CATHERINE CALLED BIRDY Q&A | 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 13th-century teenager (Bella Ramsey) rebels against her father (Andrew Scott) when he tries to marry her off to a wealthy man, in Lena Dunham’s playful adaptation of Karen Cushman’s 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 Cushman’s Newbery Medal–winning novel about a 13-year-old girl who rebels against her father’s attempts to marry her off. Bella Ramsey takes a delightful detour from her role as the no-nonsense Lyanna Mormont on Game of Thrones to play Birdy, who revels in causing minor mayhem around her family’s 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