Hen

Directed by György Pálfi
Greece
2025
96 mins
Unclassified 15+
A fiercely courageous hen hurtles through a spellbinding odyssey of danger and discovery in this wildly imaginative tale from György Pálfi (Taxidermia). 

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.

Like Jerzy Skolimowski’s EO and Andrea Arnold’s documentary Cow, Hen effectively uses its animal protagonist to shed light on wider human issues … the journey of this hen is compelling from the start.
Nikki Braughan, Screen International

Tickets

Sat 22 August 2026, 10:30am
Wagga Wagga - Forum 6 Cinemas - Forum 6 Cinemas
  • Original Title
    KOTA
  • Year
    2025
  • Classification
    Unclassified 15+
  • Country
    Greece, Germany, Hungary
  • Language
    In Greek with English subtitles
  • Director
    György Pálfi
  • Producer
    Thanassis Karathanos, Costas Lambropoulos, Martin Hampel, Giorgos Kiriakos
  • Cast
    Yannis Kokiasmenos, Maria Diakopanagioti, Argyris Pantazaras
  • Screenwriter
    György Pálfi, Zsófia Ruttkay
  • Cinematographer
    Giorgos Karvelas
  • Editor
    Lehmhényi Réka
  • Genre
    Politics, Comedy, Thriller & Crime, Human Rights
  • Company Credits
    Australian Distributor: Madman Entertainment
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