Half a Dozen Nest-supported Films at the 2023 SFFILM Festival
Chicken & Egg Pictures is proud to see six Nest-supported and two AlumNest films screening at the 66th San Francisco International Film Festival. The festival will take place from Thursday, April 13 to Sunday, April 23 across theaters in San Francisco, Oakland and Berkeley.
We are sending special congratulations to the 2022 Critical Issues Fund grantee Sol in the Garden for their World Premiere.
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 having its California Premiere as a part of the Documentaries: International section.
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![graphic of a film reel](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/small-icons-04.jpg)
How to Carry Water
dir. Sasha Wortzel
prod. Jess Devaney, Anya Rous, Colleen Cassingham
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How to Carry Water was supported in partnership with Multitude Films as a part of the QUEER FUTURES series and will take part in the “Shorts 3: The Body” section of the festival.
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Hummingbirds
dirs. Silvia Del Carmen Castaños, Estefanía “Beba” Contreras
co-dirs. & prods. Jillian Schlesinger, Miguel Drake-McLaughlin, Diane Ng, Ana Rodriguez-Falco
prods. Leslie Benavides, Rivkah Beth Medow
![Silvia and Beba smile as they point their middle finger at the fire-work lit sky. There is a red light on Beba's middle finger, and a green light on Silvia's.](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/EL-2022-Finalist_Hummingbirds_Silvia-Castaños_Estefanía-Contreras_Film-Still_MAIN_01_WEB-1024x616.jpg)
Hummingbirds is a 2022 (Egg)celerator Lab finalist having its California premiere in the Documentaries: USA and GGA Documentary Competition sections.
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![graphic of a film reel](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/small-icons-04.jpg)
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 having its California premiere in the Documentaries: International and GGA Documentary Competition sections.
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Sol in the Garden
dirs. & prods. Emily Cohen Ibañez and Débora Souza Silva
![Still from Sol in the Garden. A woman in profile to the camera is inside a greenhouse, touching the leaves of a guava tree.](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CIF-2022_Sol-in-the-Garden_Debora-Souza-Silva_Emily-Cohen-Ibanez_Film-Still_MAIN_01-1024x542.jpeg)
Sol in the Garden is a 2022 Critical Issues Fund grantee having its World Premiere as a part of the Bay Area Short Film category as well as a three-part shorts program.
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![graphic of a film reel](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/small-icons-04.jpg)
The Tuba Thieves
dir. & prod. Alison O’Daniel
![Still from The Tuba Thieves. A person looking up with their hand beside their face holding two fingers. Below them is a text that reads the first evening's stars begin to appear. Black and White photograph.](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/EL-2021_The-Tuba-Thieves_Alison-ODaniel_Film-Still__06-2-1024x575.jpg)
The Tuba Thieves is a 2021 (Egg)celerator Lab grantee having its California Premiere as a part of the Documentaries: USA section.
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From the AlumNest
- King Coal
dir. & prod. Elaine McMillion Sheldon
prods. Shane Boris, Diane Becker, Peggy Drexler - Confessions of a Good Samaritan
dir. Penny Lane
prod. Gabriel Sedgwick
Post written by Spring intern Tess Caldwell
Four Nest-supported Films at Berlinale 2023
Chicken & Egg Pictures is proud to see three Nest-supported films in Berlinale 2023 lineup. El eco/The Echo and Hummingbirds will have their world premiere, and the recent Sundance winner of the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary The Eternal Memory will have its European premiere. The festival takes place from Wednesday, February 16 to Sunday, February 26.
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 will have its world premiere in the Encounters section and was supported through Tatiana Huezo’s 2021 Chicken & Egg Award.
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The Eternal Memory
dir. & prod. Maite Alberdi
prods. Juan de Dios Larraín, Pablo Larraín, Rocío Jadue
![Still from The Eternal Memory. Augusto and Paulina reading from a magazine on a sofa.](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/LMI-6-1024x562.jpg)
The Eternal Memory will have its European Premiere in the Panorama Section and was supported through Maite Alberdi’s 2020 Chicken & Egg Award.
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Hummingbirds
dirs. Silvia Del Carmen Castaños, Estefanía “Beba” Contreras
co-dirs. & prods. Jillian Schlesinger, Miguel Drake-McLaughlin, Diane Ng, Ana Rodriguez-Falco
prods. Leslie Benavides, Rivkah Beth Medow
![Silvia and Beba smile as they point their middle finger at the fire-work lit sky. There is a red light on Beba's middle finger, and a green light on Silvia's.](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/EL-2022-Finalist_Hummingbirds_Silvia-Castaños_Estefanía-Contreras_Film-Still_MAIN_01_WEB-1024x616.jpg)
Hummingbirds will have its world premiere in the Generation 14plus section and is a 2022 (Egg)celerator Lab finalist.
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From the AlumNest
- My ne zgasnemo / We Will Not Fade Away
dir. Alisa Kovalenko
prods. Valery Kalmykov, Oleksiy Kobelev
World premiere in the 14plus competition of Berlinale Generation
Alisa is also participating in the Berlinale Talents Event A Closer Look: Current Docs from Ukraine - 2017 Chicken & Egg Award recipient Kirsten Johnson is participating in the Berlinale Talents Event Simply Absurd: Subversive Screenwriting