{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}} {{Infobox film | name = Dear Chickens | image = | director = Mauro Mueller | producer = Björn Hering<br />Mauro Mueller<br />Timon Birkhofer<br />David Figueroa García | writer = Mauro Mueller<br />Jennie Allen | starring = Philip Baker Hall<br />Kerris Dorsey<br />James Eckhouse<br />Linda Park | music = Lucas Lechowski | cinematography = Andrea González Mereles | editing = Steven Wilsey <br />David Figueroa García | studio = Fidelio Films | released = {{film date|df=yes|2018|7|27|LA Shorts Fest}} | runtime = 14 minutes | country = United States<br />Switzerland<br />Mexico | language = English }} '''''Dear Chickens''''' is a short dramedy. The film's run time is 14 minutes. It was directed by Mauro Mueller, co-written by Mauro Mueller and Jennie Allen, produced by Björn Hering, Mauro Mueller, Timon Birkhofer, and David Figueroa García, and co-produced by Rocio Lopez. The film was shot by Mexican cinematographer Andrea González Mereles.<ref name=swiss>{{Cite web|url=https://www.swissfilms.ch/en/movie/dear-chickens/FD06940E38BE4456B99A615AE2579CDB|title = Dear Chickens}}</ref>
The short film qualified to the Academy Awards for Best Live Action Short Film in 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.latinolife.co.uk/articles/dear-chickens-moving-short-film-takes-aim-oscars/|title= DEAR CHICKENS: A moving short Film takes aim for the Oscars.|access-date=19 December 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190219011123/https://www.latinolife.co.uk/articles/dear-chickens-moving-short-film-takes-aim-oscars |archive-date=19 February 2019 }}</ref> The short film screened at various festivals including LA Shorts Fest in 2018, winning best actor for Philip Baker Hall,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lashortsfest.com/winners|title=Past Winners|access-date=19 December 2021|archive-date=6 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706192346/https://www.lashortsfest.com/winners|url-status=dead}}</ref> Zurich Film Festival as part of a series of films about cancer,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://zff.com/en/festival-info/news/2017/1849/swiss-cancer-league/|title = Swiss Cancer League presents eight short films about cancer}}</ref> FILMETS Badalona Film Festival (also winning best actor for Philip Baker Hall),<ref name=":0" /> Mexico Shortsfest 2019, HollyShorts Film Festival, and Pendance Film Festival in Toronto.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pendancefilmfestival.ca/dear-chickens/|title = Dear Chickens|date = 5 November 2018}}</ref> This was Baker Hall's final film appearance before his death in 2022.
==Plot== When a stubborn old man (Philip Baker Hall) and a fretful teenaged girl (Kerris Dorsey) are forced to share a hospital room, an unexpected friendship forms over their hatred of fake cheerfulness and bad hospital food. The film is a comedy-drama.
==Awards== The film won best actor at LA Shorts Fest and Filmets Badalona Film Festival in Barcelona for Philip Baker Hall.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.lashortsfest.com/winners |title=Past Winners |publisher=LA Shorts International Film Festival |access-date=June 13, 2022 |archive-date=6 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706192346/https://www.lashortsfest.com/winners |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Awards 2019 |url=https://www.festivalfilmets.cat/en/premis/premis-2019/ |access-date=2022-06-21 |website=Filmets Badalona Film Festival}}</ref>
==Cast== *Philip Baker Hall as Emil *Kerris Dorsey as Nora *James Eckhouse as Dr. Friedman *Linda Park as Nurse Stephanie
==Release== On 27 July 2018, the film had its world premiere at LA Shorts Fest in Los Angeles.{{citation needed|date=January 2022}} The film had its European premiere at the Solothurn Film Festival in the short film competition section and in Mexico at Shortsfest in September 2018.<ref name="swiss" />
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==External links== * {{IMDb title|7285038|Dear Chickens}} * [https://www.fideliofilms.com/chickens/ official film website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211219185511/https://www.fideliofilms.com/chickens/ |date=19 December 2021 }}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dear Chickens}} Category:2018 films Category:2018 short films Category:Mexican comedy-drama short films Category:2018 English-language films Category:American comedy-drama short films Category:English-language comedy-drama short films Category:English-language Mexican films Category:2018 American films Category:2018 Swiss films Category:2018 Mexican films