''Dear Chickens'' is a short dramedy. The film's run time is 14 minutes. It was co-written and directed by
Mauro Mueller
Mauro Mueller is an independent Swiss-Mexican narrative filmmaker. He won in the Student Academy Awards in 2013 and is member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. He is best known for directing the short films ''Ge.hen'nah'' in ...
, 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.
The short film screened at various festivals including
LA Shorts Fest
The LA Shorts International Film Festival (LA Shorts) founded by Robert Arentz in 1997 is one of the largest international short film festivals in the world with more than 300 films screening annually.
In order to qualify for a short film award at ...
in 2018 and winning best actor for
Philip Baker Hall
Philip Baker Hall (September 10, 1931 – June 12, 2022) was an American character actor.
Hall is known for his collaborations with Paul Thomas Anderson, including '' Hard Eight'' (1996), ''Boogie Nights'' (1997) and ''Magnolia'' (1999). He als ...
,
Zurich Film Festival as part of a series of films about cancer, FILMETS Badalona Film Festival winning also best actor for Philip Baker Hall
Mexico Shortsfest 2019,
HollyShorts Film Festival and Pendance Flm Festival in Toronto.
Plot
When a stubborn old man (
Philip Baker Hall
Philip Baker Hall (September 10, 1931 – June 12, 2022) was an American character actor.
Hall is known for his collaborations with Paul Thomas Anderson, including '' Hard Eight'' (1996), ''Boogie Nights'' (1997) and ''Magnolia'' (1999). He als ...
) 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
Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical ...
.
Awards
The film won best actor at
LA Shorts Fest
The LA Shorts International Film Festival (LA Shorts) founded by Robert Arentz in 1997 is one of the largest international short film festivals in the world with more than 300 films screening annually.
In order to qualify for a short film award at ...
and Filmets Badalona Film Festival in Barcelona for
Philip Baker Hall
Philip Baker Hall (September 10, 1931 – June 12, 2022) was an American character actor.
Hall is known for his collaborations with Paul Thomas Anderson, including '' Hard Eight'' (1996), ''Boogie Nights'' (1997) and ''Magnolia'' (1999). He als ...
.
Cast
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Philip Baker Hall
Philip Baker Hall (September 10, 1931 – June 12, 2022) was an American character actor.
Hall is known for his collaborations with Paul Thomas Anderson, including '' Hard Eight'' (1996), ''Boogie Nights'' (1997) and ''Magnolia'' (1999). He als ...
as Emil
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Kerris Dorsey as Nora
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James Eckhouse as Dr. Friedman
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Linda Park as Nurse Stephanie
Release
On 27 July 2018, the film had its world premiere at
LA Shorts Fest
The LA Shorts International Film Festival (LA Shorts) founded by Robert Arentz in 1997 is one of the largest international short film festivals in the world with more than 300 films screening annually.
In order to qualify for a short film award at ...
in
Los Angeles. 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.
References
External links
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official film website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dear Chickens
2018 films
2018 short films
Mexican short films
2010s English-language films