RYAN MACKFALL
@ryancrashburn.bsky.social
Director 🎬🌀
Recent: Green Day, Bruce Dickinson, Train
Prev: Virgin Orbit, Slayer, 21 Savage, Deftones
#HPLovecraft Award winner
#TheBirdwatcherFilm next @ #StarlingFilmFest
Debut feature in dev
http://linktr.ee/ryanmackfall
Recent: Green Day, Bruce Dickinson, Train
Prev: Virgin Orbit, Slayer, 21 Savage, Deftones
#HPLovecraft Award winner
#TheBirdwatcherFilm next @ #StarlingFilmFest
Debut feature in dev
http://linktr.ee/ryanmackfall
So unbelievably stoked at this news... Thank you @abertoirfest.bsky.social! The birds are incoming this month...
#TheBirdwatcherFilm is an official selection this month at Wales’ number one horror festival - @abertoirfest.bsky.social!
The film will screen on Saturday November 15th in part 3 of the short film competition. Head to our instagram for an exclusive clip from the film!
The film will screen on Saturday November 15th in part 3 of the short film competition. Head to our instagram for an exclusive clip from the film!
November 10, 2025 at 6:46 PM
So unbelievably stoked at this news... Thank you @abertoirfest.bsky.social! The birds are incoming this month...
We had a GOOD time.
Home from Common Thread Tour. Will be posting my tour journal at some point, somewhere. Photo by @ryancrashburn.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 10:29 PM
We had a GOOD time.
Big ol' weekend ahead! I'm heading to Exeter, UK with @kingsleymarshall.bsky.social and we're looking forward to a fun day at Hell Tor. Sunday the film is BACK in York, UK for a second time after it graced the city with the OG @indiehorrorsoc.bsky.social. I sadly can't make it as I'll be turning 42!
An action packed weekend is ahead! #TheBirdwatcherFilm is at both #HellTor festival in Exeter: carrionfilms.co.uk/helltorfesti...
And #DeadNorthern film festival in York: www.deadnorthern.co.uk.
Tickets available through their respective websites!
And #DeadNorthern film festival in York: www.deadnorthern.co.uk.
Tickets available through their respective websites!
September 26, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Big ol' weekend ahead! I'm heading to Exeter, UK with @kingsleymarshall.bsky.social and we're looking forward to a fun day at Hell Tor. Sunday the film is BACK in York, UK for a second time after it graced the city with the OG @indiehorrorsoc.bsky.social. I sadly can't make it as I'll be turning 42!
Spain's time has come! @gfffestival.bsky.social is unleashing The Birdwatcher on its audiences next week! So pumped to be a part of this amazing festival in a country I have so much respect for in the current political climate. HELL YEAH!
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.
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.
September 19, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Spain's time has come! @gfffestival.bsky.social is unleashing The Birdwatcher on its audiences next week! So pumped to be a part of this amazing festival in a country I have so much respect for in the current political climate. HELL YEAH!
A big Saturday this weekend... Cosmic Horror fans in the UK and across the Atlantic in the USA, unite! Grateful and happy for my film to be in so many fests across the world. Our Spanish premiere is announced tomorrow - watch this space. Spooky season is in full swing!
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.
September 18, 2025 at 9:56 AM
A big Saturday this weekend... Cosmic Horror fans in the UK and across the Atlantic in the USA, unite! Grateful and happy for my film to be in so many fests across the world. Our Spanish premiere is announced tomorrow - watch this space. Spooky season is in full swing!
THE ROAD TO HELLFEST.
A sub 3 minute tour short from my time with @defeaterhc.bsky.social back in June. Heading to Glasgow with them this weekend for their headlining appearance at Core festival. Then we're back in Europe at the end of October for 11 days of chaos
vimeo.com/1117123887?s...
A sub 3 minute tour short from my time with @defeaterhc.bsky.social back in June. Heading to Glasgow with them this weekend for their headlining appearance at Core festival. Then we're back in Europe at the end of October for 11 days of chaos
vimeo.com/1117123887?s...
The Road To Hellfest - A Defeater Tour Short
A sub 3 minute short documentary following Boston hardcore band 'Defeater' over their short weekend run of European gigs in June 2025, leading to one of…
vimeo.com
September 10, 2025 at 9:31 AM
THE ROAD TO HELLFEST.
A sub 3 minute tour short from my time with @defeaterhc.bsky.social back in June. Heading to Glasgow with them this weekend for their headlining appearance at Core festival. Then we're back in Europe at the end of October for 11 days of chaos
vimeo.com/1117123887?s...
