Dear Chickens
Dir. Mauro Mueller
Synopsis
When a stubborn old man and a fretful teenaged girl are forced to share a hospital room, an unexpected friendship forms over their hatred of fake cheerfulness and bad hospital food.
Starring
Philip Baker Hall, Kerris Dorsey, James Eckhouse, Linda Park
Writers
Mauro Mueller & Jennie Allen
DP
Andrea González Mereles
Production Companies
Fidelio Films
Year
2018
Producers
Timon Birkhofer, Mauro Mueller, David Figueroa García, Björn Hering, Rocio Lopez
“A tender, darkly humorous snapshot of unexpected connection between two misfits in a hospital room—Dear Chickens finds lightness in life’s heaviest moments.”
— HollyShorts Film Festival
Festivals
2019
FILMETS Badalona Film Festival, Spain – Best Actor Philip Baker Hall
HollyShorts Film Festival, USA
Beverly Hills Film Festival, USA
Solothurner Filmtage (Solothurn Film Festival), Switzerland
2018
Shorts Mexico, Mexico
LA Shorts Fest, USA – Best Actor Philip Baker Hall
Zurich Film Festival, Switzerland (part of a thematic sidebar)