Supported Films at Sheffield DocFest 2024
We are thrilled to see four Nest-supported films in this year’s lineup for Sheffield DocFest and four supported films in the MeetMarket selection. There were also seven films from supported filmmakers across the festival. Among others, 2020 (Egg)celerator Lab grantee The Boy and the Suit of Lights is having its World Premiere. The festival will take place between Wednesday, June 12 to Monday, June 17, 2024, and will be attended by two of our staff members, Kiyoko McCrae and Tobi Phang-Lyn. We hope to see you there!
In the Festival
Farming the Revolution
dir. & prod. Nishtha Jain, Akash Basumatari
prod. Valérie Montmartin
![Women at farmers' protest](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/CEA-2020_Farming-The-Revolution_Film-Still_1-1024x768.jpeg)
Farming the Revolution was supported through Nishtha Jain’s 2020 Chicken & Egg Award and is having its UK Premiere in the Rebellions section.
Get your tickets here.
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The Boy and the Suit of Lights
dir. Inma de Reyes
prod. Aimara Reques
![A still from The Boy and the Suit of Lights. A close-up shot of a young boy wearing a grey suit and a yellow cloth draped over his left shoulder. Behind him, a crowd of people sits in stadium seating. He has short brown hair and brown eyes.](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/EL-2020_The-Boy-and-the-Suit-of-Lights_Inma-de-Reyes_Me_llaman_torero_1_Film-Still-1024x576.png)
The Boy and the Suit of Lights was a participant of the 2020 (Egg)celerator Lab and is having its World Premiere in the International First Feature Competition.
Get your tickets here.
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Our Land, Our Freedom
dir. & prods. Meena Nanji, Zippy Kimundu
![Our Land, Our Freedom (formerly testament) film still](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/EL-2021_Testament_Zippy-Kimundu_Meena-Nanji_Film-Still_2-1024x634.jpg)
Our Land, Our Freedom was a participant of the 2021 (Egg)celerator Lab having its UK Premiere in the Strands section.
Get your tickets here.
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Union
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dir. & prods. Brett Story, Stephen Maing
prod. Samantha Curley, Mars Verrone, Martin Dicicco
Union was supported through Brett Story’s 2023 Chicken & Egg Award.
Get your tickets here.
In the MeetMarket
The 19th edition of Sheffield DocFest’s flagship pitching forum, the MeetMarket, will take place on Thursday 13 and Friday 14 of June 2024. The slate includes 50 documentary projects, in development or at production stage, to be pitched in one-to-one meetings to international and UK industry representatives and experts. In this year’s lineup, there are three 2024 (Egg)celerator Lab grantees as well as a Research & Development Grantee. Learn more:
Jaripeo
dirs. Efraín Mojica, Rebecca Zweig
prods. Sarah Strunin
![A cowboy looks at his phone in a cornfield at dusk.](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/EL-2024_Jaripeo-Milpa_Efrain-Mojica_Main-Still-1024x576.jpg)
Jaripeo is a 2024 (Egg)celerator Lab grantee and is participating in the MeetMarket.
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Vena Acuática
dir. Amada Torruella
prods. Seth Gadsden, Brenda Avila-Hanna
![A woman stands in the middle of a greenhouse filled with growing crops. The woman is giving her back to the camera, she is wearing pants, a t-shirt, a blue backpack and she has her hands in her pockets.](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/EL-2024_Vena-Acuatica_Amada-Torruella_Main-Still-1024x576.jpg)
Vena Acuática is a 2024 (Egg)celerator Lab grantee and is participating in the MeetMarket.
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War on Women
dir. Maris Salumets
prods. Elina Litvinova, Volia Chajkouskaya
![Close up to a pair of eyes.](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/EL-2024_War-on-Women_Maris-Salumets_Main-Still-1024x608.png)
War on Women is a 2024 (Egg)celerator Lab grantee and is participating in the MeetMarket.
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Green is the Fire’s Tint
dirs. & prods. Arya Rothe, Cristina Hanes, Isabella Rinaldi
![Still from Green Is The Fire's Tint](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Untitled_MainStill-1024x682.jpg)
Green is the Fire’s Tint was supported through our 2023 Research & Development Grant and is participating in the MeetMarket.
