Ascension, Simple As Water & Writing With Fire on the 94th Oscars® shortlist

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced on Tuesday, December 21 their shortlist for documentary features and documentary short subject. At Chicken & Egg Pictures we are sending massive congratulations to the 3 Nest-supported films on the list: Ascension, Simple As Water, and Writing With Fire, as well as to the 5 films from the AlumNest.

We are egg-cited to see these films on these lists and look forward to the Nominations list, which will be announced on Tuesday, February 8. Nominations voting begins on Thursday, January 27 and concludes on Tuesday, February 1.

The 94th Oscars® will be held on Sunday, March 27 and will be televised live on ABC and in more than 200 territories worldwide. Take a look at the shortlisted films below and checkout the full list with this link.

Ascension

Directed by Jessica Kingdon

Produced by Jessica Kingdon, Kira Simon-Kennedy, and Nathan Truesdell

Simple As Water

Directed by Megan Mylan

Produced by Robin Hessman & Megan Mylan

Writing With Fire

Directed and produced by Rintu Thomas & Sushmit Ghosh

From the AlumNest

Documentary Feature

President
dir. Camilla Nielsson
prods. Joslyn Barnes, Signe Byrge Sørensen

In the Same Breath
dir. Nanfu Wang
prods. Jialing Zhang, Carolyn Hepburn, Sara Rodriguez, Julie Goldman, and Christopher Clements

Documentary Short Subject

Águilas
dir. & prod. Kristy Guevara-Flanagan
co-dir. & prod. Maite Zubiaurre

Terror Contagion
dir. & prod. Laura Poitras
prods. Anonymous, Yoni Golijov

International Feature Film

Prayers for the Stolen
dir. Tatiana Huezo
prods. Nicolás Celis, Jim Stark