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.
![graphic of a film reel](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/small-icons-04.jpg)
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.
![graphic of a film reel](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/small-icons-04.jpg)
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.
![graphic of a film reel](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/small-icons-04.jpg)
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.
![graphic of a film reel](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/small-icons-04.jpg)
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.
![graphic of a film reel](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/small-icons-04.jpg)
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.
![graphic of a film reel](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/small-icons-04.jpg)
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.
![graphic of a film reel](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/small-icons-04.jpg)
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.
![graphic of a film reel](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/small-icons-04.jpg)
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.
![graphic of a film reel](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/small-icons-04.jpg)
Songs of Earth
dir. & prod. Margreth Olin
prod. Lena Faye-Lund Sandvik
![](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CEA-2022_Margreth-Olin_Songs-of-Earth_Film-Still-1-1024x576.jpeg)
Songs of Earth was supported through Margreth Olin’s 2022 Chicken & Egg Award.
![graphic of a film reel](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/small-icons-04.jpg)
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 +.
![graphic of a film reel](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/small-icons-04.jpg)
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.
![graphic of a film reel](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/small-icons-04.jpg)
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