Laura Nix and Julia Reichert Nominated for 92nd Academy Awards
Egg-citing news! Announced today, filmmakers Laura Nix and Julia Reichert received Oscar nominations for their nonfiction films Walk Run Cha-Cha and American Factory, respectively.
Walk Run Cha-Cha
Directed by Laura Nix (2018 Chicken & Egg Award);
Produced by Colette Sandstedt
Nominated for Documentary Short
American Factory
Directed by Julia Reichert (2016 Chicken & Egg Award) and Steve Bognar; Produced by Julia Reichert, Steve Bognar, Jeff Reichert, and Chicken & Egg Pictures Co-Founder Julie Parker Benello
Nominated for Documentary Feature
We are so proud to have supported Laura and Julia through our Chicken & Egg Award program and wish them the best of luck! You can stream American Factory on Netflix and Walk Run Cha-Cha on New York Times Op-Docs.
The 92nd Academy Awards will take place on Sunday, February 9, 2020. A full list the full list of nominees can be seen here.
Supported Filmmakers at Tribeca Film Festival
Tribeca Film Festival is just around the corner, and we’re (egg)static to say that three films by Nest-supported filmmakers will be at this year’s festival.
See here for showtimes and tickets:
One Child Nation (2017 (Egg)celerator Lab grantee), directed by Nanfu Wang (also a 2018 Chicken & Egg Award recipient) and Jialing Zhang
How much control does a person have over their own life? In China, state control begins before a child is even born.
- Tuesday, April 30 at 6:30 PM — SVA Theater 2
- Wednesday, May 1 at 8:00 PM — Village East Cinema Theater 2
- Saturday, May 4 at 3:45 — Regal Cinemas Battery Park
American Factory, directed by Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert (2016 Chicken & Egg Award recipient)
American Factory tells the story of a Chinese billionaire who opens a new factory in the husk of an abandoned General Motors plant in post-industrial Ohio, hiring two thousand blue-collar Americans. Early days of hope and optimism give way to setbacks as high-tech China clashes with working-class America.
- Friday, April 26 at 8:30 PM — SVA Theater 2
- Saturday, April 27 at 3:45 PM — Regal Cinemas Battery Park
- Tuesday, April 30 at 6:15 PM — Regal Cinemas Battery Park
Walk, Run, Cha-Cha, directed by Laura Nix (2018 Chicken & Egg Award recipient)*
Paul and Millie Cao lost their youth to the aftermath of the Vietnam War. Forty years later, they have become successful professionals in Southern California—and are rediscovering themselves on the dancefloor.
- Thursday, April 25 at 6:30 PM — Regal Cinemas Battery Park
- Tuesday, April 30 at 5:00 PM — Regal Cinemas Battery Park
*Chicken & Egg Pictures did not directly support Walk, Run, Cha-Cha, but did support director Laura Nix in her Chicken & Egg Award year.