A sub 3 minute tour short from my time with @defeaterhc.bsky.social back in June. Heading to Glasgow with them this weekend for their headlining appearance at Core festival. Then we're back in Europe at the end of October for 11 days of chaos
vimeo.com/1117123887?s...
Anemone & Rose of Nevada are two films I'm really excited to watch. Around the edges of this are a lot of other films I've really got no interest in. There's this distinct feeling amongst many of them that the celebrity aspect is bigger than the actual filmmaking... and that ain't it, for me.
September 4, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Anemone & Rose of Nevada are two films I'm really excited to watch. Around the edges of this are a lot of other films I've really got no interest in. There's this distinct feeling amongst many of them that the celebrity aspect is bigger than the actual filmmaking... and that ain't it, for me.
BIRMINGHAM, UK is next up on the @indiehorrorsoc.bsky.social tour as #TheBirdwatcherFilm does its rounds. September 11th at THE MOCKINGBIRD.
We've also got a new festival to announce next month for the North West of England so watch this space!
We've also got a new festival to announce next month for the North West of England so watch this space!
The next screening of #TheBirdwatcherFilm is at the Birmingham date of @indiehorrorsoc.bsky.social's UK tour at The Mockingbird!
Tickets are available here - tinyurl.com/yepavdjp
#Shortfilm #CosmicHorror #FolkHorror #IndieCinema
Tickets are available here - tinyurl.com/yepavdjp
#Shortfilm #CosmicHorror #FolkHorror #IndieCinema
August 28, 2025 at 5:54 PM
BIRMINGHAM, UK is next up on the @indiehorrorsoc.bsky.social tour as #TheBirdwatcherFilm does its rounds. September 11th at THE MOCKINGBIRD.
We've also got a new festival to announce next month for the North West of England so watch this space!
We've also got a new festival to announce next month for the North West of England so watch this space!
What do you get when you mix a volatile corporate press, operating in the name of the establishment, and a government that tries to copy the policies of an already volatile right wing party... See below. Starmer has thrown as much petrol at this fire as Farage.
August 24, 2025 at 6:07 PM
What do you get when you mix a volatile corporate press, operating in the name of the establishment, and a government that tries to copy the policies of an already volatile right wing party... See below. Starmer has thrown as much petrol at this fire as Farage.
Myskatonic is back at one of my favourite festivals this weekend, @hplff.bsky.social. It's nestled within the home of HP Lovecraft - Providence, RI, USA.
I won't be attending sadly but the film screens on Sunday. Keep those @letterboxd.social reviews coming, I love seeing people's interpretations.
I won't be attending sadly but the film screens on Sunday. Keep those @letterboxd.social reviews coming, I love seeing people's interpretations.
Times are out for @hplff.bsky.social's first offering of the year in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. #TheBirdwatcherFilm screens on Sunday at 12.30pm! Doors at noon.
It's good to be back after our first time in 2019 with #BackwoodsFilm. We're pencilled next to some great shorts, so don't miss out!
It's good to be back after our first time in 2019 with #BackwoodsFilm. We're pencilled next to some great shorts, so don't miss out!
August 21, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Myskatonic is back at one of my favourite festivals this weekend, @hplff.bsky.social. It's nestled within the home of HP Lovecraft - Providence, RI, USA.
I won't be attending sadly but the film screens on Sunday. Keep those @letterboxd.social reviews coming, I love seeing people's interpretations.
I won't be attending sadly but the film screens on Sunday. Keep those @letterboxd.social reviews coming, I love seeing people's interpretations.
Brexit wasn't enough. The people who believed it would be good, and have since been shown otherwise, want one more go at looking like tools. Farage and reform will oblige. Then this country can fill its full potential as being one of the most miserable places on the planet.
August 14, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Brexit wasn't enough. The people who believed it would be good, and have since been shown otherwise, want one more go at looking like tools. Farage and reform will oblige. Then this country can fill its full potential as being one of the most miserable places on the planet.
Reposted by RYAN MACKFALL
Every day this Summer has been a record of how Nigel Farage already runs the country.
An endless cycle of hate & racism. One day boat arrivals, the next releasing ethnicity data for crimes, so we can know whether to riot if they’re brown or shrug if they’re white.
Back to the 70s🤦♀️ #r4today
An endless cycle of hate & racism. One day boat arrivals, the next releasing ethnicity data for crimes, so we can know whether to riot if they’re brown or shrug if they’re white.
Back to the 70s🤦♀️ #r4today
August 13, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Every day this Summer has been a record of how Nigel Farage already runs the country.
