The 2025 Research & Development Grant – Chicken & Egg Films

Open to women and gender-expansive nonfiction filmmakers from around the world who have directed at least two feature-length documentaries and are in the research & development stage of their next feature- length film.

• You can be based anywhere in the world (except for countries under comprehensive US sanctions). 

Projects must meet the following criteria:

• Must be a documentary or nonfiction film (including hybrid docs). 

• Must be feature-length (48 minutes or more). 

• Must be in the research or development stage. 

• Must be independently produced. Works-for-hire are not eligible, and student films produced in an undergraduate or graduate program are also not eligible.

Entry Fee