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Free the chickens, Matúš Vizár, shortsfit, ShortsFit, shortsfit distribucion, shortsfit distribution, cortometrajes, cortometraggi, animation movies, animation short films, animation distributors, world sales for films, film sales
Free the chickens, Matúš Vizár, shortsfit, ShortsFit, shortsfit distribucion, shortsfit distribution, cortometrajes, cortometraggi, animation movies, animation short films, animation distributors, world sales for films, film sales
Free the chickens, Matúš Vizár, shortsfit, ShortsFit, shortsfit distribucion, shortsfit distribution, cortometrajes, cortometraggi, animation movies, animation short films, animation distributors, world sales for films, film sales
Free the chickens, Matúš Vizár, shortsfit, ShortsFit, shortsfit distribucion, shortsfit distribution, cortometrajes, cortometraggi, animation movies, animation short films, animation distributors, world sales for films, film sales
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Free the Chickens

SLOVAKIA, CZECH REPUBLIC, / 15 MIN. / 2024 / ANIMATION / DCP 2K / 1.85:1 / 5.1 / COLOR

Subtitles in EN, ES, IT & FR

 

A rescue mission to free chickens from a factory farm goes radically wrong, and a group of four activists is forced to escape into the wilderness to experience a series of borderline situations and ethical dilemmas that lead to new insights, such as that nature is not a safe place for animals.

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Festivals & Awards

NOMINATED FOR THE SUN AWARDS 2025 (Slovakia, 2025)

Annecy International Animation Film Festival (FRA, 2024) – Academy Award® Qualifying Film Festival

Sitges Film Festival (ESP, 2024) –  Best Short Film Anima’t – Academy Award® Qualifying Film Festival

BOGOSHORTS (COL, 2024) – Academy Award® Qualifying Film Festival

Anima Festival (BEL, 2025) – Academy Award® Qualifying Film Festival

Flickerfest (AUS, 2025) – Academy Award® Qualifying Film Festival

Fest Anča International Animation Festival  (SVK, 2025) – Academy Award® Qualifying Film Festival

World Festival of Animated Film – Animafest Zagreb (HRV, 2025) – Academy Award® Qualifying Film Festival

Festival Internacional de Cine de Huesca (ESP, 2025) –  Academy Award® Qualifying Film Festival

Anifilm – Animation Festival of Animated Films (CZE, 2025) – Academy Award® Qualifying Film Festival

Anim’est International Animation Film Festival (ROU, 2025) – Academy Award® Qualifying Film Festival – winner Audience Award

Cinanima Festival (POR, 2025) – Academy Award® Qualifying Film Festival

Drama International Short Film Festival (GRC, 2025) – Academy Award® Qualifying Film Festival

Interfilm Berlin (DEU, 2025) – Academy Award® Qualifying Film Festival

ALCINE (ESP, 2025) – Academy Award® Qualifying Film Festival

Beirut Shorts (LBN, 2025) – Academy Award® Qualifying Film Festival

Anilogue International Animation Festival (HUN, 2024) – Special Mention

Festival Internacional de Cine de Lanzarote (ESP, 2025) – Audience Award

Rencontres Cinema-Nature (FRA, 2025) – Grand Prix

Grossmann Fantastic Film & Wine Festival (SVN, 2025) – Special Mention

FMK Festival (ITA, 2025) – Audience Award

Euganea Film Festival (ITA, 2025) – Best Short Film

66th International Film Festival BRNO16 (CZE, 2025) – winner Main Award

Buffalo International Film Festival (USA, 2025) – Best Animated Short Film

KO:SH Film Fest (ALB, 2025)

Funcinema (ARG, 2024)

Festival Internacional de Cine de Puerto Madryn,  MAFICI (ARG, 2025)

AnimaTre – Festival Internacional de Cine Animado (ARG, 2025)

Reanimania International Animation Film Festival (ARM, 2024)

Kurzfilmfestival Kufstein (AUT, 2025)

Cine Horror Festival (BRA, 2025)

