Blue Ruin is a 2013 American thriller film written and directed by Jeremy Saulnier and starring Macon Blair. The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival as part of the Directors' Fortnight section on May 17, 2013, where it won the FIPRESCI Prize. Saulnier funded production on the film through a successful Kickstarter campaign, which MTV called "the perfect example of what crowdfunding can accomplish."