‘Chicken for Linda’ Wins 2023 Animation Is Film Grand Prize

variety.com:

Jaden Thompson Animation Is Film has announced the 2023 winners of its annual film festival, with “Chicken for Linda!,” directed by Chiara Malta and Sébastien Laudenbach, winning the grand prize.

The film also took home the audience award. The special jury prize went to Pablo Berger’s “Robot Dreams.” In the short categories, “Letter to a Pig,” directed by Tal Kantor, won the grand prize. “Wild Summon,” directed by Karni Arieli and Saul Freed, won the special jury prize.

The in-competition feature films included “Art College 1994,” “Chicken for Linda!,” “The Concierge,” “Mars Express,” “Phoenix: Reminiscence of Flower,” “Robot Dreams” and “Sirocco and the Kingdom of the Winds and the Summer.” Opening night film “The Boy and the Heron” and closing night film “Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget” screened out of competition and were not eligible for prizes. “Chicken for Linda!” follows a mother, Paulette, who goes to extreme lengths to make a meal of chicken and peppers for her daughter, Linda, who requested the meal after Paulette unjustly punished her.

The dish reminds her of her father; feeling guilty and dealing with a general strike that shut down stores, Paulette will do anything to get a chicken for Linda.