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Dear Chickens (2018)

15m

Running Time

Dear Chickens (2018)

Name: Dear Chickens
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 2018-07-27

15m

Running Time

Plot.

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.

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Cast & Crew.

Philip Baker Hall

Emil

Kerris Dorsey

Nora

Linda Park

Nurse Stephanie

James Eckhouse

Doctor Friedman

Andrea González Mereles

Director of Photography

Rocio López

Producer

Björn Hering

Producer

Mauro Mueller

Director / Producer / Writer

Jennie Allen

Writer

Timon Birkhofer

Producer

Lucas Lechowski

Composer

David Figueroa Garcia

Producer

Andrea González Mereles

Cinematographer

Steven Wilsey

Editor

Arlie Day

CastingDirector

Christy Faison

CastingDirector

Agnieszka Szostakowska

ProductionDesigner

Details.

Release Date
July 27, 2018

Status
Released

Running Time
15m

This Movie Is About.

hospital

cancer

cancer treatment

unlikely friendship

short

Wiki.

Dear Chickens is a short dramedy. The film's run time is 14 minutes. It was co-written and directed by Mauro Mueller, and produced by Björn Hering, Mauro Mueller, Tim Birkhofer and David Figueroa García, and co-produced by Rocio Lopez. The film was shot by Mexican cinematographer Andrea González Mereles.

The short film qualified to the Academy Awards for Best Live Action Short Film in 2019.

The short film screened at various festivals including LA Shorts Fest in 2018 and winning best actor for Philip Baker Hall, Zurich Film Festival as part of a series of films about cancer, FILMETS Badalona Film Festival winning also best actor for Philip Baker Hall Mexico Shortsfest 2019, HollyShorts Film Festival and Pendance Flm Festival in Toronto.