'When the sun stands still, all roads lead to Montol…’ Our new film ‘Howlsavla Gwav’ will have its world premiere at Offbeat Folk Film Festival, screening as part of the ‘Epic Journeys’ segment on May 10th 2026 at 5pm. Tickets are available direct from the festival website at offbeat.film

#TheBirdwatcherFilm will have its online world premiere through @directorsnotes.bsky.social on June 17th. Watch this space for an interview with director @ryancrashburn.bsky.social and collaborators! #cosmichorror #folkhorror #indiefilm

The Spanish premiere of #TheBirdwatcherFilm will take place at @gfffestival.bsky.social in Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain on Tuesday 23rd September. It’s an honour to be a part of the amazing line-up at this powerhouse of a festival. For further information & tickets, visit the festival’s website.

An action packed weekend is about to happen for #TheBirdwatcherFilm in both the UK and USA. On Saturday (across timezones) we're at @dirtinthegate.bsky.social's #GRINDFEST in Dorset, UK and then @hplff.bsky.social in Porland, OR, USA. Amazing festivals supporting independent cinema! Thank you both.

Just realised that, brilliantly, my pinned tweet for ages has been for the exclusive edition of Pagans that sold out some time ago, so here's a link to the other one. www.waterstones.com/book/pagans/...

A new date has been added to @indiehorrorsoc.bsky.social's Indie Showcase Tour. #TheBirdwatcherFilm will screen in Birmingham at The Mockingbird Cinema on September 11th. Touch the void... Visit IHS's social page for further information. #CosmicHorror #FolkHorror #SciFi #ShortFilm

#TheBirdwatcherFilm is Screening in York on 12 July as part of the @indiehorrorsoc.bsky.social and #deadnorthern 2025 Showcase. Tickets here www.tickettailor.com/events/deadn...

We’re pleased to announce that #TheBirdwatcherFilm will be showcased as a part of the @indiehorrorsoc.bsky.social indie film showcase on June 21st at the Genesis Cinema in London. More information can be found over on the society’s instagram page or head to ‘independenthorrorsociety.com’.

📢 The next IHS Indie Film Showcase line up is here — and it’s a banger! We’re back at Genesis Cinema on Sat 21 June with an evening packed with incredible indie horror and a buzzing crowd of filmmakers, fans, and creatives. Find out more & get your tix: independenthorrorsociety.com/ihs-indie-fi...

IHS Indie Film Showcase June 2025: Line Up Announced! - The Independent Horror Society

The next brand-new IHS Indie Film Showcase takes place on Saturday, 21st June at the Genesis Cinema in London, and we are now delighted to be able to confirm our… Read More »IHS Indie Film Showcase Ju...

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Homegrown Horror Shorts: NW England is coming to 53Two, Manchester on 28 May! Expect 2+ hours of indie horror brilliance from local filmmakers. 🎥 Trailer by Jack Berry 🎟️ Line-up + tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ihs-home-g...

#TheBirdwatcherFilm will have its London film festival premiere at the brand spanking new Offbeat Folk Film Festival on May 13th 2025 at The Garden Cinema. We're honoured to be a part of it! Tickets are on sale now: offbeat.film/festival-eve... #film #shortfilm #folkhorror #cosmichorror #folklore

We're pleased to announce that #TheBirdwatcherFilm will have its North American premiere at Chicago Horror Film Festival this May. Head to www.chicagohorrorfilmfest.com for further details and tickets. Become a part of the silence. vimeo.com/1072828598

#TheBirdwatcherFilm continues its journey around the world… We’re happy to announce that our Scandinavian premiere will be at the incredible #RavenheartFilmFest in Oslo, Norway, this June! A fitting festival for our avian tale. Further info: www.ravenheartfilmfestival.com vimeo.com/1075244872?s...

The Birdwatcher - Scandinavian Premiere Announcement

This is "The Birdwatcher - Scandinavian Premiere Announcement" by Ryan Mackfall on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

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We're pleased to announce that #TheBirdwatcherFilm will have its North American premiere at Chicago Horror Film Festival this May! Head to www.chicagohorrorfilmfest.com for further details and tickets. Become a part of the silence. vimeo.com/1072828598

If you're a UK #documentary maker looking for funds, here's our guide to what's out there right now. Do feel free to chip in with your own suggestions!

Funding avenues available to UK and British documentary filmmakers

If you're a UK documentary maker looking for funds, here's our guide to what's out there that we know of. Please help us build this up.

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Lovely first review for #TheBirdwatcherFilm from the brilliant @antbit.projectedfigures.com, dropping on the day of the premiere @frightfest.bsky.social - been reading Anton for years, and thrilled he's cast his eye over the film.

Anton Bitel@antbit.projectedfigures.com · 2y ago

"With its locked room mystery and uncanny spatiotemporal rifts, Ryan Mackfall’s enigmatic horror short gets us all twitching": THE BIRDWATCHER (2024) world prem 1pm today at @glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social for @frightfest.bsky.social. A @myskatonic.bsky.social film projectedfigures.com/2025/03/08/t...