From the AlumNest
- Bread & Roses | Festival Lineup
dir. Sahra Mani
prods. Jennifer Lawrence, Justine Ciarrocchi
- My Sweet Land | Festival Lineup
dir. Sareen Hairabedian
prods. Azza Hourani, Sareen Hairabedian, David Rane, Julie Paratian, Beth Levison, Rintu Thomas, Sushmit Ghosh
- Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa | Festival Lineup
dir. Lucy Walker
prods. Charlie Corwin, Michael D. Ratner, Miranda Sherman, Dalia Burde, Christopher Newman
- The Age of Water | MeetMarket
dirs. Isabel Alcántara, Alfredo Alcántara
prods. Lindsay Perna, Joe Brewster, Michèle Stephenson
- The Noble Half (working title) | MeetMarket
dir. Khaula Malik
prods. Brit Fryer, Afnahn Khan
- The Shape of Blue | MeetMarket
dir. Sybilla Patrizia
prod. Ina Fichman
- Widow Champion | MeetMarket
dir. & prod. Zippy Kimundu
prod. Heather Courtney
Meet the Team at the Fest!
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Program Director Kiyoko McCrae and Industry & Artist Development Manager Tobi Phang-Lyn are going to be in attendance at the festival. They will be taking meetings with filmmakers, watching supported films, participating in roundtable discussions, and hosting an alumni happy hour.
Chicken & Egg Pictures at the Hot Docs Forum
Congratulations to Farming the Revolution for taking home the Best International Documentary Feature award at the 31st edition of Hot Docs in Toronto. The film was supported through Nishtha Jain’s 2020 Chicken & Egg Award. The festival also featured six supported films and five films from supported filmmakers in the lineup, multiple of which were premieres, and a spotlight on 2022 Chicken & Egg Award recipient Brett Story.
Our Senior Program Manager Elaisha Stokes and Program Assistant Will Tamura were in attendance at the festival and the Hot Docs Forum. This year’s Forum had “20 projects—represented by 22 filmmakers, 11 of whom are BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Colour) and 16 of whom are women—representing 18 countries” (Business Doc Europe) presenting to key funders, decisionmakers, filmmakers, producers, and observers. There were a total of 58 projects being pitched across the industry events. Among the projects were 2024 (Egg)celerator Lab grantees Anatomy of a Life, Jaripeo, War on Women, Holder of the Sky, and Matininó. There were also films from the following supported filmmakers: Leah Galant, Kelly Duane de la Vega, Mila Turajlić, Chelsi Bullard, Geeta Gandbhir, Mars Veronne, Yvonne Welbon, Carine Chichkowsky, Ina Fichman, Valérie Montmartin, Lorena Luciano, Filippo Piscopo, Diane Becker, Melanie Miller, Kenya Jade Pinto, Brit Fryer, and Sona Jo.
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We are extremely proud of 2024 (Egg)celerator Lab grantee Anatomy of a Life on being awarded the Cuban Hat Award. This award, given to the best pitch as decided by Forum attendees, offers funding for powerful and unique projects. The award also includes numerous other gifts, including a feedback call with our very own Elaisha Stokes.
Learn more about the selected projects here.
31 Oscar-eligible films from our community!
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.
Against the Tide
dir. Sarvnik Kaur
prod. Koval Bhatia, Quentin Laurent
![Still of Against the Tide. Two men go through the content of their fishing net, there are a fish and plastic trash.](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/EL-2021_Against-the-Tide_Sarvnik-Kaur_Film-Still_ATT-Rakesh-plastic-1024x576.png)
Against the Tide is a 2021 (Egg)celerator Lab grantee.
Find about upcoming screenings here.
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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.](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/PH-2023_Bad-Press_Main-Still-1024x576.png)
Bad Press is a participant of Project: Hatched 2023.
Find out about upcoming screenings here.
