Dear Chickens

2018 American film
  • 27 July 2018 (2018-07-27) (LA Shorts Fest)
Running time
14 minutesCountriesUnited States
Switzerland
MexicoLanguageEnglish

Dear Chickens is a short dramedy. The film's run time is 14 minutes. It was co-written and directed by Mauro Mueller, and produced by Björn Hering, Mauro Mueller, Tim Birkhofer and David Figueroa García, and co-produced by Rocio Lopez. The film was shot by Mexican cinematographer Andrea González Mereles.

The short film qualified to the Academy Awards for Best Live Action Short Film in 2019.[1] The short film screened at various festivals including LA Shorts Fest in 2018 and winning best actor for Philip Baker Hall,[2] Zurich Film Festival as part of a series of films about cancer,[3] FILMETS Badalona Film Festival winning also best actor for Philip Baker Hall[4] Mexico Shortsfest 2019, HollyShorts Film Festival and Pendance Flm Festival in Toronto.[5] This was Baker Hall's final film appearance before his death in 2022

Plot

When a stubborn old man (Philip Baker Hall) and a fretful teenaged girl (Kerris Dorsey) are forced to share a hospital room, an unexpected friendship forms over their hatred of fake cheerfulness and bad hospital food. The film is a comedy-drama.

Awards

The film won best actor at LA Shorts Fest and Filmets Badalona Film Festival in Barcelona for Philip Baker Hall.[6][4]

Cast

  • Philip Baker Hall as Emil
  • Kerris Dorsey as Nora
  • James Eckhouse as Dr. Friedman
  • Linda Park as Nurse Stephanie

Release

On 27 July 2018, the film had its world premiere at LA Shorts Fest in Los Angeles.[citation needed] The film had its European premiere at the Solothurn Film Festival in the short film competition section and in Mexico at Shortsfest in September 2018.[7]

References

  1. ^ "DEAR CHICKENS: A moving short Film takes aim for the Oscars". Archived from the original on 19 February 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Past Winners". Archived from the original on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Swiss Cancer League presents eight short films about cancer".
  4. ^ a b "Awards 2019". Filmets Badalona Film Festival. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Dear Chickens". 5 November 2018.
  6. ^ "Past Winners". LA Shorts International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  7. ^ "Dear Chickens".

External links

  • Dear Chickens at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  • official film website