An endless cycle of hate & racism. One day boat arrivals, the next releasing ethnicity data for crimes, so we can know whether to riot if they’re brown or shrug if they’re white.
Back to the 70s🤦♀️ #r4today
An endless cycle of hate & racism. One day boat arrivals, the next releasing ethnicity data for crimes, so we can know whether to riot if they’re brown or shrug if they’re white.
Back to the 70s🤦♀️ #r4today
Instagram keeps taking down this post from Massive Attack. They keep posting it. I guess it what we should expect from meta. Never the less, 3D remains one of those people continuing to speak out in the current genocide against Palestinians.
August 11, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Instagram keeps taking down this post from Massive Attack. They keep posting it. I guess it what we should expect from meta. Never the less, 3D remains one of those people continuing to speak out in the current genocide against Palestinians.
Bastions of free speech ask to remove free speech. Call these people what they are - fascists. Peaceful protest banned in order to stop violent protest? Doesn't sound very democratic does it? Labour and courting these idiots.
Four right-wing voices – Nigel Farage, Lee Anderson, Allison Pearson and Matt Goodwin – suggest the only way to prevent rioting is to give those taking to the streets what they want.
All four called on the government to ban or crack down on the dramatically less violent Gaza protests or XR.
All four called on the government to ban or crack down on the dramatically less violent Gaza protests or XR.
Farage’s firestarter politics
A year after riots swept Britain, Reform’s leader and his supporters are warning of future unrest unless their policies are followed. The message is a threat wrapped in respectability
www.thenewworld.co.uk
August 1, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Bastions of free speech ask to remove free speech. Call these people what they are - fascists. Peaceful protest banned in order to stop violent protest? Doesn't sound very democratic does it? Labour and courting these idiots.
Reposted by RYAN MACKFALL
We are entering this phase of the genocide of Palestinians:
“One day, when it’s safe, when there’s no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it’s too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this”
I cannot recommend
Omar El Akkad’s book highly enough
#gaza thanks @asifkapadia.bsky.social for the recommendation
I cannot recommend
Omar El Akkad’s book highly enough
#gaza thanks @asifkapadia.bsky.social for the recommendation
July 29, 2025 at 10:14 AM
We are entering this phase of the genocide of Palestinians:
Reposted by RYAN MACKFALL
Brexit is putting bills up and water quality down.
It's time for a UK-EU partnership on Energy, Climate and Environment.
#OneEarthOneTeam
www.europeanmovement.co.uk/one_earth_one_team
It's time for a UK-EU partnership on Energy, Climate and Environment.
#OneEarthOneTeam
www.europeanmovement.co.uk/one_earth_one_team
July 25, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Brexit is putting bills up and water quality down.
It's time for a UK-EU partnership on Energy, Climate and Environment.
#OneEarthOneTeam
www.europeanmovement.co.uk/one_earth_one_team
It's time for a UK-EU partnership on Energy, Climate and Environment.
#OneEarthOneTeam
www.europeanmovement.co.uk/one_earth_one_team
In my experience, the most ironic of these being in Esso petrol station toilets with the walls covered in an image of a coral reef and tropical fish.
I travelled the globe to document how humans became addicted to faking the natural world. Here’s what I found
I travelled the globe to document how humans became addicted to faking the natural world. Here’s what I found
In his new book, The Anthropocene Illusion, photographer Zed Nelson reflects on the surreal environments created as people destroy nature, yet crave connection to it
www.theguardian.com
July 24, 2025 at 9:52 AM
In my experience, the most ironic of these being in Esso petrol station toilets with the walls covered in an image of a coral reef and tropical fish.
Reposted by RYAN MACKFALL
James Henderson was among three British aid workers killed in Gaza last year. His family urged Keir Starmer to put an arms embargo on Israel.
Instead, Starmer's government allowed the chief of the Israeli air force to visit Britain this weekend👇
www.declassifieduk.org/stop-arming-...
Instead, Starmer's government allowed the chief of the Israeli air force to visit Britain this weekend👇
www.declassifieduk.org/stop-arming-...
‘Stop arming Israel’, urge family of slain aid worker
James Henderson was among three British aid workers killed in Gaza. Now his family wants Keir Starmer to put an arms embargo on Israel.
www.declassifieduk.org
July 20, 2025 at 2:22 PM
James Henderson was among three British aid workers killed in Gaza last year. His family urged Keir Starmer to put an arms embargo on Israel.
