CATHERINE CALLED BIRDY QA, TIFF 2022

The team behind CATHERINE CALLED BIRDY in conversation with TIFF in advance of its premiere at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival. A 13thcentury teenager (Bella Ramsey) rebels against her father (Andrew Scott) when he tries to marry her off to a wealthy man, in Lena Dunhams playful adaptation of Karen Cushmans bestselling novel. The 47th Toronto International Film Festival runs September 8 to 18, 2022. For more, visit Lena Dunham turns her feminist lens towards medieval England with an adaptation of Karen Cushmans Newbery Medalwinning novel about a 13yearold girl who rebels against her fathers attempts to marry her off. Bella Ramsey takes a delightful detour from her role as the nononsense Lyanna Mormont on Game of Thrones to play Birdy, who revels in causing minor mayhem around her familys village. When her father, Sir Rollo (Andrew Scott), the inept Lord of Stonebridge, is faced with financial destitution thanks to his profligate spending, he sees on