To be eligible for the new grant, projects must be a feature-length film that is either in the research or the development stage. The deadline for submission is April 24 and recipients will be announced this summer. Applications are currently being accepted for the new grant. Recipients of the Chicken & Egg Pictures research and development grant will also have access to peer support, mentorship, and relationship-building within the documentary filmmaking community. Up to 30 filmmaking teams will receive either a $10,000 research grant or a $20,000 development grant to use towards a docu project. Netflix and Chicken & Egg Pictures have teamed up on a new $450,000 documentary fund to support seasoned women and non-binary filmmakers working on their next feature-length project. Pay or Die follows families struggling to afford their medications and reveals the harrowing reality of living with a chronic illness in the richest country in the world. Access to this drug has become increasingly more difficult, as the cost to patients in America soars. “Without this life-sustaining drug, they will be dead in days. “Today, nearly two-million Americans living with diabetes are being held hostage by the pharmaceutical industry, as many cannot afford insulin,” notes a release about the documentary. MTV Documentary Films plans a theatrical release later this year, followed by a debut on streaming platform Paramount+.

Scott Alexander Ruderman and Rachael Dyer directed and produced the documentary, which premiered in March at SXSW. Exclusive: MTV Documentary Films has acquired worldwide rights to Pay or Die, a heart wrenching film about Americans living with diabetes who face a cruel choice: pay the “extortionate” cost of insulin charged by pharmaceutical companies or risk death.

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