Prize-Winning Animated Feature ‘Chicken for Linda!’ Sets April Theatrical Release
variety.comCaroline Brew editor GKIDS is bringing the hand-painted animated film “Chicken for Linda!” to select theaters nationwide. It will be released April 5 in New York City at the Angelika Film Center and April 12 in Los Angeles at the Laemmle Royal.
Starting April 15, “Chicken for Linda!” will play in select additional theaters nationwide in its original French language. Directed by husband-and-wife duo Chiara Malta and Sébastien Laudenbach, the film was an official Cannes selection in the ACID program.
After a sold-out Work-in Progress session at the 2022 Annecy International Film Festival, it won the Annecy Grand Cristal in 2023. “Chicken for Linda!” also received both the Grand Prize and Audience Award at last year’s Animation Is Film Festival.
The official synopsis reads, “Paulette feels guilty after unjustly punishing her daughter Linda and would do anything to make it up to her.
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