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qIFF: Bird
March 8, 2025 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Bird
Drama – Not rated
Andrea Arnold, the filmmaker behind Fish Tank and American Honey, has returned with a sensitive, fairytale-like coming-of-age story. 12-year-old Bailey lives with her single dad Bug, played by Barry Keoghan, who’s both charismatic and incredibly sad, in a squat in North Kent. Bug doesn’t have much time for his kids, and Bailey, who is approaching puberty, seeks attention and adventure elsewhere. Bird is for every lost child who wishes someone would have stood up and defended them. It’s a fragile but beautiful vision and marks the strongest blend yet of Andrea Arnold’s primary directives as a filmmaker. Her films have always had a bit of the magical in them., and Bird fluidly drops in and out of reality and something more magical.