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Eat Bitter
dirs. Ningyi Sun, Pascale Appora-Gnekindy
prod. Mathieu Faure
![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.](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/EL-2022-Finalist_Eat-Bitter_Ningyi-Sun_Pascale-Appora-Gnekindy_Film-Still_MAIN_01-1024x716.jpeg)
Eat Bitter is a 2022 (Egg)celerator Lab finalist.
Find out about upcoming screenings here.
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El eco / The Echo
dir. & prod. Tatiana Huezo
prod. Dalia Reyes
![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.](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Huezo_Tatiana_2021_CEA_CURRENT-STILL-EL-ECO-3-1024x559.jpg)
El eco / The Echo was supported through Tatiana Huezo’s 2021 Chicken & Egg Award.
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Joonam
dir. Sierra Urich
prod. Keith Wilson
![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.](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/EL-2022_Joonam_Sierra-Urich_Film-Still_MAIN_01-1024x576.jpeg)
Joonam is a 2022 (Egg)celerator Lab grantee.
Find out about upcoming screenings here.
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MnM
dir. Twiggy Pucci Garçon
prods. Colleen Cassingham, Jess Devaney
![Still from MnM. Close up to the face of a person while a hand is using a brush to paint their eyelids.](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/EP-3-MnM_Press-Still-1-1024x577.png)
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.
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PAY OR DIE
dirs. & prods. Rachael Dyer, Scott Alexander Ruderman
prod. Yael Melamede
![PAY OR DIE](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/PH-2023_PAY-OR-DIE_Main-Still-1024x540.jpg)
PAY OR DIE is a participant of Project: Hatched 2023.
Now streaming on Paramount +.
![graphic of a film reel](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/small-icons-04.jpg)
Plan C
dir. & prod. Tracy Droz Tragos
![PLAN C strategy meeting 2021. A group of people gathers around a table with plates and drinks while a person writes on a whiteboard.](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/CIF-2022_Plan-C_Tracy-Droz-Tragos_Film-Still_MAIN_01-1024x567.jpeg)
Plan C is a 2022 Critical Issues Fund grantee.
Find out about upcoming screenings here or watch on demand here.
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Razing Liberty Square
dir. Katja Esson
prods. Ann Bennett, Corinna Sager, Ronald Baez
![A young person is reclined in a thin column. There is a construction behind them.](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/CIF-2022_Razing-Liberty-Square_Katja-Esson_Film-Still_02-COMPRESSED-1024x429.png)
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.
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Reality Winner
dir. & prod. Sonia Kennebeck
prod. Ines Hofmann Kanna
![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.](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/CEA-2023_Sonia-Kennebeck_Film-Still_United-States-vs.-Reality-Winner_01-1-1024x436.jpeg)
Reality Winner was supported through Sonia Kennebeck’s 2023 Chicken & Egg Award.
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Songs of Earth
dir. & prod. Margreth Olin
prod. Lena Faye-Lund Sandvik
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Songs of Earth was supported through Margreth Olin’s 2022 Chicken & Egg Award.
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The Eternal Memory
dir. & prod. Maite Alberdi
prod. Juan de Dios Larraín, Pablo Larraín, Rocío Jadue
![Still from the Eternal Memory](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/TheInfiniteMemory_MainStill-1024x541.jpg)
The Eternal Memory was supported through Maite Alberdi’s 2020 Chicken & Egg Award.
Now streaming on Paramount +.
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Total Trust
dir. Jialing Zhang
prod. Knut Jäger
![Main characters in The Total Trust standing in front of the ocean.](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/TheTotalTrust_MainStill-1024x576.png)
Total Trust was supported through Jialing Zhang’s 2021 Chicken & Egg Award.
Check out their list of upcoming New York screenings here.
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Twice Colonized
dir. Lin Alluna
prods. Emile Hertling Péronard, Alethea Arnaquq-Baril, Stacey Aglok, Bob Moore
![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.](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/PH-2023_Twice-Colonized_Main-Still-1024x576.jpg)
Twice Colonized is a participant of Project: Hatched 2023.
Find out about upcoming screenings here.
