LUCILA MOCTEZUMA, Program Director, Chicken & Egg Pictures, USA

As the Program Director Lucila Moctezuma oversees the planning and implementation of Chicken & Egg Pictures’ programs in support of women nonfiction filmmakers. Moctezuma is originally from Mexico City and prior to joining C&E she was Executive Producing Director at the internationally renowned UnionDocs, Center for Documentary Art in Brooklyn. She has also worked as the Manager of the Production Assistance Program at Women Make Movies, a program that provides support to women filmmakers in the development of their projects; Director of the Media Arts Fellowships for the Rockefeller Foundation, a highly prestigious program that supported media artists in the U.S. and Latin America; and was Founder and Coordinator of the TFI Latin America Fund for Tribeca Film Institute.

Moctezuma is also a part of the founding Executive Board of Cine Qua Non Lab, a residency for international filmmakers based in Michoacan, Mexico; was Vice-President of the Board of Trustees of The Flaherty; and is part of the documentary selection committee of the Morelia International Film Festival in Mexico. Her work as an Associate Producer includes the documentary series ‘The New Americans’ for Kartemquin Films, and ‘Shocking and Awful’ for Deep Dish TV, which was part of the 2006 Whitney Biennial.

INSTITUTE PROFILE

Chicken & Egg Pictures was founded in 2005 by Julie Parker Benello, Wendy Ettinger and Judith Helfand. Since inception, the organization has awarded over $7 million in grants and thousands of hours of creative mentorship to over 300 filmmakers. The company supports women nonfiction filmmakers whose artful and innovative storytelling catalyzes social change. They envision an inclusive media industry in which women filmmakers, representing a range of experiences and backgrounds, are fully supported to realise their artistic goals, and to build sustainable and fulfilling careers.