Instead, Starmer's government allowed the chief of the Israeli air force to visit Britain this weekend👇
www.declassifieduk.org/stop-arming-...
Instead, Starmer's government allowed the chief of the Israeli air force to visit Britain this weekend👇
www.declassifieduk.org/stop-arming-...
Starmer goes on and on about working people but he's really in it for the neoliberals. His actions show us everything we need to know about the man. A regret I'll always have is voting for him as labour leader. I'm glad I stopped my membership. What a waste of a good chance.
July 17, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Starmer goes on and on about working people but he's really in it for the neoliberals. His actions show us everything we need to know about the man. A regret I'll always have is voting for him as labour leader. I'm glad I stopped my membership. What a waste of a good chance.
The IHS tour keeps on rollin'.
A new date has been added in Birmingham (UK) at The Mockingbird, this September. #TheBirdwatcherFilm continues its journey around the world with further festivals still to be announced.
For further updates on the IHS tour follow @indiehorrorsoc.bsky.social.
A new date has been added in Birmingham (UK) at The Mockingbird, this September. #TheBirdwatcherFilm continues its journey around the world with further festivals still to be announced.
For further updates on the IHS tour follow @indiehorrorsoc.bsky.social.
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
Touch the void...
Visit IHS's social page for further information.
#CosmicHorror #FolkHorror #SciFi #ShortFilm
July 16, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The IHS tour keeps on rollin'.
A new date has been added in Birmingham (UK) at The Mockingbird, this September. #TheBirdwatcherFilm continues its journey around the world with further festivals still to be announced.
For further updates on the IHS tour follow @indiehorrorsoc.bsky.social.
A new date has been added in Birmingham (UK) at The Mockingbird, this September. #TheBirdwatcherFilm continues its journey around the world with further festivals still to be announced.
For further updates on the IHS tour follow @indiehorrorsoc.bsky.social.
Reposted by RYAN MACKFALL
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/fre...
“Five words about Palestine Action could get me arrested
Support for the protest group was legal last week—but now it is ‘terrorism’. This is an assault on our liberty”
By Ronan Bennett
“Five words about Palestine Action could get me arrested
Support for the protest group was legal last week—but now it is ‘terrorism’. This is an assault on our liberty”
By Ronan Bennett
Five words about Palestine Action could get me arrested
Support for the protest group was legal last week—but now it is ‘terrorism’. This is an assault on our liberty
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
July 9, 2025 at 2:37 PM
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/fre...
“Five words about Palestine Action could get me arrested
Support for the protest group was legal last week—but now it is ‘terrorism’. This is an assault on our liberty”
By Ronan Bennett
“Five words about Palestine Action could get me arrested
Support for the protest group was legal last week—but now it is ‘terrorism’. This is an assault on our liberty”
By Ronan Bennett
🤮🤮🤮🤮
Keir Starmer's spokesman asked if the Government plans to remain on X, given its AI bot has been making antisemitic comments and endorsing Hitler, replies that this is an "internal" matter for the company
July 9, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Here's another one that can fuck off too.
Rod Stewart says UK should ‘give Nigel Farage a chance’
He also said
In 1968 ‘I think Enoch Powell has really got it right, & I'm all for what he suggests. Britain is over-crowded, so let's send the immigrants home’ as soon as possible & not allow them back’
musicdayz.com/fact/147770/
& in 1970👇
He also said
In 1968 ‘I think Enoch Powell has really got it right, & I'm all for what he suggests. Britain is over-crowded, so let's send the immigrants home’ as soon as possible & not allow them back’
musicdayz.com/fact/147770/
& in 1970👇
June 28, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Here's another one that can fuck off too.
This man could write a book on how to absolute fuck up the best chance in a long time to make a meaningful and positive change to a country (that so badly needs it). A fool, more concerned with pandering to right wingers than the people who ACTUALLY voted him in. Furious and over it. Disgusted.
Thousands of disabled women could find themselves trapped with abusers as a result of the government’s upcoming welfare cuts, campaigners have warned, despite Keir Starmer offering concessions on the reforms late on Thursday
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Welfare cuts ‘could leave thousands of disabled women trapped with abusers’
Exclusive: The prime minister’s controversial welfare cuts would deepen economic insecurity for disabled women and make them more vulnerable to abuse, a new report has warned
www.independent.co.uk
June 28, 2025 at 9:49 PM
This man could write a book on how to absolute fuck up the best chance in a long time to make a meaningful and positive change to a country (that so badly needs it). A fool, more concerned with pandering to right wingers than the people who ACTUALLY voted him in. Furious and over it. Disgusted.