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
18 Nominations for the IDA Documentary Awards!
The IDA Documentary Awards recently announced the nominees for the 39th IDA Documentary Awards. We are proud to have 18 nominations and 3 shortlisted films within the Chicken & Egg Pictures community! The awards will be presented virtually on December 12. Congratulations and good luck to all of the nominees.
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- 2021 (Egg)celerator Lab grantee Against the Tide | dir. & prod. Sarvnik Kaur | prods. Koval Bhatia, Quentin Laurent | Nominated for Best Feature Documentary and Best Director
- QUEER FUTURES project How to Carry Water | dir. Sasha Wortzel | prods. Colleen Cassingham, Jess Devaney, Anya Rous | Nominated for Best Short Documentary
- 2021 (Egg)celerator Lab grantee Milisuthando | dir. Milisuthando Bongela | prod. Marion Isaacs | Nominated for Best Feature Documentary, Best Director, and Best Writing
- 2021 (Egg)celerator Lab grantee Q | dir. & prod. Jude Chehab | Nominated for Best Feature Documentary and Best Editing
- 2022 Chicken & Egg Award Recipient Margreth Olin’s Songs of Earth | dir. & prod. Margreth Olin | Nominated for Best Cinematography and Best Original Music Score
- Project: Hatched 2023 participant Suddenly TV | dir. & prod. Roopa Gogineni | prods. Reem Haddad, Trevor Snapp, Fiona Lawson-Baker | Nominated for Best Short Documentary
- 2020 Chicken & Egg Award Recipient Maite Alberdi’s The Eternal Memory | dir. & prod. Maite Alberdi | prods. Juan de Dios Larraín, Pablo Larraín, Rocío Jadue | Nominated for Best Editing
- QUEER FUTURES | dirs. Brit Fryer, Lindsey Dryden, Noah Schamus, Sasha Wortzel, Twiggy Pucci Garçon | prods. Jess Devaney, Anya Rous, J Wortham, Colleen Cassingham | Nominated for Best Short-Form Series
From the AlumNest
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- Deadlocked: How America Shaped the Supreme Court | Nominated for Best Multi-Part Documentary
dir. & prod. Dawn Porter
prods. Vinnie Malhotra, Aaron Saidman, Eli Holzman
- Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project | Nominated for Best Feature Documentary and Best Original Music Score
dirs. & prods. Michèle Stephenson, Joe Brewster
- King Coal | Nominated for Best Cinematography
dir. & prod. Elaine McMillion Sheldon
prods. Shane Boris, Diane Becker, Peggy Drexler
- The U.S. and the Holocaust | Nominated for Best TV Feature or Mini-Series
dir. Lynn Novick, Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein
Shortlist Shoutouts
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- QUEER FUTURES project The Script | dirs. Brit Fryer, Noah Schamus | prods. Jessica Devaney, Colleen Cassingham | Shortlisted for Best Short Documentary
- Project: Hatched 2023 participant Twice Colonized | dir. Lin Alluna | prods. Emile Hertling Péronard, Alethea Arnaquq-Baril, Stacey Aglok, Bob Moore | Shortlisted for Best Feature Documentary
- AlumNest project How We Get Free | dirs. Geeta Gandbhir, Samantha Knowles | prods. Kathleen Lingo, Sweta Vohra, Jess Devaney | Shortlisted for Best Short Documentary
Post written by Communications Intern Tess Caldwell
Half a Dozen Nest-Supported Films at Camden International Film Festival!
We are thrilled to announce that six Chicken & Egg Pictures-supported films and two AlumNest filmmakers are included in this year’s lineup for Camden International Film Festival. The festival opens today and runs through Sunday, September 17, 2023. Part of our Program team will be in attendance, we hope to see you there!
Joonam
dir. Sierra Urich
prod. Keith Wilson
![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.](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/EL-2022_Joonam_Sierra-Urich_Film-Still_MAIN_01-1024x576.jpeg)
Joonam is a 2022 (Egg)celerator Lab grantee.
Get your tickets here.
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Machtat
dir. Sonia Ben Slama
prods. Tania El Khoury, Cécile Lestrade, Elise Hug
![](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/EL-2020_Machtat_Sonia-Ben-Slama_Fatma-her-daughters_Film-Still-1024x576.jpg)
Machtat is a 2020 (Egg)celerator Lab grantee.
