The Chicken

film type fiction Production Country Germany production year 2014 runtime 14'57 colour
screening format DCP aspect ratio 2.35:1 (CinemaScope) sound format Dolby Digital languages Bosnisch Subtitles Englisch, Deutsch, Französisch
screening format Media File (ProRes, mp4, mov) aspect ratio 2.35:1 (CinemaScope) sound format Dolby Digital languages Bosnisch Subtitles Englisch, Deutsch, Französisch

As a present for her sixth birthday, Selma receives a live chicken. When she realises that it is going to be killed to feed the family, she decides to save it and set it free, unaware of the resulting danger.

www.thechicken-shortfilm.com

Official Trailer: https://vimeo.com/103825019

director Una Gunjak Besetzung / Cast Esma Alic, Iman Alibalic, Mario Knezovic, Mirela Lambic Original-Filmmusik / Original Score Bernd Schurer Szenenbild / Production Design Ivana Škrabalo Schnitt / Editing Anja Siemens Bildgestaltung / DOP Matthias Pilz Produktion / Production Jelena Goldbach Drehbuch / Script Una Gunjak Tongestaltung / Sound Design Sebastian Morsch
Festivals
2014 Palm Springs International Film Festival, USA (Jury Award: 1st Place Live Action Short)
2014 HollyShorts Film Festival, Los Angeles, USA (Best Director)
2014 Curtas Vila do Conde - International Film Festival, Portugal
2014 Sarajevo Film Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina (Best Short: Heart of Sarajevo)
2014 Seoul International Youth Film Festival, Korea (Republic of) (Best Short)
2014 Mediterranean Short Film Festival of Tangier, Morocco (Grand Prix)
2014 International Short Film Festival Cyprus, Limassol (2nd Award for Best Short Film)
2014 CinemaScópio - Janela Internacional de Cinema do Recife, Brazil (Best Film)
2014 Festival Les Enfants terribles, Huy, Belgium (Prix du Jury public)
2014 TiSFF Thessaloniki International Short Film Festival, Greece (Cinematic Achievement Award International)
2014 CINEMED - International Mediterranean Film Festival Montpellier, France (Best Short Film)
2014 BRNO SIXTEEN - International ShortFilmFestival Brno, Czech Republic (Petra Hvizd Award (Main award))
2014 Brest European Short Film Festival, France (Special Mention)
2014 Stockholm International Film Festival, Sweden (Best Short Film)
2014 Cinessonne - Festival du Cinéma européen en Essonne, France (Le Grand Prix du Conseil Général/ Prix du Public)
2014 Ljubljana International Film Festival, Slovenia (Special Mention)
2014 Filmfest Düsseldorf, Germany (Jury Prize Best Short Film)
2014 "The Goddess on the Throne" Film Festival, Fushë Kosova, Republic of Kosovo (Best Short Film Award (Goddess on the Throne))
2014 International Bosphorus Film Festival, Istanbul, Turkey (Best international short film, Best Actress, Best Screenplay)
2014 Les Arcs International Film Festival, France
2014 HANIFF - Hanoi International Film Festival, Viet Nam
2014 Cork Film Festival, Ireland
2014 exground filmfest, Wiesbaden, Germany
2014 CURTA CINEMA - Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival, Brazil
2014 Acasa - Les Films de Cannes à Bucarest, Bucharest, Romania
2014 Molodist International Film Festival, Kiew, Ukraine
2014 CinEast Central and Eastern European Film Festival Luxembourg
2014 Vilnius Film Shorts, Lithuania
2014 Festival du Cinéma International en Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Rouyn-Noranda, Canada
2014 Valladolid International Film Festival, Spain
2014 Parvin Etesami Film Festival, Tehran, Iran (Islamic Republic of)
2014 Panorama Internacional Coisa de Cinema, Salvador de Bahía, Brazil
2014 Film Fest Gent, Belgium
2014 Filmfest Osnabrück - Festival des Unabhängigen Films, Germany
2014 Chicago International Film Festival, USA
2014 Austin Film Festival, USA
2014 Belo Horizonte International Short Film Festival, Brazil
2014 Concorto Film Festival, Piacenza, Italy
2014 São Paulo International Short Film Festival (Curta Kinoforum), Brazil
2014 Montreal World Film Festival, Canada
2014 AVVANTURA Film Festival, Zadar, Croatia
2014 dokufest - International Documentary and Short Film Festival, Prizren, Republic of Kosovo
2014 MedFilm Festival, Rome, Italy
2014 Pula Film Festival, Croatia
2014 Curtas Vila do Conde - International Film Festival, Portugal
2014 Festival de Cannes - Internationale Filmfestspiele von Cannes, France
2014 Encounters International Short Film Festival, Bristol, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Nomination European Film Award)
2015 Sundance Film Festival, Park City, USA
2015 Trieste Film Festival, Italy
2015 San Cristobal de las Casas International Film Festival, Mexico
2015 Portland International Film Festival, USA
2015 Festival International du court-métrage de Tiznit, Morocco
Production
  • ZAK Film Productions UG
  • Jelena Goldbach
  • +49 151 56086028
  • http://www.zakfilm.com
Distribution
  • Salaud Morisset
  • Francois Morisset
Sales
  • Salaud Morisset
  • Francois Morisset

Una Gunjak

Is a Sarajevo-born, London-based director and editor;
studied film in at the University of Torino and editing at the National Film and TV School in the UK, where she graduated with an M. A.

Filmography
2008 Touch Me
2009 Can You Draw Me An Arrow?
2009 Synechdoche