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CHICKEN & EGG LAB
Chithra Jeyaram was announced as a grantee of our prestigious 2022 (Egg) celerator Lab. Chithra will receive a $40,000 grant, to be put towards the production of her film Our Daughters, and a year-long mentorship program designed to take her to the next stage of her career.
Link: https://bit.ly/394y3UU
April 2022
NYC WOMEN'S FUND
Chithra Jeyaram received the 2022 NYC WOMEN"S FUND for Media, Music, and Theatre for the project Our Daughters engagement and dedication to community building, and strong potential to make a meaningful contribution to an evolving and expanding documentary field.
March 2022
BGDM ARTIST GRANT
Chithra Jeyaram is a 2021 BGDM Sustainable Artist Grantee. These unrestricted grants support BGDM members whose filmmaking talents dovetail with their clarity of purpose as an artist, engagement and dedication to community building, and strong potential to make a meaningful contribution to an evolving and expanding documentary field.
Link: https://bit.ly/2PE6DvR
March 2021
FOREIGN PUZZLE
Thrilled that our feature documentary Foreign Puzzle won the “Best Documentary Feature” award at the Fayetteville Film Fest. A big thank you to the festival for a great virtual screening and this beautiful recognition.
Link: https://bit.ly/3dMHIPS
Nov 2020
ONLY IN NEWYORK
Thrilled that our feature documentary Our Daughters is part of the DOC NYC film festival's "Only In New York" work-in-progress lineup. DOC NYC Is America's largest documentary film festival.
Link: https://bit.ly/3d1UGam
Oct 2020
SYMBOLIC JUSTICE
Chithra Jeyaram edited the CBSN Originals documentary, "Speaking Frankly | Symbolic Justice with producer Leila Abu-saada and the CBSN Originals team.
Watch: https://bit.ly/3lgHrpf
Sept 2020
IFP PROJECT FORUM
In a year like no other, we feel lucky that Our Daughters will participate in IFP week's "Spotlight on Documentaries" alongside fabulous projects with creators we admire and respect.
Congratulations everyone.
Link: https://bit.ly/3iY66yf
Jul 2020
JOINED FILM FATALES
Chithra Jeyaram became a member of Film Fatales, a nonprofit which advocates for parity in the film industry and supports an inclusive community of hundreds of women and non-binary feature film and television directors nationwide.
Link: https://bit.ly/3eqyIhi
Jun 2020
IFP DOCUMENTARY LAB
Our Daughters is one of the 10 projects selected for their creative vision and outstanding promise. The lab is an year-long intensive and will provide invaluable access to the industry and thought leaders and help us make the best film we can.
Link: https://bit.ly/3107muA
May 2020
SHEFFIELD DOC/FEST
MEET MARKET
Our feature-length documentary, Our Daughters is one of the 48 projects, chosen from over 500 applications, to pitch to international industry representatives at the 15th edition of the MeetMarket.
Link: https://bit.ly/2RKGut4
Apr 2020
MENTAL HEALTH PANELIST
NYWIFT and The D-Word hosted a panel discussion moderated by Doug Block (The D-Word), panelists include Rebecca Day (Producer/ Psychotherapist), Kelsey Koenig (Impact Partner Films), Heidi Reinberg (Documentary filmmaker) and Chithra Jeyaram (Documentary filmmaker).
Link: https://bit.ly/3dlP6OO
Mar 2020
NYSCA GRANT
Received the New York State Council on the Arts Individual Artist Grant for the feature documentary Our Daughters.
Jan 2020
EDITING PANELIST
Chithra Jeyaram was a panelist for a workshop on 'How to create a perfect work sample? The event was co-presented by Karen Schmeer Film Editing Fellowship, Women Make Movies and NYU Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute with Robin Hessman, Leigh Johnson and Rabab Haj Yahya.
Dec 2019
JEROME GRANT
Received the prestigious Jerome Media Grant for the feature documentary Our Daughters.
Link: https://bit.ly/30ZfECZ
Dec 2019
CAAM GRANT
Received the Center for Asian American Media Grant for the feature documentary Our Daughters.
Link: https://bit.ly/3fL0DsI
Mar 2019
MADE IN NY FELLOW
Received the Made in NY Fellowship for the transmedia project 1001 Breast Cancer Nights. Link: https://on.nyc.gov/2YXpSky
Dec 2018