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2025 (Egg)celerator Lab Grantees Announced
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Chicken & Egg Film Awards $400,000 Total to 2025 (Egg)celerator Lab Grantees and Finalists
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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.
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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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