2015 British drama film directed by Joe Stephenson, based on the play of the same name by Freddie Machin

Chicken follows a 15 year old boy with learning difficulties who lives in a caravan with older brother Polly.  Richard frequently finds himself on the wrong side of Polly’s destructive, often violent moods. Richard prefers communicating with animals, particularly, his hen Fiona.

Chicken had its world premier on the 27th June 2015 – Edinburgh International Film Festival

Chicken follows the style of social realism – the film can be viewed as content that is outside the mainstream media industry

Independent film – budget – £110,000 – no outside funding  

Produced by B Good Picture Company

Chicken received positive reviews and holds a 100% “certified fresh” rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 12 critic reviews

CineVue praised the film and mentioned that it is “the sort of British indie which restores faith in cinema”

DVD – 2017 (UK) 2018 (US)

Available on iTunes, UK & US Amazon Prime

Socio, economic and cultural contexts – contemporary cultural production, reflects shifting patterns of audience consumption

Filmed in 19 days, almost all external locations so victim to rain, issues with lighting etc

No distribution deal secured in 2014

Two-year festival circuit won awards and generated interest and critical acclaim for film

UK cinema release followed in May 2016, selected for film subscription service MUBI and acquired by Film4 for TV premiere in April 2017