East of England Weed Sellers Comedy ‘Chicken Town’ Official Trailer
by Alex Billington
May 30, 2025
Source: YouTube
“Do you have a sample for me?” Verve Pictures in the UK has debuted an official trailer for an indie film titled Chicken Town, the latest from British filmmaker Richard Bracewell. It’s set for release in the UK first this June, and should alos be out in the US later this year. Two schoolfriends in a dead-end town in the East of England join forces with a green-fingered grandad to fence a shed of weed the old man accidentally grew on his allotment. Together they form an alliance of age & youth, an unlikely partnership between the forgetful and the forgotten. Bracewell describes the indie film is “a story about the contradictions of modern family life; a film with both a heart and a conscience. If Greta Gerwig and Shane Meadows had a love-child we hope it might resemble Chicken Town.” Ha. That sounds like good fun. The film stars Ethaniel Davy & Amelie Davies, comedian Graham Fellows, plus a youth cast chosen from The Television Workshop in Nottingham – including Ramy Ben Fredj, Hugo Carter, & Everett Gaskin. Keep an eye out for this one.
Here’s the official UK trailer (+ poster) for Richard Bracewell’s film Chicken Town, direct from YouTube:
Chicken Town tells the story of two schoolfriends (Ethaniel Davy & Amelie Davies) in a dead-end town in the East of England who join forces with a green-fingered grandad (Graham Fellows) to fence a shed of weed that the old man has accidentally grown on his allotment. Together they form an alliance of age and youth, an unlikely partnership of the forgetful and the forgotten. Shot on location in the Fens and Norfolk, Richard Bracewell’s endearing Chicken Town is both funny and heartwarming. Its array of entertaining characters, who have all somewhat lost their way in life, yet they manage to find their own kind of family, discovering these relationships in places they least expect. Chicken Town is directed by British filmmaker Richard Bracewell, director of the films The Gigolos, Cuckoo, and Bill previously. The screenplay is by Richard Bracewell and Patrick Dalton. Produced by Tom Wood, Richard Bracewell, and Patrick Dalton. This hasn’t premiered at any festivals or elsewhere, as far as we know. Verve Pictures debuts Bracewell’s Chicken Town film in UK cinemas starting June 27th, 2025. For details, visit their official site. Anyone interested?