GIRAF Animation Film Festival (CAN, 2024)

Festival de Cinéma en Abitibi Témiscamingue (CAN, 2025)

HECare International Film Festival (CAN, 2025)

Golden Panda Awards (CHN, 2025)

Qinling Mountains Film Festival (CHN, 2025)

Zlin Film Festival (CZE, 2025)

BOO International Film Festival (CZE, 2025)

PROVINZIALE – Eberswalde Filmfest (DEU, 2025)

FilmFestival Cottbus, Festival of East European Cinema (DEU, 2025) – EcoEast

San Sebastian Horror and Fantasy Film Festival (ESP, 2024)

Muestra de Cine Internacional de Palencia (ESP, 2025)

ANIMAC (ESP, 2025)

FantBoi – Sant Boi de Llobregat International Fantastic Film Festival (ESP, 2025)

Galician Freaky Film Festival (ESP, 2025)

Semana del Cortometraje de Madrid (ESP, 2025)

Weird Market – International Animation, Video Games and New Media Market and Festival (ESP, 2025) – Market

FANCINE – Fantastic Film Festival of Malaga (ESP, 2025)

Ànima Jove, Festival Internacional de Curtmetratges d’Animació d’Altafulla (ESP, 2025)

ANIMALCOI – Alcoi International Animation Festival (ESP, 2025)

Animatricks International Animation Film Festival (FIN, 2025)

Festival International Music & Cinema Marseille (FRA, 2025)

European Film Festival of Lille (FRA, 2025)

Animasyros International Animation Festival (GRC, 2025)

Animix Festival (ISR, 2025)

La Guarimba (ITA, 2025)

Inventa un Film – Lenola (ITA, 2025)

Sentiero Film Factory (ITA, 2025)

AS Film Festival (ITA, 2025)

Orvieto Cinema Fest (ITA, 2025)

Asti International Film Festival (ITA, 2025)

Anibar (KOS, 2025)

Tik be dramų (LTU, 2025)

Flipbook Film Festival (MKD, 2025)

BUT Film Festival (NLD, 2025)

Lublin Film Festival (POL, 2025)

HaHaArt Film Festival (POR, 2025)

Animateka (SVN, 2024)

LunCon (SWE, 2025)

Black Movie Film Festival (CHE, 2025)

Kuandu International Animation Festival (TWN, 2025)

Eskisehir International Film Festival (TUR, 2025)

Festival Internacional de Animacion (URY, 2025)

Press - Interviews & Reviews

Kinema SK

Mojakultura SK

Review Cuttothetake.com – ‘A spot-on beginning to end‘.

Review Taxidrivers.com – ‘Quando la satira non fa sconti’

Review Taxidrivers.com – ‘Il dilemma dell’etica’

IGRIC Awards

Poster of the short film Free the chickens by Matus VIZAR. Distribution by ShortsFit.

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starring

Ján Koleník, Lenka Libjaková, Robo Roth, Matúš Kvietik, Tatiana Pauhofová

written & directed by

Matúš Vizár

produced by

Jakub Viktorín, Tomáš Hrubý

production companies

Nutprodukcia, Nutprodukce

with the support of

AVF (Slovak Audiovisual Fund), MEDIA, and the Czech Film Fund

animation by

Matúš Vizár, Adrián Hnát, Daniel Kunst, Viktor Svoboda, Peter Martinka, Studio Kouzelná

editing by

Michal Böhm

sound design & original music by

Adam Matej

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Matúš bio

Matúš Vizár is a celebrated animator, visual artist, and illustrator who works for a Slovak journal, Denník N. He honed his craft at the Animation Department of FAMU in Prague. His graduate film, Pandas, premiered at the 66th Cannes Film Festival in the Cinéfondation section. His talent has not gone unnoticed, as evidenced by his nominations for several prestigious awards, including the Magnesia Award for Best Student Film at the Czech Lion Awards in 2013 and the Slovak national award Sun in a net in the Best Animated Film category in 2014.