MES Spring Film Series Screening: Feathers

Feathers, the feature debut of Egyptian director Omar El Zohairy, follows an act of magic and its reverberations through the life of a woman bound by domestic duty. Specifically, her husband gets turned into a chicken. While moving heaven and earth to bring her husband back and secure her family’s survival, she goes through a total transformation. The absurdist dark comedy received the 2021 Grand Prize at Cannes Critics’ Week.