chicken

film type animated film Production Country Germany production year 2023 runtime 8'03 colour Color animation technique rotoscoping
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Dolby Digital original-language English
screening format Media File (ProRes, mp4, mov) aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Stereo original-language English

A woman running away 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 painterly flight of fancy about the elation that comes with breaking out of a cycle of pain.

director Anna Benner Sound Design Michal Krajczok Original Score Raphael Tschernuth Production Anna Benner Script Anna Benner Editing Anna Benner DOP Anna Benner Szenenbild / Production Design Anna Benner Animation Anna Benner Cast Monique Squeri, Darren Williams
Festivals
2023 Flensburger Kurzfilmtage, Germany (Bester Animationsfilm)
2023 CINANIMA Espinho International Animated Film Festival, Portugal
2023 KFFK - Kurzfilmfestival Köln, Germany
2024 Tricky Women Tricky Realities, Wien, Austria
2024 Internationales Trickfilm-Festival Stuttgart (ITFS), Germany
2024 IN THE PALACE International Short Film Festival, Pernik, Bulgaria
Production
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Distribution
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Sales
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Anna Benner

Anna Benner is an artist working in animation, drawing, and installation. Her work deals with psychology and emotions, often using hand-drawn rotoscope animation. Her animated shorts have screened globally and won prizes at international film festivals such as Annecy, Encounters and Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film.

Filmography
2011 The Squirrel and the Penguin
2013 Tis the Season
2013 Through the Hawthorn
2019 Cernobila
2020 All her Dying Lovers
2022 Im Auge der Betrachterin
2023 chicken