Chicken Head
2026•14 min•PG•animation, documentary
At the cinema
Screens in Interior Lives and Unease Shorts Package.
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Synopsis
A disembodied chicken head wakes up in a city park with no idea where the rest of her body could be. The only sign that this wasn't always the case is a picture of her full body in the bin. The search to reunite with her body begins and along the way, she bumps into people secretly living with pain. An allegory about the life they're all living. At the same time, these people reflect on their fraught relationship with their bodies. These two stories run parallel to create a surreal meditation about how pain can shape your identity and your capacity to participate in life.
Director
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Sithabile Mkhize