Both myself and @ryancrashburn.bsky.social are representing @myskatonic.bsky.social in Glasgow at the mighty @frightfest.bsky.social this weekend for the world premiere of #TheBirdwatcherFilm. We're both overjoyed to be here, and looking forward to meeting other frightfesters on Saturday

Dr Kingsley Marshall@kingsleymarshall.bsky.social · 2y ago

#TheBirdwatcherFilm is coming. World premiere Saturday March 8th at 1pm at the home of horror #FrightFest @frightfest.bsky.social Tickets/Info: frightfest.co.uk/2025Glasgow/... A @Myskatonic.bsky.social film. linktr.ee/myskatonic vimeo.com/1047145834?s...

#TheBirdwatcherFilm is coming. World premiere Saturday March 8th at 1pm at the home of horror #FrightFest @frightfest.bsky.social Tickets/Info: frightfest.co.uk/2025Glasgow/... A @Myskatonic.bsky.social film. linktr.ee/myskatonic vimeo.com/1047145834?s...

The Birdwatcher (Official Trailer)

#TheBirdwatcherFilm is coming. Be the first to see it at the world premiere, taking place at the home of horror… the mighty @frightfestuk! Saturday…

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The classic fairy tale like you’ve never seen it before. RUMPLESTILTSKIN on Saturday 8th March, 10.45 PM is our closing of FrightFest Glasgow. By director Andy Edwards (@eds209.bsky.social) starring Hannah Baxter-Eve, Adrian Bouchet, Jennifer Lim, and Joss Carter

The chilling true story that inspired ‘The Wicker Man’ is about to receive an unsettling re-examination as ‘The Last Sacrifice’ makes its UK premiere at Pigeon Shrine FrightFest Glasgow 2025. lovehorror.co.uk/horror-news/... #frightfest #horror

Ebony & Ivory is a cinematic document of the first meeting Between Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder. 🎸 Tomorrow, make sure you join us for the UK Premiere, with a post-screening Q&A with director Jim Hosking! An oddball cult classic in waiting! bit.ly/GFF25_ebonyandivory 🎟️

"an absurd take on the mysteries of the creative process, and the perfect disharmony that can exist between art and artist(s)": Jim Hosking's batshit biopic EBONY AND IVORY (2024) screens 6.15pm at @glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social projectedfigures.com/2024/09/21/e...

Ebony and Ivory (2024) - Projected Figures

Jim Hosking's third feature EBONY AND IVORY reimagines the collaboration between Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder as Beckettian banality

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Saturday March 8th is rolling up fast... Cannot wait to be in one of my favourite Scottish cities launching the world premiere of my new short. We're in good company at @frightfest.bsky.social!

FrightFest@frightfest.bsky.social · 2y ago

It's the World Premiere of THE BIRDWATCHER by director Ryan Mackfall on our Short Film Showcase. Where investigators visit the site of a strange disappearance deep in the forest Starring Craig Russell, Mary Woodvine, Rimca Karmakar, Kevin Horsham @ryancrashburn.bsky.social @myskatonic.bsky.social

It's the World Premiere of THE BIRDWATCHER by director Ryan Mackfall on our Short Film Showcase. Where investigators visit the site of a strange disappearance deep in the forest Starring Craig Russell, Mary Woodvine, Rimca Karmakar, Kevin Horsham @ryancrashburn.bsky.social @myskatonic.bsky.social

This year we have a Short Film Showcase for you at FrightFest Glasgow. Screening at 1pm on Saturday 8th, this is how it shapes up: CANARY BONES MULCH THE PEARL COMB BY THE LIGHT OF THE FIRE CONVEYANCE THE BIRDWATCHER PUMPKIN GUTS We'll be highlighting these individually next!

The Pigeon Shrine FrightFest Glasgow digital guide is ready. Be prepared for Mayhem, Menace, and Monstrosity. Click the link below to read. frightfest.co.uk

We’re 4 weeks away exactly from the WORLD PREMIERE of #TheBirdwatchFilm at @frightfest.bsky.social which this March grows even stronger as a segment of @glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social! To mark the occasion we’ve got an exclusive new special edition poster for the film. See you at 1pm on March 8th!

My interview with @kierlajanisse.bsky.social is up on @cinapse.bsky.social. We discuss not only her latest @severinfilms.bsky.social Box Set ALL THE HAUNTS BE OURS VOL. 2, but her holiday Shudder series and her new doc that was just announced.Lots of great discussion here! cinapse.co/2024/12/digg...

Digging into ALL THE HAUNTS BE OURS VOL. 2 with Boxset Producer, Author, and Director Kier-La Janisse

The ever prolific and preeminent Kier-La Janisse is fast becoming a force to be reckoned with in genre. From film, to books and now TV, she is using her encyclopedic knowledge and understanding of cin...

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HORROR 101: ALL THE HAUNTS BE OURS, VOL 2 - IN CONVERSATION WITH @kierlajanisse.bsky.social youtu.be/qf69btwYlcE

ALL THE HAUNTS BE OURS, VOL 2: IN CONVERSATION WITH KIER-LA JANISSE!!

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