The Chicken

  • Una Gunjak
  • Feature
  • Drama
  • 2014
  • 14:57
  • Short length

Availability: Croatia / Subtitles: Eng

Synopsis

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.

Directors

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.

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  • Year

  • 2014

Awards

  • 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) 2014
  • Croatian Film Days - Best Minority co-production Award; Oktavijan Award for Best Short Film 2015
  • 58th San Francisco International Film Festival - Narrative Short Winner 2015

Production contact

ZAK Film Productions UG

Hermann-Maaß-Straße 34, 14482 Potsdam, Germany

info@zakfilm.com

https://zakfilm.com/

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  • Year

  • 2014

Awards

  • 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) 2014
  • Croatian Film Days - Best Minority co-production Award; Oktavijan Award for Best Short Film 2015
  • 58th San Francisco International Film Festival - Narrative Short Winner 2015

Production contact

ZAK Film Productions UG

Hermann-Maaß-Straße 34, 14482 Potsdam, Germany

info@zakfilm.com

https://zakfilm.com/

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