DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT​

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“The Filthy Growing Chick” was made before the tragic death of Mahsa Amini, yet that heartbreaking event gave the film a new layer of meaning. It deeply affected us and 

reminded us how seemingly harmless acts by moral vigilantes can lead to devastating consequences. 

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This film is a critique of a society that grows in an atmosphere poisoned by control, judgment, and self-righteousness. The actions of the characters may appear futile, but 

the roots of those actions are what can lead to tragedies like Mahsa’s or, earlier, the acid attacks on women.

 

Still, the film’s finger does not only point at “them.” We, too, have grown in this same atmosphere, and any of us, when placed in a position of judgment or authority, might reproduce the same behavior. The film is an attempt to see this cycle and confront it.

 

Formally, our approach was rooted in observation watching the society and the people who appear behind the car’s window. We wanted the viewer, too, to find themselves judging both the main characters and the passersby on screen, realizing that this very act of judgment is part of the problem.