We are delighted to congratulate so many WMM filmmakers, alum, and those a part of our Production Assistance Program on the 2023 Chicken & Egg Pictures Research and Development Grant.
Four projects from WMM filmmakers each received a $10,000 Research Grant. WMM filmmaker Erika Cohn, dir. of BELLY OF THE BEAST, received the grant for a new project. Two films in the Production Assistance Program were awarded the grant: 1. Corine Shawi (dir. & prod.) | Nancy Sabbagh (prod.) | Lebanon ; and 2. Yoruba Richen (dir. & prod.) | Lacey Schwartz Delgado (dir. & prod.) | Mehret Mandefro (prod.), Kristi Jacobson (prod.) | United States, Ethiopia. And Production Assistance Program filmmaker Kenya Jade-Pinto received the grant for a new project.
The following films currently being made with the assistance of our PA program were awarded Developmental grants:
- I AM MY GRANDMA’S DAUGHTER directed by Tatiana Fernández Geara and produced by Wendy P. Espinal
- A BIT OF A STRANGER directed by Svitlana Lishchynska, and produced by Anna Kapustina and Alex Tondowski
- THE GYMNASTS OF MACHAR COLONY directed by Habiba Nosheen and produced by Amar Lohana
- KIDS LIKE ME co-directed by Cynthia Lowen & Jon Cohrs and produced by Jim LeBrecht
- DISRUPTION directed by Sarvnik Kaur and produced by Quentin Laurent
- MEMORIES OF AN OBLIVION directed by Carmen Castillo and produced by Camille Laemlé & Macarena Aguiló
- UNTITLED 2 directed by Petra Costa
The Following WMM filmmakers received the developmental grant:
- THE UNTITLED GARY FISHER PROJECT directed by Alum Luchina Fisher and produced by Yvonne Welbon (THE CINEMATIC JAZZ OF JULIE DASH, REMEMBERING WEI-FI YANG, REMEMBERING MYSELF) and Thomas Allen Harris
- THE FRANKLIN EXPERIMENT directed by Grace Lee (THE GRACE LEE PROJECT) and produced by Alicia Sams
And, last but not, least, WORTH THE RISK (working title) directed by Sabaah Folayan, a producer of another project in our Production Assistance Program received a Developmental grant.
Congrats to all of these incredible filmmakers, and stay tuned for more news on how these films develop and where, how, and when to watch them!
