Hen
Hen
2025 96 min.
She will definitely not tolerate anything anymore where she was born. So she sets out into the world. But life outside is not easy. After a few wild adventures, she finally finds what others of her kind only dream of. Love and a new home. However, she has no idea that a smuggler's den is hatching right next to her freshly laid eggs... Hungarian provocateur György Pálfi (Taxidermia, Final Cut) tells a tragicomic parable about freedom, the fight against the system and the desire for motherhood through the eyes of a feathered heroine.
The film’s atmosphere is heightened by Erik Mischijew’s sound design and, above all, the folk music of Szabolcs Szöke, a virtuoso on the gadulka, a traditional Bulgarian stringed instrument.
The original darkly humorous drama with an unexpected star received an Honorable Mention at the Toronto Film Festival.
Sections: Film & Music
Country: Germany, Greece, Hungary
Directed by: György Pálfi
Starring: Yannis Kokiasmenos, Maria Diakopanayotou, Argyris Pandazaras, Antonis Kafetzopoulos, Antonis Tsiotsiopoulos
Language: Greek with Czech and English subtitles
Supported by:
Side event (only for selected shows)
16.04. 8 p.m.
Brno - Kino Art
What does a “better life” actually mean for farm animals? And where does the ideal end and the reality of production begin? These questions frame a post-screening discussion following a film about a hen trying to escape a system where her role is predetermined.
The debate will focus on real-world practice—the relationship between animal welfare and production, the limits of current farming systems, and the possibilities for change. No simplifications, no moralizing—just a grounded, fact-based discussion.
Guests include Mikuláš Michael Kálnoky, an expert in poultry welfare and applied ethology, and Petr David, an organic farmer and bio producer. The discussion will be moderated by Jan Bedřich.
The event brings together different perspectives on a topic that concerns us all more than we might think.
Supported by:
09.04. 8:30 p.m.
Prague - Edison Filmhub
10.04. 7:30 p.m.
Prague - Edison Filmhub
11.04. 5 p.m.
Prague - Edison Filmhub
12.04. 6 p.m.
Prague - Edison Filmhub
13.04. 7:30 p.m.
Prague - Edison Filmhub
Uncompromising film critic, music and festival dramaturg, presenter of the radio podcast Čelisti and leading psychosomatician Aleš Stuchlý has been leading a successful curatorial block of healing screenings called Mental Hygiene for the seventh year. Top films with insightful introductions and maximum side effects, the possibility of a personal therapeutic session after the closing credits in the form of heated discussions with fresh guests, all in his home theatre, Edison Filmhub.
DEF 2026 // 9. – 14. 4. 2026 // Mental Hygiene at Edison Filmhub
➡︎ Thursday 9 April, 8.30pm: Little Trouble Girls, dir. Urška Djukić (SL) // guest: Jara Sofija Ostan
➡︎ Friday 10 April, 7.30pm: Wolves, dir. Jonas Ulrich (CH) // guest: Jonas Ulrich
➡︎ Saturday 11 April, 5.00pm: Reedland / Rietland, dir. Sven Bresser (NL) // guest: Martin Pleštil
➡︎ Sunday 12 April, 6.00pm: The Stranger / L'Étranger, dir. François Ozon (FR) // guest: David Čeněk
➡︎ Monday 14 April, 7.30pm: Hen, dir. JGyörgy Pálfi (HU) // guest: Antonín Tesař
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Program
Prague
- Světozor
Th 09.04. 8 p.m.
Prague
- Edison Filmhub
+ Events
Mo 13.04. 7:30 p.m.
Ostrava
- Minikino
Su 12.04. 5 p.m.
Brno
- Kino Art
+ Events
Th 16.04. 8 p.m.
Boskovice
- Panorama
Sa 18.04. 7:30 p.m.
Prostějov
- Kino METRO 70
Sa 18.04. 6 p.m.
Vrchlabí
- Kino KARTONKA 1904
Fr 17.04. 10 a.m.
Znojmo
- Kino Svět
Th 16.04. 8 p.m.