Get your tickets here.
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Milisuthando
dir. Milisuthando Bongela
prod. Marion Isaacs
![Still from Milisuthando. Aerial shot of a person braiding their hair.](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/aerial-braids-1024x576.jpg)
Milisuthando is a 2019 (Egg)celerator Lab grantee.
Get your tickets here.
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Non-Aligned: Scenes From the Labudović Reels
dir. & prod. Mila Turajlić
prod. Carine Chichkowsky
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Non-Aligned: Scenes From the Labudović Reels was supported through Mila Turajlić’s 2020 Chicken & Egg Award.
Get your tickets here.
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Q
dir. & prod. Jude Chehab
![Still from Q](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/EL-2021_Q_Jude-Chehab_FilmStill1-1-1024x519.jpg)
Q is a 2021 (Egg)celerator Lab Grantee.
Get your tickets here.
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Suddenly TV
dir. & prod. Roopa Gogineni
prods. Reem Haddad, Trevor Snapp, Fiona Lawson-Baker
![A young Sudanese protester points a cardboard camera towards an interview unfolding on a bridge in the middle of a large sit-in demonstration.](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/PH-2023_Suddenly-TV_Main-Still-1024x576.jpg)
Suddenly TV is a participant of Project: Hatched 2023.
Get your tickets here.
Chicken & Egg Pictures | POV Shorts Co-Production Fund
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POV Shorts and Chicken & Egg Pictures announced today via DEADLINE the five recipients of the inaugural Chicken & Egg Pictures | POV Shorts Co-Production Fund, which granted $120,000 for development and production funding to three short documentary projects helmed by women and non-binary filmmakers. The initiative marks the two organizations’ first joint content development project, and all films are co-productions of POV Shorts and Chicken & Egg Pictures. In partnership with Points North, the institute will welcome the grantees as an official fellowship cohort at the 2023 Camden International Film Festival (CIFF2023).
Chicken & Egg Pictures and POV Shorts each contributed $60,000 to finance the fund which awarded three non-recoupable $40,000 grants to new nonfiction short-form works in progress or already in production. In addition to financial support, each project will receive creative, strategic, and editorial advice from the Chicken & Egg Pictures and POV Shorts teams. The completed shorts will be considered for launch on PBS via national linear broadcast and PBS Digital, which reaches an audience of 44.7 million people monthly.
Chicken & Egg Pictures | POV Shorts Co-Production Fund Grantees
En Travesti
dirs. Brit Fryer, Lydia Cornett
En Travesti explores the entangled relationship between voice, gender, and opera through those who contend with these connections daily––a trans opera singer switching voice types, a musicologist delving into the legacy of Castrati singers, a cisgender vocalist challenging conventional voice categorizations, and an otolaryngologist specializing in vocal procedures for performers. From the history of trouser roles to breakthroughs in vocal feminization surgery, the film weaves together a tapestry of present-day stories while recognizing a long history of gender nonconformity in an art form bound by the binary.
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Hold Me Close
dirs. Aurora Brachman, LaTajh Weaver
As winter gives way to spring, and spring to summer, two Queer Black women in love experience rituals of care, joy, and unavoidable pain, and a season of life together.
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The Roost (working title)
dir. Imani Dennison
The Roost (working title) is an experimental documentary exploring the rich history of a roller skate community in Louisville, KY. Through an intimate video lens, we delve into key community members’ personal recollections of the sport and its role in navigating life amidst the challenges of a gun-violence-affected city.
En Travesti explores the entangled relationship between voice, gender, and opera through those who contend with these connections daily––a trans opera singer switching voice types, a musicologist delving into the legacy of Castrati singers, a cisgender vocalist challenging conventional voice categorizations, and an otolaryngologist specializing in vocal procedures for performers. From the history of trouser roles to breakthroughs in vocal feminization surgery, the film weaves together a tapestry of present-day stories while recognizing a long history of gender nonconformity in an art form bound by the binary.
