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Short Film Fund. Exhibition. Distribution. Community. Melody C. Roscher's BIRD IN HAND coming 10/2!

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🚨 New FOFIF Release: Melody C. Roscher's debut feature film BIRD IN HAND; a bride-to-be with a secret agenda returns to her hometown, using her wedding plans to manipulate everyone in her orbit. Starring Alisha Wainwright, Christine Lahti, James Le Gros, Annabelle Dexter-Jones.
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Nitehawk Cinema@nitehawkcinemaOct 24
For their Halloween screening this year, @thefofif presents a recent favorite in Irish folklore films, Aislinn Clarke’s FRÉWAKA. Tuesday 10/27 at Nitehawk Williamsburg with a pre-recorded introduction by Clarke
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WITCHES is phenomenal. A must see.
🏳️‍🌈 Ms. Marya E. Gates 🦩@oldfilmsflickerOct 23
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For @ebertvoices, I wrote about Elizabeth Sankey's WITCHES rogerebert.com/features/chan…

Change the Conversation: When Movies Talked About Mental Health

A dozen very different films about mental health are highlighted by our staff.

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TONIGHT IN CHICAGO at @musicboxtheatre! musicboxtheatre.com/films-an…
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Truly cannot wait to see this in the cinema with people. 💊🧂
Nitehawk Cinema@nitehawkcinemaOct 22
The Irish folk horror FRÉWAKA screens Tuesday 10/27 at Nitehawk Williamsburg, presented by @thefofif
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Philly, we're coming! Excited for our first FOFIF screening in the city & that it's for BIRD IN HAND at @BMFI. Get your tickets friends... brynmawrfilm.org/event/bird-…
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We're back with our friends @BrooklynHorror for the annual mixer (Sunday) and to present/moderate the Polish folk horror film ÒPI Monday night. 🎃 brooklynhorror2026.eventive.…
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In the Guide: a terrible new take on a classic novel, an adventurous biopic, a new doc about Syrian war refugees, a doc about women artists in Paris, three genre mash-up horror films, and an intimate doc by a Palestinian-Mexican-American filmmaker. Read: oldfilmsflicker.substack.com…
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In one week, BIRD IN HAND heads to the midwest for screenings at @musicboxtheatre in Chicago (10/23), Heights Theater in Minneapolis (10/25), and @mkefilm in Milwaukee (10/26). All include in person Q&A with the director, Melody C. Roscher! 🎟️ futureoffilmisfemale.com/bir…
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An absolute high tier banger of Irish folklore. Aislinn Clarke’s 2024 feature, FRÉWAKA is this year's Halloween screening @nitehawkcinema on 10/27. Oíche Shamhna shona daoibh! nitehawkcinema.com/williamsb…
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Best and most favorite recent film!
Nitehawk Cinema@nitehawkcinemaOct 13
For their Halloween screening this year, @thefofif presents a recent favorite in Irish folklore films, Aislinn Clarke’s FRÉWAKA. Tuesday 10/27 at Nitehawk Williamsburg with a pre-recorded introduction by Clarke
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The trailer for BIRD IN HAND is here! Coming to a city near you this month and November... futureoffilmisfemale.com/bir…
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MEDUSA!
🏳️‍🌈 Ms. Marya E. Gates 🦩@oldfilmsflickerOct 9
In this week's Directed By Women Viewing Guide: several anti-fascist and anti-colonial docs, the Cinema Femme Short Film Festival, a subtly queer coming-of-age film, a new romantic drama, and a spooky Brazilian film Read: oldfilmsflicker.substack.com…
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See you this weekend Los Angeles! BIRD IN HAND is at Vidiots Friday - Sunday with Q&As, special guest, and us! vidiotsfoundation.org/movies…
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LOOOOOVE this film.
🏳️‍🌈 Ms. Marya E. Gates 🦩@oldfilmsflickerOct 7
“A big part of making this film was trying to process what it was like to be a teenager from a small town, leaving for university, and meeting my community of friends & queers & artists” I spoke with Paloma Schneideman about BIG GIRLS DON’T CRY Read: rogerebert.com/interviews/fe…
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"A tonally tricky and inherently personal tale that pays off handsomely." Melody C. Roscher on Refusing to Go the Easy Route in BIRD IN HAND: Coming to LA this weekend and Chicago/Minneapolis/Milwaukee next weekend! moveablefest.com/melody-c-ro…

Interview: Melody C. Roscher on "Bird in Hand"

The producer-turned-director talks about bringing this stirring family comedy to the screen about a bride-to-be in search of herself.

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Must-Watch Indies returns to FACETS Chicago October 15th - 25th featuring a cadre of modern horrors: Maya Annik Bedward's BLACK ZOMBIE, Nicolas Winding Refn's HER PRIVATE HELL, and Jane Schoenbrun's TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA Tickets: facets.org/portfolio-categor…
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Bringing Bird on home to Brooklyn - see you tonight! nitehawkcinema.com/williamsb…
Nitehawk Cinema@nitehawkcinemaOct 4
The new @thefofif release BIRD IN HAND screens Monday at Nitehawk Williamsburg, followed by a Q&A with writer/director Melody C. Roscher & actress Christine Lahti
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Afternoon plans: seeing BIRD IN HAND @RoxyCinemaNYC today (3pm) with Melody C. Roscher, Christine Lahti and Libby Ewing. Plus a love story with a bull (short film). Support indies! roxycinemanewyork.com/screen…
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💍💍💍 Opens tonight! futureoffilmisfemale.com/bir…

BIRD IN HAND — THE FUTURE OF FILM IS FEMALE

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RogerEbert.com@ebertvoicesOct 2
"Its tone–authentically volatile, absurd, yet enlightening–matches its display that broken families are not entirely damned." @peytondani reviews BIRD IN HAND: rogerebert.com/reviews/bird-…

Bird in Hand: This painfully real dramedy is worth a lot

Funny and devastating.

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A must read: Melody C. Roscher's beautiful text about how the BIRD OF HAND was born out of the personal!
Talkhouse@TalkhouseOct 1
The poignant backstory to Melody C. Roscher's #BirdInHand talkhouse.com/the-genetics-o…
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