Hen

An escaped hen seeks refuge in a decaying Greek seaside restaurant, protecting her eggs whilst observing the complexity of human lives.

After escaping an industrial chicken farm moments before slaughter, a hen finds refuge in the courtyard of a crumbling seaside restaurant in Greece. As she searches for food and struggles to protect her eggs, she becomes an unnoticed witness to the lives of those around her: restauranteurs struggling to stay afloat, smugglers exploiting desperation, and migrants seeking safety across the sea.

Told entirely from the hen’s perspective, Hen transforms an intimate story of motherhood into a quietly powerful reflection on human behaviour. Her instinctive fight to protect new life mirrors the compromises, fears and hopes of the people who share her world.