Sundance 2015 – Chicken & Egg Pictures

Netflix acquires Hot Girls Wanted

External Relations — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 16:59:58 +0000

Netflix has acquired the rights Hot Girls Wanted on the heels of the film’s world premiere at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival.

Directors Jill Bauer & Ronna Gradus and producer Rashida Jones with film subjects Tressa Silguero and Kendall Plemons at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival premiere of Hot Girls Wanted.

When announcing the acquisition, Netflix VP of Global Independent Content Erik Barmack said, “Jill and Ronna have exposed a shocking world of hope and heartbreak. The filmmakers gained unprecedented access into a world never documented until now, and we are proud to bring their unflinching work to a global audience.”

Netflix will premiere the film later this year. Jill and Ronna’s previous collaboration, Sexy Baby (also supported by Chicken & Egg Pictures), is currently available on Netflix.

(T)ERROR and Dreamcatcher win at Sundance

External Relations — Mon, 02 Feb 2015 23:19:34 +0000

At the Awards Ceremony for the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, which took place on Saturday, January 31, two Chicken & Egg Pictures grantees were singled out for their courageous, moving, and inspiring filmmaking.

Lyric Cabral and David Felix Sutcliffe were awarded the US Documentary Special Jury Prize for Break Out First Feature for their documentary (T)ERROR.

Lyric Cabral & David Felix Sutcliffe with Wendy Ettinger and Judith Helfand at the Chicken & Egg Pictures Sundance party.

Kim Longinotto, the director of Dreamcatcher, was awarded the World Cinema Documentary Directing Prize. Dreamcatcher was called the “best work of nonfiction artistry” at this year’s festival by critic Wesley Morris.

Still from Dreamcatcher, directed by Kim Longinotto

Congratulations to all of the award winners, and especially to Lyric, David, and Kim.