Chicken

Storyline

What do we burn when our world is already on fire? A woman running from a terrible relationship finds herself eye to eye with a chicken. They share a moment, a cigarette and a desire to burn down everything around them to soothe their respective wounds. A painted flight of fancy about the elation that comes with breaking out of a cycle of pain.

About the film/director

Anna Benner is a Berlin based artist and filmmaker. In her work, she deals with feminist top ics and the psychology of the everyday, often using hand-drawn rotoscope animation. Her art works have been exhibited across Europe; her animated short films have screened worldwide and won awards at film festivals like Annecy, Encounters and Stuttgart Trickfilmfestival.

FILMOGRAPHY:

• chicken (2023)
• Dark Streets aren´t for girls (2021)
• 100 Tage Regenwetter (2021)
• all her dying lovers (2020)
• Cernobilia/Black&White (2019)
• Heimat (Kornfeld) (2017)
• Tis the season (2014)
• Throuh the Hawthorn (2013)
• The squirrel and the penguin (2011)

Credits

Director:

Anna Benner

Script:

Anna Benner

Animation:

Anna Benner

Cast:

Minique Squeri, Darren Williams

Sound:

Michal Krajczok

Music:

Raphael Tschernuth

Producer:

Anna Benner

Contact:

Franc Planas

E-Mail:

distribucion@promofest.org

• Germany

• English / subtitles English
• 2023
• 8 min