Six grantees to receive $30,000 toward completion of their films, impact campaigns, and tailored mentorship.
Chicken & Egg Pictures announced via Women & Hollywood six new grantees of our 2022 Project: Hatched program. Each film will receive $30,000 toward its completion and impact campaign and will participate in a seven-month program with tailored mentorship for impact strategy and professional development. Additionally, two films will each receive a $15,000 finalist grant.
This year, Chicken & Egg Pictures invited previously supported filmmakers in our alumni community, AlumNest, to participate in the Project: Hatched selection process.
“These processes are always complex and we receive more applications worthy of consideration than we can support. Sharing the power and responsibility that comes with making these selections with our AlumNest filmmakers was a very special and illuminating experience,” said Program Director, Lucila Moctezuma.
The following are the grantees and finalists of Project: Hatched 2022.
Project: Hatched 2022 Grantees
Directors: Lisa Riordan Seville, Zara Katz Producers: Kiara C. Jones, Lisa Riordan Seville, Zara Katz Kristal is a young ambitious Philadelphian driven to keep families connected to their incarcerated loved ones. But when her father and brother return from prison, she confronts the ultimate question: can she reunite her own family?
Director: Margaret Byrne Producer: Margaret Byrne Producer/Impact Producer: Latesha Dickerson A filmmaker and three Chicagoans navigate the complexities of living with mental illness.
Director: Rebeca Huntt Producers: Rebeca Huntt, Sofia Geld Impact Producer: Mia Bruno A stunning self-portrait, tough, raw, stubborn, and powerful “Beba” stares down the curses of her ancestry, probing the psychic wounds she has inherited, while simultaneously embracing the vastness of her multitudes.
Director: Deann Borshay Liem Producers: Deann Borshay Liem, Ramsay Liem, Sarah Kim, Gay Dillingham Thirty women peacemakers, including Gloria Steinem, undertake a risky crossing of the demilitarized zone (DMZ), from North to South Korea, to end America’s longest-running war.
Director: Sally Rubin Producer: Sally Rubin Impact Producer: Nick Kelso Mama Has a Mustache is a short animated documentary about identity and family outside of the traditional gender binary, as seen through children’s eyes.
Director: Emma Francis-Snyder Producer: Tony Gerber In 1970, the Young Lords, a group of activists, took over a decrepit hospital in the South Bronx, launching a battle for their lives, their community, and healthcare for all.
Project: Hatched 2022 Finalists
Powerlands
Director: Ivey Camille Manybeads Tso Producers: Jordan Flaherty, Emily Faye Ratner, Ewa Jasiewicz A Navajo filmmaker investigates the global displacement of Indigenous people and the devastation of the environment by corporations that have exploited the land where she was born.
The Janes
Directors: Tia Lessin, Emma Pildes Producers: Emma Pildes, Daniel Arcana, Jessica Levin The Janes is the story of an underground network of women in Chicago in the ‘60s and early ‘70s who provided safe, affordable, illegal abortions
