provides pro bono entertainment and employment legal services for Chicken & Egg Pictures.

  • Time Warner Foundation

    The Time Warner Foundation generously supports our (Egg)ccelerator Lab for first- and second-time filmmakers, our Chicken & Egg Award, and our Diversity Fellows Initiative (past program).

  • The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

    Chicken & Egg Pictures received a FilmCraft grant from the Academy Foundation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in support of the Accelerator Lab for first- and second-time filmmakers. The Academy’s FilmCraft and FilmWatch grants were established to identify and empower future filmmakers from nontraditional backgrounds, cultivate new and diverse talent, promote motion pictures as an art form, and provide a platform for underrepresented artists.

  • The Whickers

    The Whickers, founded by journalist Alan Whicker in order to encourage a new generation of documentary makers, partnered with Chicken & Egg Pictures to help support the (Egg)celerator Lab for first- and second-time filmmakers.

  • Perspective Fund

    PERSPECTIVE FUND supports documentaries and other projects that raise awareness, connect people, inspire action, and create impact around human rights and social justice. They partnered with Chicken & Egg Pictures to support our inaugural NEXT GEN EGG event in October 2017, which invited twelve first- and second-time filmmakers from around the world who participated in our (Egg)celerator Lab and Diversity Fellows Initiative (past program) to share their film projects with film funders and industry professionals.

  • Artemis Rising Foundation

    Chicken & Egg Pictures partnered with Artemis Rising Foundation to produce five original shorts, created and directed by women, for the 2017 TEDWomen conference in New Orleans. The films centered on the theme of the conference, “Bridges.” Led by Regina K. Scully, Artemis Rising Foundation is a philanthropic organization dedicated to developing and promoting media, education, and healing projects that transform our culture.

  • TEDWomen 2017

    Chicken & Egg Pictures partnered with Artemis Rising Foundation to produce five original shorts, created and directed by women, for the 2017 TEDWomen conference in New Orleans. The films centered on the theme of the conference, “Bridges.”

  • Reavis Page Jump LLP

    Reavis Page Jump LLP provides pro bono entertainment and employment legal services for Chicken & Egg Pictures.

  • TEDWomen 2016

    Chicken & Egg Pictures partnered with TEDWomen and Lifetime  to produce and screen “Shorts on Time,” a film series consisting of five engaging and inspiring original short films created and directed by women. The films ran two to three minutes each and centered on the theme for the 2016 TEDWomen conference in San Francisco, “It’s About Time.”

  • Lifetime

    In pursuit of their shared goals of elevating women’s voices, Chicken & Egg Pictures partnered with Lifetime and TEDWomen to generate five short films directed by talented women filmmakers. The films ran two to three minutes each and centered on the theme for the 2016 TEDWomen conference, “It’s About Time.” The films are currently hosted on Lifetime’s digital platform.

  • Good Pitch

    Good Pitch brings together filmmakers with NGOs, foundations, philanthropists, brands, and media around leading social issues to forge coalitions and campaigns that are good for all these partners, good for the films, and good for society. The evolution and expansion of Good Pitch offers Chicken & Egg Pictures a unique way to expand our international reach and support for women filmmakers from the U.K. to Mumbai to Buenos Aires to Australia.

  • DOC NYC

    DOC NYC celebrates documentary storytelling and encourages its new directions. Every year, Chicken & Egg Pictures curates and presents two panels as part of the organization’s intensive four-day Doc-A-Thon. We explore critical questions and share best practices in real time through the triumphs and struggles of women filmmakers. Chicken & Egg Pictures filmmakers are featured on the panels with the guest editors, composers, and publicists that are part of our mentorship program.