Hen

Germany, Greece, Hungary • 2025

Executive Produced by Ari Aster

Official Selection, Toronto International Film Festival 2026

HEN chronicles a remarkable chicken as she escapes her grisly fate in this unorthodox and bold story from director György Pálfi, telling a tall tale of human misery via a small bird in search of home.

György Pálfi
György Pálfi, Zsófia Ruttkay
Ioannis Kokiasmenos, Maria Diakopanagioti, Argyris Pantazaras

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96 minutes
Greek, Cackling
English
Color
2.39:1
5.1

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"A weirdly uplifting survival story"

Leslie Felperin
The Guardian
"A giddy career swerve for Hungarian writer-director György Pálfi"

Stephen Dalton

The Film Verdict
"Emerges as both a wildly entertaining experience and a sharp provocation"

Saulo Ferreira
Reviews on Reels
"An endurance thriller told entirely from the point of view of a hen"

Kurt Halfyard
ScreenAnarchy

OPENING NOVEMBER 6TH

QUAD CINEMA

New York, NY

PAST SCREENINGS

Berkshire International Film Festival Great Barrington, MA • Charlotte Film Festival Charlotte, NC • Cinema Arts Film Club Fairfax, VA • Cleveland International Film Festival Cleveland, OH • DC Environmental Film Festival Washington, DC • Film Farm Culture Fest Wausau, WI • Maine International Film Festival Waterville, ME • Milwaukee International Film Festival Milwaukee, WI • Monadnock International Film Festival Keene, NH • Monmouth Film Festival Monmouth, NJ • Seattle International Film Festival Seattle, WA • Sonoma Film Festival Sonoma, CA • Wisconsin Film Festival Madison, WI