Chicken & Egg Pictures Expands Funding for Documentaries, Awarding Grants to 10 Films (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comAddie Morfoot Contributor Ten documentary projects from eight countries have been selected as grantees of Project: Hatched, a Chicken & Egg Pictures program designed to support directors as they develop and launch strategic impact campaigns.
Many of the selected projects had prestigious premieres at film festivals, including Sundance and IDFA. But despite the high-profile debuts, the dismal docu marketplace has forced filmmakers to figure out various alternative distribution models.
Project: Hatched funding can help filmmakers ensure an impact campaign around a project that in all likelihood took years to make.
Even films such as this year’s Project: Hatched grantee title “Pay or Die,” which was acquired by MTV Documentary Films, are in need of funding for an impact campaign.
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