Eight Nest-supported Films Receive Emmy® Nominations!
August 11, 2022
Awards

Chicken & Egg Pictures sends massive congratulations to the eight Nest-supported films that received a nomination for the 43rd Annual News and Documentary Emmy® Awards. The honors will be presented live in two ceremonies, with Documentary Categories taking place on Thursday, September 29, 2022, at 7:30 pm EDT.

“Through our mission to advance gender equity in the documentary film industry, Chicken & Egg Pictures is proud to support women and nonbinary filmmakers whose work expands our collective consciousness. We congratulate all Nest-supported filmmakers for their tremendous achievements, and for crafting stories that advance social change.”

Jenni Wolfson, Executive Director of Chicken & Egg Pictures.

Check out each nomination below and celebrate the filmmakers and their teams with us:

Reflection of Maria Ressa talking on the phone on a rearview mirror.
A Thousand Cuts
dir. & prod. Ramona S. Diaz prods. Christopher Clements, Julie Goldman, Carolyn Hepburn, Leah Marino

Still from A Thousand Cuts via Variety

Nominated for:

  • Outstanding Social Issue Documentary

  • Best Documentary

Supported through Ramona’s 2018 Chicken & Egg Award

Still from Coded Bias
Coded Bias
dir. & prod. Shalini Kantayya

Still from Coded Bias

Nominated for:

  • Outstanding Science and Technology Documentary

Coded Bias was a Project: Hatched 2020 grantee

Still from Picture A Scientist
Picture a Scientist
dirs. & prods. Sharon Shattuck & Ian Cheney prod. Manette Pottle

Still from Picture a Scientist

Nominated for:

  • Outstanding Science and Technology Documentary

Picture a Scientist was a Project: Hatched 2020 grantee

Still from Pray Away
Pray Away
dir. & prod. Kristine Stolakis prod. Jessica Devaney and Anya Rous

Still from Pray Away

Nominated for:

  • Outstanding Social Issue Documentary

Pray Away was a 2019 (Egg)celerator Lab grantee

Simple As Water still
Simple As Water
dirs. & prod. Megan Mylan prod. Robin Hessman

Still from Simple As Water

Nominated for:

  • Outstanding Direction: Documentary

Simple As Water was a 2018 Nest-supported project

Still from Storm Lake
Storm Lake
dirs. Beth Levison & Jerry Risius prod. Beth Levison

Still from Storm Lake

Nominated for:

  • Outstanding Business and Economic Documentary

Storm Lake was a Project: Hatched 2021 grantee

A photography of a demonstration, there are men an women, some of them wear berets, some raise their fists up, some hold signs, many are screaming something
Takeover
dir. Emma Francis-Snyder prod. Tony Gerber

Still from Takeover

Nominated for:

  • Outstanding Short Documentary

Takeover is a Project: Hatched 2022 grantee

A digitally constructed environment in which a cabin is surrounded by enlightened particles. A woman in a bigger scale than the house is in the back.
The Changing Same: An American Pilgrimage
dirs. Michèle Stephenson, Joe Brewster prods. Scatter, Rada Studio

VR still from The Changing Same: An American Pilgrimage via Creative Capital

Nominated for:

  • Outstanding Interactive Media: Innovation

The Changing Same: An American Pilgrimage was supported through the 2017 Impact and Innovation Grant

From the AlumNest

  • In the Same Breath

    dir.Nanfu Wang

    prods.Jialing Zhang, Carolyn Hepburn, Sara Rodriguez, Julie Goldman, and Christopher Clements

    Nominated for: Outstanding Current Affairs Documentary, Best Documentary

  • Through Our Eyes: Apart

    dirs.Geeta Gandbhir, Rudy Valdez

    prods. Beth Miranda Botshon,Jessica Devaney, Lisa Diamond, Anya Rous

    Nominated for: Best Short Documentary

Check out the full nominations list with this link.

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