From the AlumNest
- Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa
dir. Lucy Walker
prods. Charlie Corwin, Michael D. Ratner, Miranda Sherman, Dalia Burde, Christopher Newman
- The Lady Bird Diaries
dir. & prod. Dawn Porter
prod. Kim Reynolds
Meet Our Program Team at Camden International Film Festival
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Representing Chicken & Egg Pictures, our Program Director Kiyoko McCrae, Senior Program Manager Elaisha Stokes and Industry & Artist Development Manager Tobi Phang-Lyn will be in attendance at this year’s Camden International Film Festival. They will be bringing the Chicken & Egg Pictures | POV Shorts Co-Production Fund grantees to the festival, supporting our alumni and hosting a gathering, meeting with new filmmakers during 1-on-1 meetings, and watching as many docs as they can!
Post written by Communications Intern Tess Caldwell
Six Nest-Supported Films at DC/DOX FEST!
We are egg-stremely proud to announce that six Nest-supported films and four AlumNest filmmakers were in the lineup for the first-ever edition of DC/DOX Fest!
Breaking the News
dirs. Chelsea Hernandez, Heather Courtney, Princess A. Hairston
prod. Diane Quon
![Still from Breaking the News Film. Editor-at-large Errin Haines is smiling directly at the camera in a pink sweatshirt that reads "Represent."](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CIF-2022_The-Untitled-19th-News-Film_Chelsea-Hernandez_Heather-Courtney_Princess-A.-Hairston_Film-Still_MAIN_01-1024x576.jpeg)
Breaking the News a 2022 Critical Issues Fund Grantee had its DC Premiere.
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How to Carry Water
dir. Sasha Wortzel
prod. Jess Devaney, Anya Rous, Colleen Cassingham
![Still from How to Carry Water. Three people in swimsuits are posing for the camera. They are in a lagoon.](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Screen-Shot-2023-03-31-at-14.01.57-1024x511.png)
How to Carry Water was supported in partnership with Multitude Films as a part of the QUEER FUTURES (2022) series and had its DC Premiere in the “Shorts Program 3: Out/Spoken” section.
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It’s Only Life After All
dir. & prod. Alexandria Bombach
prods. Kathlyn Horan, Jess Devaney, Anya Rous
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It’s Only Life After All was supported through Alexandria Bombach’s 2019 Chicken & Egg Award and had its DC Premiere.
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MnM
dir. Twiggy Pucci Garçon
prod. Colleen Cassingham, Jess Devaney
![Still from MnM. Close up to the face of a person while a hand is using a brush to paint their eyelids.](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/EP-3-MnM_Press-Still-1-1024x577.png)
MnM was supported in partnership with Multitude Films as a part of the QUEER FUTURES (2022) series and had its North American Premiere in the “Shorts Program 3: Out/Spoken” section.
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The Eternal Memory
dir. & prod. Maite Alberdi
prod. Juan de Dios Larraín, Pablo Larraín, Rocío Jadue
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The Eternal Memory was supported through Maite Alberdi’s 2020 Chicken & Egg Award and had its DC Premiere.
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The Script
dir. Brit Fryer, Noah Schamus
prod. Colleen Cassingham, Jess Devaney
![Still from The Script. In a set, a person with their back to the camera, talks to two other persons that are sitting in chairs in front of a table. To the right and left, there are camera crew people.](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/EP-2-The-Script_Press-Still-2_WEB-SIZE-1024x576.png)
The Script was supported in partnership with Multitude Films as a part of the QUEER FUTURES series and had its East Coast Premiere in the “Shorts Program 3: Out/Spoken” section.
From the AlumNest
- Confessions of a Good Samaritan
dir. Penny Lane
prod. Gabriel Sedgwick - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
dirs. & prods. Michèle Stephenson, Joe Brewster - Kim’s Video
dirs. & prods. David Redmon, Ashley Sabin
prods. Deborah Smith, Dale Smith, Francesco Galavotti, Rebecca Tabasky - Your Fat Friend
dir. & prod. Jeanie Finlay
prod. Suzanne Alizar
Post written by Spring Intern Tess Caldwell