THE CHICKEN
2014 Films
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15m
WINNER EUROPEAN SHORT FILM 2014
As a present for her 6th birthday, Selma gets a live chicken. When she realises the animal is going to be killed to feed the family, she decides to save it and set it free, unaware of the high stakes such action will lead to. While trying to bring back the missing chicken, Selma's mum becomes the target of a sniper shoot. It's Sarajevo, year running 1993.
Direction: Una Gunjak
Script: Una Gunjak
Production: Jelena Goldbach, Jelena Goldbach, Siniša Juričić, Siniša Juričić
Cinematography: Matthias Pilz
Editing: Anja Siemens
Production Design: Ivana Škrabalo
Animation: NA NA
Costume Design: Martina Franić
Sound: Sebastian Morsch, Raoul Brand
Original Score: Bernd Schurer
Cast: Iman Alibalić, Esma Alić, Mirela Lambić, Mario Knezović
Original Title: THE CHICKEN
Original Language: Bosnian
Subtitles: English, French, German
Film Production Countries: Germany, Croatia
Website: http://www.thechicken-shortfilm.com/
Social Media: www.facebook.com/thechickenshortfilm
Statement of the Director/s
“The Chicken” is a very personal story for me. I have spent my childhood in war and that experience has not only marked my memories but has shaped my personality for the rest of my life. It took me many years to come to terms with the fact that, even though me and my family survived, the war has however killed something in each one of us. For me, it was my childhood that was killed, I became an adult when the first bombs fell, when I was forced to face the high stakes every new day brought. Childish games became dangerous and deadly, consequences of our even most benign and innocent actions became extremely cruel. You wake up as a child and you go to bed as an adult.
Biography of the Director/s
Sarajevo born, London based editor and filmmaker. Sensitive listener, passionate storyteller, devoted worshiper of the moving image.
In my spare time I speak proficiently in English, Italian and Bosnian, fluently in French and I mostly make a fool of myself in Spanish.
Filmography
2014 - THE CHICKEN, 15’ (First Film)
Awards Won
Best Live Action Short - Palm Springs FF 2014
Best Director- Hollyshorts 2014
Best Short - Sarajevo FF 2014
Best Short - Seoul Intl. Youth FF 2014
EFA nomination - Encounters FF 2014
World Sales:
Salaud Morisset
Francois Morisset
Schoenhauser Allee 8
Berlin, 10119, Germany
E-Mail: [email protected]
Phone: +49 152 251 923 36
Press:
Salaud Morisset
Francois Morisset
Schoenhauser Allee 8
Berlin, 10119, Germany
E-Mail: [email protected]
Phone: +49 152 251 923 36
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