Hen (15) – 15th March

Borderlines Film Festival 2026

Running Time: 1hr 36mins

Director: György Pálfi

Cast: Yannis Kokiasmenos, Maria Diakopanayotou, Argyris Pandazaras

A hen’s-eye view of the world reveals the cut-throat nature of existence and puts human flaws into relief in this tragi comic tale from György Pálfi (Hukkle).

An animal protagonist – as with Jerzy Skolimowski’s donkey in EO (shown at Borderlines in 2023) – can take you places where people cannot penetrate. This is a coming-of-age story – but of a chicken.

Surviving battery farming, a fox, traffic, the dangers of a big city, a dog and being made into soup, the hen ends up taking refuge in a crumbling Greek seaside restaurant where a human tragedy is unfolding.

A filmmaking tour-de-force with real animals in real locations and a brilliant score, this is something different.

Preview courtesy of Conic