Bird in Hand

Melody C. Roscher · 2025 · 90 minutes

Bird in Hand follows a biracial bride-to-be seeking a connection with her charismatic hippie mother, while using her wedding plans to manipulate everyone in her orbit.

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Melody C. Roscher’s debut feature film as a writer and director, Bird In Hand premiered at Tribeca Film Festival in the US Competition. The film is preceded by a short film she wrote and directed, White Wedding, that premiered at 2021’s Sundance Film Festival. Her directing and writing work comes off years of Producing. Some notable works include Christine, James White, Simon Killer, and Martha Marcy May Marlene. She was nominated for two Independent Spirit awards including best first feature, and Piaget Producer’s Award. Other cult favorites include Dean Fleischer-Camp’s Catherine, starring Jenny Slate, and Robin Comisar’s Great Choice.

Craig Shilowich is a screenwriter and producer best known for his work on Antonio Campos’s Christine, starring Rebecca Hall, and the HBO Max Limited Series The Staircase starring Colin Firth and Toni Colette. Other notable works as a producer include Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story and Tom Quinn’s Colewell. Craig’s projects have garnered award nominations at the Oscars, the Independent Spirit Awards, the Emmys, and Golden Globes. He is one half of the production company THE WONDER CLUB along with Melody C. Roscher.