In celebration of our 20th anniversary, the Chicken & Egg Films WIP Showcase at DOC NYC will highlight six supported work-in-progress films in various stages from around the globe. Participating film teams looking for co-productions, finishing funds, festival premieres, sales, and distribution will each share excerpts from their feature-length documentary.
"Some of these films are anchored in personal investigations of family or loss, while others explore a collective freedom or ownership. Ultimately, together this slate of films reveal how everyday people — across gender, race, class, and geography — are contending with systems and bureaucracies,” said Industry & Artist Development Manager Tobi Phang-Lyn. “Our filmmakers bring an extraordinary depth of care, artistry, and boldness to these important, timely stories. We’re honored to support their momentum by inviting audiences in at such a critical moment in each film’s journey.”
When Richard is diagnosed with dementia, his daughter Emma documents their journey through the flawed eldercare system. Anatomy of a Life blends documentary with whimsical fiction, preserving his humor and legacy in a father-daughter story about love and resilience.
Against the weight of societal expectations on women and girls, the gymnasts of Pakistan’s Fisherman Colony push to make space for themselves, one somersault at a time.
After the loss of their patriarch’s home, Southmont Drive emerges as a collective memory of his descendants, tracing a Black family’s generational roots in the small-town South while confronting the effects of capitalist exploitation and greed.
On the coast of Morocco, a crew of stallion riders make a living filming tourists galloping horses on the beach at sunset, while chasing their own version of freedom.
A tender portrait of El Salvador, Vena Acuática is a mosaic revealing the joys and perils of lives deeply bonded with water and land, shaped by the relationships between women defending a landscape haunted by environmental negligence and forced migration.
Raised in chaos, I finally built a family of my own—until a “traditional family” crusade moved to erase it, sending me across Europe to follow the money and the messengers behind the global anti-rights movement.
