CHICKENS, VIRUS AND US
Czech Republic / 2021 / 74'
CHICKENS, VIRUS AND US
At the onset of the Coronavirus crisis in 2020, we took refuge in the countryside with our three children. While surfing the internet, the children found a video from an Asian food market showing dissected wild animals, including bats.They were shocked to see overcrowded animal cages destined for slaughter. In another video, they learned that the coronavirus had reportedly spread from wild animals to humans in a similar marketplace in Wuhan, China. Reflections on the relationship between humans and animals lead them to the decision to adopt chickens from the cage breeding farm and keep them as their local neighbours do. The children wanted to know why these chickens are pitiful and look so different from the hens in the neighbours’ gardens, and why people treat animals so ruthlessly.
Director: Filip Remunda
Script: Jan Gogola jr.
Photography: Martin Tokár, Filip Remunda
Editing: Hana Dvořáčková
Sound: Michal Gábor, Václav Flegl
Music: Moby
Production: Filip Remunda, Vít Klusák, Czech Television
Co-production: Petr Kubica, Jiřina Budíková (Czech Television)
Selected Filmography:
- Once Upon a Time in Poland/ Jak Bůh hledal Karla (2020)
- Czech Journal: The Okamura Brothers/ Český žurnál: Bratři Okamurovi (2019)
- Steam on the River/ Pára nad řekou (2015)
- The Good Driver Smetana/ Dobrý řidič Smetana (2013)
- Czech Dream/ Český sen (2004)
Festivals and awards:
Finále Plzeň Film Festival, Czech Republic (2021), One World IDFF, Slovakia (2021), Ji.hlava IDFF, Czech Republic (2021), Oulu International Children’s and Youth Film Festival, Finland (2021), WATCH DOCS.Human Rights in Film IFF, Poland (2021)
Tickets:
- Buy tickets for live screening HERE.
