
Chicken & Egg Pictures’ 2025 (Egg)celerator Lab
Opportunity type: Open Call
For: Directors
Deadline: 22/05/24, 7 pm GMT
Rewards: $40,000 + Mentorship + more
Location Eligibility: Some Countries
About this opportunity
Chicken & Egg Pictures are giving women filmmakers $40k in grant funding for the production of a feature-length film.
The (Egg)celerator Lab is focused on identifying and supporting nonfiction directors working on their first or second feature-length documentary. This program brings together ten projects, with a special focus on women and gender-expansive directors.
Rewards
- $40,000 USD in grant funding for the production of their feature-length film
- Monthly mentorship with Chicken & Egg Pictures’ team members
- Two creative retreats focused on career building and creative development
- Tailored industry meetings and funder connections
- Peer support from the (Egg)celerator Lab cohort
Eligibility
- Chicken & Egg Pictures is seeking applicants who identify as a woman or gender-expansive director
- They must have directed their first or second feature-length documentary or nonfiction film.
- Participants are based anywhere in the world, except for countries under comprehensive US sanctions ( Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, and the following regions of Ukraine: Crimea, Donetsk, and Luhansk). Applicants can apply if they are originally from these countries/regions but are based outside them. However, they cannot spend the grant in these countries/regions.
- Applicants should partner with a woman or gender-expansive director and be able to complete one feature-length documentary or nonfiction film and have two works-in-progress.
Entry Fee
Free.
How to Apply
Apply using the link: 2025 (Egg)celerator Lab
All questions regarding this open call should be sent to their contact page on the website.
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