Supported films at the SXSW Film Festival
We are extremely grateful to have three (Egg)celerator Lab grantees premieres and an Alumni film at this year’s South By Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival! The festival will take place between March 8-16, 2024. Congratulations all!
7 Beats Per Minute
dir. Yuqi Kang
prods. Ina Fichman, Anita Lee
7 Beats Per Minute is a participant of the 2022 (Egg)celerator Lab and will have its World Premiere in the Documentary Spotlight.
The In Between
dir. Robie Flores
prod. Alejandro J. Flores, Kellen Quinn
The In Between is a participant of the 2021 (Egg)celerator Lab, took part in the 2018 Diversity Fellows Initiative (past program), and will have its premiere in the Documentary Competition.
Songs from the Hole
dir. & prod. Contessa Gayles
prods. Richie Reseda, David Felix Sutcliffe
Songs from the Hole is a participant of the 2022 (Egg)celerator Lab and will premiere in the Visions Program.
From the AlumNest
- She Looks Like Me
dir. & prod. Torquil Jones
prods. Lindsey Dryden, Ian Davies
Post written by Communications Assistant Tess Caldwell
Supported Filmmakers Win Awards at Cinema Eye Honors
We are extremely proud to have three supported films, and three supported filmmakers, take home wins at the 17th edition of the Cinema Eye Honors Awards. The awards ceremony took place on Friday, January 12 at the New York Academy of Medicine in East Harlem. Congratulations!
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 and won awards for Outstanding Achievement in Direction and in the 2024 Unforgettables Honorees section.
Twice Colonized
dir. Lin Alluna
prods. Emile Hertling Péronard, Alethea Arnaquq-Baril, Stacey Aglok, Bob Moore
Twice Colonized is a Project: Hatched 2023 grantee and was named a 2024 Unforgettables Honoree.
Q
dir. & prod. Jude Chehab
Q is a 2021 (Egg)celerator Lab Grantee that won the Spotlight Award.
From the AlumNest
- Black Girls Play: The Story of Hand Games | Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Short Filmmaking
dirs. & prods. Michèle Stephenson, Joe Brewster
- Confessions of a Good Samaritan | 2024 Unforgettables Honorees
dir. Penny Lane
prod. Gabriel Sedgwick
- Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project | Outstanding Achievement in Visual Design, 2024 Unforgettable Honorees
dirs. & prods. Michèle Stephenson, Joe Brewster
- Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields | Outstanding Achievement in Broadcast Editing
dir. Lana Wilson
prods. Jack Turner, Christine O’Malley
Post written by Communications Assistant Tess Caldwell
Ascension Soars at Cinema Eye Honors!
Huge congratulations to the Ascension team for picking up three awards at the 15th Annual Cinema Eye Honors: Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography, Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Score, and Outstanding Achievement in a Debut Feature Film.
Plus a special shoutout to AlumNest filmmakers Nanfu Wang, Jialing Zhang, and the In the Same Breath team for their win in the award for Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Film For Broadcast.
Ascension
dir. & prod. Jessica Kingdon
prods. Kira Simon-Kennedy, Nathan Truesdell
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography
Jessica Kingdon and Nathan Truesdell
Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Score
Dan Deacon
Outstanding Achievement in a Debut Feature Film
Jessica Kingdon
Ascension examines the contemporary “Chinese Dream” through staggering observations of labor, consumerism and wealth. In cinematically exploring the aspiration that drives today’s People’s Republic of China, the film plunges into universal paradoxes of economic progress.
Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Film For Broadcast
In the Same Breath
dir. Nanfu Wang
prods. Jialing Zhang, Carolyn Hepburn, Sara Rodriguez, Julie Goldman, and Christopher Clements
Take a look at the complete list of award winners by visiting this link.
American Factory Soars at Cinema Eye Honors!
Congratulations to the American Factory team, including co-director and 2016 Chicken & Egg Award recipient Julia Reichert and Chicken & Egg Pictures Co-Founder Julie Parker Benello, on the accolades they received at the thirteenth annual Cinema Eye Honors at the Museum of the Moving Image in New York on January 6.
American Factory was awarded Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking and Outstanding Achievement in Direction.
American Factory is directed by Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert and produced by Steve Bognar, Julia Reichert, Jeff Reichert and Julie Parker Benello.
Plus a special shoutout to AlumNest filmmaker Jehane Noujaim and The Great Hack team for their win in the Outstanding Achievement in Graphic Design or Animation category.