Chicken & Egg Films

Chicken & Egg Films
We champion women and gender-expansive documentary filmmakers around the globe with funding, mentorship, and access so they can tell stories that ignite change.
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2026 (Egg)celerator Lab Grantees Announced
2026 (Egg)celerator Lab
Chicken & Egg Film Awards $360,000 Total to 2026 (Egg)celerator Lab Grantees
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Events
20th Anniversary WIP Showcase at DOC NYC 2025
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Press
2025 Research & Development Grant Recipients Announced
2025 Research & Development Grantees
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2025 Chicken & Egg Award Recipients Announced
2025 CEA Filmmakers
Programs
Chicken & Egg Award
This program recognizes women and gender-expansive filmmakers at advanced stages in their career who are poised to reach new heights in their creative and impact trajectories.
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(Egg)celerator Lab
This program supports nonfiction filmmakers or filmmaking teams working on their first or second feature-length documentary.
Deadline on April 29
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2026 (Egg)celerator Lab retreat
Project: Hatched
This program supports filmmakers or filmmaking teams to implement a strategic vision for the impact and engagement they want to achieve with their finished film.
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Research & Development Grant
This program supports filmmakers who are in the research or development phase of their feature documentary.
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“The most important part for me throughout this mentorship is the community we’ve built. Feeling connected, seen, accepted, appreciated, has been a lifelong journey for me—in many ways, Chicken & Egg has affirmed who I am and what I’m doing.”
—Emma Francis-Snyder, (Egg)celerator Lab 2024 filmmaker
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