Feathers or Glamour (2023)

The apocalyptic tendencies of the first COVID wave in 2020 led hundreds of people living in urban settlements to start keeping chickens in their backyard. Following three different families in Tallinn, capital of Estonia, the documentary investigates how a chicken turned from egg-centric rural bird into a trendy urban pet. How does she feel in the City? Is chicken the new dog?
Living beak to beak with humans has made chickens more self-aware, more individualistic and more human-like in every way. Weird accessories, bizarre glamorous events and uncommonly good living conditions now form a part of the urban chicken's everyday life. Some of them have even learnt to talk! Is it possible to call these highly evolved avians “chicks” any more? What is the chicken’s opinion about all of this and – taking into account her relatively short legs – is she fast enough to catch up with this unparalleled emancipation?
The lives of Udu, Triinu, Squeaky and many other chickens are entangled in those of choreographer and local chicken activist Veronika, anthropologist Tanel, and the young bird-enthusiast Mindi.