10 · 23 · 22 Amy Redford Presented Roost, Her Most Recent Feature Film, at the 20th FICM Share with twitter Share with facebook Share with mail Copy to clipboard Laura García Amy Redford, American filmmaker, producer, and actress presented her feature film Roost (2022). The screening was attended by Alejandro Ramirez, president of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM), and film critic Oscar Uriel, who also served as moderator. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) this year Amy Redford Roost follows Anna, a young woman who falls in love with Eric, a man she’s in a new relationship with and who turns out to be 11 years older. Anna will experience a great shock when she tells her mother about the relationship she has with the man she met in an online poetry forum. Past passions and acts of revenge will test the relationship between mother and daughter. “I have been accused of being anti-feminist for having made this film, but what happens is that the truth is the truth, and it is what must be presented […] It is not about polarizing, it is about recognizing that there is pain and that there is truth everywhere,” Redford said at the end of the screening. Oscar Uriel, Amy Redford The feature film is based on the play The Thing with Feathers by writer and producer Scott Organ, who actively participated in the work teams for the project. Roost takes its name from the expression "the chickens are coming home to roost, that is, the chicks always return to the place of origin to become roosters", shared Amy Redford. As a producer, Redford this year made the television documentary miniseries The Lincoln Project for Showtime. Her filmography as a director is made up of The Guitar (2008) and the short film Delivery (2012). Amy Redford In 2018, during the 16th edition of FICM, Amy Redford presented the Latin American premiere of the film The Old Man & The Gun (2018, dir. David Lowery) starring her father, actor Robert Redford, who participated as a special guest and received the Award for Artistic Excellence at the 17th edition of FICM. The festival has worked closely with the Redford family and the Sundance Institute, founded in 1981 by Robert Redford. In 2015, Alejandro Ramírez joined the institute’s board of directors.
