Chicken & Egg Films has selected 35 filmmakers working on 29 feature documentaries for their third annual $450,000 film research and development grant.

Filmmaking teams will receive either a $10,000 research grant or a $20,000 development grant to use towards their doc projects. The Chicken & Egg Films research and development grant supports women and gender-expansive filmmakers who have made at least one feature-length doc. Recipients of the grant will have access to peer support, mentorship, and relationship-building within the documentary filmmaking community.

This year’s 29 grant projects spotlight urgent issues including genocide and war, LGBTQ visibility and history, journalism and democracy, sustainability, and corporate power.

Filmmakers in the 2025 cohort include Tamara Kotevsk

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