Hen

An animal protagonist to rank alongside the heroes of Red Dog and Babe, Hen begins life as a black-feathered outcast in an ocean of golden chicks bound for slaughter. Capturing the personality of this creature, Pálfi charts the funny adventures and hair-raising escapes along the Greek coast. As the humans around Hen come into focus, Pálfi delivers a sobering study in human nature and a commentary on burning social issues. Made without CGI, animatronics or AI, Hen is technically brilliant and boldly innovative. With extraordinary sensitivity, Pálfi imbues our avian protagonist with a vivid inner life, drawing us into her terror, curiosity and defiance as she is swept into a series of wild encounters and breathless escapes. Her journey carries her across strange and shifting terrains, eventually washing her up at a crumbling taverna on the Greek coast - but this is no gentle fable. As the humans around Hen come into focus, the film transforms into something far more unsettling: a piercing reflection on human behaviour and callousness.