Dear Chickens (2018)
- Directed by
- Mauro Mueller
- Rating
- 10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
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The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
An elderly man deals with the everyday realities of having cancer. The film follows his quiet routine and interactions.
bittersweetgentlereflectiveintimatepoignantunderstatedwarmmelancholic
What happens
Dear Chickens is a short dramedy. The film's run time is 14 minutes. It was directed by Mauro Mueller, co-written by Mauro Mueller and Jennie Allen, produced by Björn Hering, Mauro Mueller, Timon 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. The short film screened at various festivals including LA Shorts Fest in 2018, winning best actor for Philip Baker Hall, Zurich Film Festival as part of a series of films about cancer, FILMETS Badalona Film Festival (also winning best actor for Philip Baker Hall), Mexico Shortsfest 2019, HollyShorts Film Festival, and Pendance Film Festival in Toronto. This was Baker Hall's final film appearance before his death in 2022. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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