This program supports nonfiction filmmakers or filmmaking teams working on their first or second feature-length documentary. Applications are due April 29th!

In this year-long program, filmmakers receive:

• $40,000 USD in grant funding for the production of their feature-length film

• Mentorship with Chicken & Egg Films team members

• Two creative retreats focused on career building and creative development

• Travel stipend for director and producer upon acceptance to a forum or market during program year

• Tailored industry meetings and funder connections

• Peer support from their cohort
  

  Applicant Eligibility Filmmakers must meet the following criteria:

  • Identify as a woman or gender-expansive filmmaker. Co-directing teams, where one director is a woman or gender-expansive filmmaker, are also eligible. If a prospective applicant does not meet the targeted demographic criteria, we will accept and evaluate the application based on merit/strength of the proposed project.

  • Be directing their first or second feature-length (48 minutes or longer) documentary film (hybrid docs are eligible). See the FAQ for Chicken & Egg’s definitions of first-time and second-time directors.