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The Chicken

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Una Gunjak201414:57
Availability: Croatia / Subtitles: Eng

As a present for her 6th birthday, Selma gets a live chicken. When she realises the creature is going to be killed to feed the family she decides to set it free, unaware of the dangerous consequences this will lead to… It is Sarajevo, 1993.

Una Gunjak

Una Gunjak (Sarajevo, 1986) studied film art in Italy and film editing at the NFTS in the UK. Her short film The Chicken (2014) premiered in the Critics’ Week section of the Cannes Film Festival and won the EFA Award for Best Short, while her short Salamat from Germany (2017) opened the Directors’ Fortnight section in Cannes. Excursion is her debut feature.

Una Gunjak
Martina Franić
Ivana Škrabalo
Siniša Juričić
Matthias Pilz
Una Gunjak
Anja Siemens

2014. European Film Awards - Best Short Film
2014. Palm Springs International Shortfest - Jury Award winner for Best Live Action Short under 15 minutes
2014. Sarajevo Film Festival - best short film
2014. 16th Seoul International Youth Film Festival - best short film in the '19+' Competition Programme
2014. HollyShorts (Los Angeles) - best director
2014. LET'S CEE Film Festival - best short film
2014. Festival of Mediterranean Short Film Tangieru - Grand Prix
2014. Brno 16 International Short Film Festival - best short film and Petra Hvižd award
2014. Janela Internacional de Cinema do Recife - best short film in international competition
2014. Stockholm International Film Festival - best short film
2014. Filmfest Düsseldorf - best film
2014. International Bosphorus Film Festival - best film, best script and best child actor performance (Iman Alibalić)
2015. Croatian Film Days - Best Minority co-production Award; Oktavijan Award for Best Short Film
2015. 58th San Francisco International Film Festival - Narrative Short Winner
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