Chicken (UK, 2014, 86 mins)

Polly and his neurologically atypical younger brother Richard, share a sorrowful caravan on a hill in the country. Isolated and surviving despite lacking most of their basic needs – food, money, affection, connection, clean water – they manage to coexist until the day Annabel, their new neighbour, arrives. The breakthrough is glorious, desolate, honest, and worth waiting for.

Based on the play of the same name that had a quick 5-day London run, with script by Chris New and additional writing by Freddie Machin, Chicken stars Yasmin Paige, Morgan Watkins and the excellent Scott Chambers.

Despite being made on a smallish budget, a third of what director/producer Joe Stephenson had hoped to get, Chicken is a beautifully filmed (Eben Bolter DOP), aesthetically sensitive, tragically unnerving and tender story.

Joe Stephenson made his debut with the short The Alchemistic Suitcase (2009). He then directed four episodes of the Sky Arts series In Love With… (2012). Chicken is his first completed feature film. He is in development on a biopic of Noel Coward.

Chicken has screenings in various cinemas around the UK commencing on 20th May.

‘An impressive feature debut for young British director Joe Stephenson (who is now in pre- production on a much-hyped Noel Coward biopic set to star Ian McKellen and Vanessa Redgrave) about optimistic 15-year-old Richard – troubled with learning difficulties – and his restless and abusive older brother. When Richard falls for 17-year-old Annabel (Yasmin Paige, from Submarine) the relationship between the brothers is stretched to breaking point, family secrets are revealed and life for Richard starts to finally change direction.’

Available to rent and buy from Friday 12th August with behind-the-scenes extras on www.wearecolony.com/chicken.

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