# Dear Chickens
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{{Infobox film
| name = Dear Chickens
| image =
| director = [Mauro Mueller](/source/Mauro_Mueller)
| producer = Björn Hering
Mauro Mueller
Timon Birkhofer
David Figueroa García
| writer = Mauro Mueller
Jennie Allen
| starring = [Philip Baker Hall](/source/Philip_Baker_Hall)
[Kerris Dorsey](/source/Kerris_Dorsey)
[James Eckhouse](/source/James_Eckhouse)
[Linda Park](/source/Linda_Park)
| music = Lucas Lechowski
| cinematography = Andrea González Mereles
| editing = Steven Wilsey
David Figueroa García
| studio = [Fidelio Films](/source/Mark_Raso)
| released = {{film date|df=yes|2018|7|27|[LA Shorts Fest](/source/LA_Shorts_Fest)}}
| runtime = 14 minutes
| country = United States
Switzerland
Mexico
| language = English
}}
'''''Dear Chickens''''' is a short dramedy. The film's run time is 14 minutes. It was directed by [Mauro Mueller](/source/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.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.swissfilms.ch/en/movie/dear-chickens/FD06940E38BE4456B99A615AE2579CDB|title = Dear Chickens}}]
The short film qualified to the [Academy Awards](/source/Academy_Awards) for Best Live Action Short Film in 2019.[{{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 }}]
The short film screened at various festivals including [LA Shorts Fest](/source/LA_Shorts_Fest) in 2018, winning best actor for [Philip Baker Hall](/source/Philip_Baker_Hall),[{{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}}] [Zurich Film Festival](/source/Zurich_Film_Festival) as part of a series of films about cancer,[{{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}}] FILMETS Badalona Film Festival (also winning best actor for Philip Baker Hall),[{{Cite web|url=https://pendancefilmfestival.ca/dear-chickens/|title = Dear Chickens|date = 5 November 2018}}] This was Baker Hall's final film appearance before his death in 2022.
==Plot==
When a stubborn old man ([Philip Baker Hall](/source/Philip_Baker_Hall)) and a fretful teenaged girl ([Kerris Dorsey](/source/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](/source/comedy-drama).
==Awards==
The film won best actor at [LA Shorts Fest](/source/LA_Shorts_Fest) and Filmets Badalona Film Festival in Barcelona for [Philip Baker Hall](/source/Philip_Baker_Hall).[{{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 }}][{{Cite web |title=Awards 2019 |url=https://www.festivalfilmets.cat/en/premis/premis-2019/ |access-date=2022-06-21 |website=Filmets Badalona Film Festival}}]
==Cast==
*[Philip Baker Hall](/source/Philip_Baker_Hall) as Emil
*[Kerris Dorsey](/source/Kerris_Dorsey) as Nora
*[James Eckhouse](/source/James_Eckhouse) as Dr. Friedman
*[Linda Park](/source/Linda_Park) as Nurse Stephanie
==Release==
On 27 July 2018, the film had its world premiere at [LA Shorts Fest](/source/LA_Shorts_Fest) in [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles).{{citation needed|date=January 2022}} The film had its European premiere at the [Solothurn Film Festival](/source/Solothurn_Film_Festival) in the short film competition section and in Mexico at Shortsfest in September 2018.