Chicken & Egg Films

Chicken & Egg Pictures (Chicken & Egg) is a nonprofit organization that supports women and gender non-conforming nonfiction filmmakers whose storytelling helps to catalyze social change. By providing holistic support, including mentorship, grants, distribution partnerships, and networking opportunities, Chicken & Egg Pictures works to ensure that the range of diverse artists it supports have a solid foundation upon which to reach broad audiences and build sustainable careers. Chicken & Egg provides support to filmmakers at all stages of their careers: from providing hands-on support and funding to global emerging makers through its (Egg)celerator Lab, to supporting experienced filmmakers with an unrestricted grant via the Chicken & Egg Award. This award will support general operations, with the intended outcome of strengthening the professional and creative development networks for women and gender non-confirming nonfiction filmmakers, leading to the production and dissemination of more just and inclusive news and narratives.

Chicken & Egg Pictures is a nonprofit organization that supports women and gender non-conforming nonfiction filmmakers whose storytelling helps to catalyze social change. By providing holistic support including mentorship, grants, distribution partnerships, and networking opportunities, Chicken & Egg Pictures works to ensure that the range of diverse artists it supports have a solid foundation upon which to reach broad audiences and build sustainable careers. Its (Egg)celerator Lab is an international program supporting first and second time filmmakers on projects in production through tailored mentorship, retreats, and strategic funding; the Chicken & Egg Award elevates five experienced filmmakers with an unrestricted grant and mentorship; and its program AlumNest offers community support among a community of 300 past and present grantees. Chicken & Egg is launching two new programs: Hatched, which provides post-production funding and strategic guidance on distribution, outreach, and impact; and Docs by the Dozen, which provides funding and distribution partnerships for shorts and series. This award supports general operations, with the intended outcome of strengthening the professional and creative development networks for women and gender non-confirming nonfiction filmmakers, leading to the production and dissemination of more just and inclusive news and narratives.

Chicken & Egg Pictures (Chicken & Egg) is a nonprofit organization created in 2005 to provide women non-fiction directors with grants, creative support and mentorship, and the opportunity to learn from a collaborative community of artists. Chicken & Egg operates five professional development and grant programs; MacArthur funds will support three: the Accelerator Lab, which awards grant funds and workshops for filmmakers at work on their first or second feature documentary; the Diversity Fellows Initiative, which provides workshops and mentorship to early career filmmakers of color; and the Impact and Innovation Initiative, which funds short-form and immersive nonfiction digital content. Chicken & Egg’s programs are open to women filmmakers from around the globe. The outcome of this grant is that more women filmmakers from diverse backgrounds are able to complete nonfiction multimedia content on social issues, from underrepresented perspectives that go on to reach wide audiences.