Hyde Park Pick: Chicken for Linda

A truly one-off Parisian visual treat! If you paused on any moment of this beautifully hand-drawn animation, you would be gifted with a stand-alone work of art. This vibrant animation is simple yet dynamic, as the imagery dances in front of your eyes. Characters and their emotions are reduced to broad strokes and abstract animation which gloriously present the external and internal workings of the characters and their dynamics in beautiful unison.

Just like the imagery, the story itself is a simple premise of a mother travelling across Paris trying to find a chicken for her daughter’s dinner, but this is used to explore far deeper themes and relationships tinged with grief and conflict, yet always infused with lightness, wit and colour.

A very refreshing animation which focuses on delightful expression rather than getting bogged down in reality.

Programmed in collaboration with Leeds Young Film Festival.

Chicken for Linda is coming to HPPH this weekend with Pay What You Can screenings. You can see the film at 11:00 on Sat 24 May with a self-led, drop-in activity from 10:30. Or we've got an Autism-friendly screening at 11:00 on Sun 25 May, and an additional screening at 11:30 on Sunday. You can book tickets here.