Chicken & Egg Pictures Expands Funding for Documentaries, Awarding Grants to 10 Films (EXCLUSIVE)
17.08.2023 - 17:15
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Addie Morfoot Contributor Ten documentary projects from eight countries have been selected as grantees of Project: Hatched, a Chicken & Egg Pictures program designed to support directors as they develop and launch strategic impact campaigns. Many of the selected projects had prestigious premieres at film festivals, including Sundance and IDFA.
But despite the high-profile debuts, the dismal docu marketplace has forced filmmakers to figure out various alternative distribution models. Project: Hatched funding can help filmmakers ensure an impact campaign around a project that in all likelihood took years to make.
Even films such as this year’s Project: Hatched grantee title “Pay or Die,” which was acquired by MTV Documentary Films, are in need of funding for an impact campaign. Each of the 10 selected film will receive $30,000, which will go towards completion funding and impact campaigns.
This is the first year that the grant’s criteria were expanded to include international projects. Additionally, this year there was an increase in the number of projects supported, raising total funds disbursed from $240,000 in 2022 to $300,000 in 2023.
The 10 grantee films are: “Bad Press,” “Big Fight in Little Chinatown,” “Freedom Hill,” “From the Shadows #missingirls,” “Liquor Store Dreams,” “Now That We Are Together,” “Pay or Die,” “Suddenly TV,” “The Mind Game,” and “Twice Colonized.” “We are seeking filmmakers with a strategic vision for the impact they wish to achieve,” said Sabine Fayoux Cantillo, Chicken & Egg associate director of program. “However, we also value a willingness to embrace diverse interpretations of what constitutes impact and engagement for each individual filmmaker, and how this work can evolve throughout the
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