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Mar 03, 2025 - 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM PST
This event will be held in person.
Where: SF-NC Local Office, 350 Sansome Street, Ste 840, San Francisco, CA 94104
Monday, March 3, 6 p.m. PT. Participant check-in 5:30 p.m.
Mother Lies - Table Read
By Kitty Edwinson
Logline: A pair of headstrong sisters, each in her own special state of denial, come together over a son in crisis. He pries loose their secrets and unleashes a powerful combination of fairy tales, passion and vodka, upending the past and remaking the family legacy.
About the Writer: In addition to Mother Lies, Kitty has written a short titled Little Mother Lies, based on the family in the feature, which has been produced and is currently being submitted to festivals. Her next feature is Cow Palace . It is also about a San Francisco family, this time set in the 1970s in the Portola District. Kitty has a degree in English from Cornell University, a Masters in Education, and an extensive background in writing and editing. Her lifelong study of familial dynamics and preoccupation with questions around why we thrive or fall away, why we change or don’t, will also be the engine of the next feature.
About the Producer: Gwen Whittle is a producer and supervising sound editor with over 35 years of experience working on over 120 films, from blockbusters to small independents. She recently produced the short film, Little Mother Lies. Gwen has been nominated for three Academy Awards (Avatar: Way of Water, Tron: Legacy and Avatar), a BAFTA (Avatar: Way of Water), an Emmy (WandaVision) and in 2023 was honored with an MPSE career achievement award. She has won 6 MPSE Golden Reel awards: Titanic , Saving Private Ryan, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Super 8, Epic, and Carne e Arena . Her more than 20 MPSE nominations include Top Gun: Maverick, Ferdinand, Munich, and Minority Report. Gwen was awarded an honorary PhD from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco and has a B.A. in film from New York University. She is a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures (AMPAS), British Academy of Film and Television (BAFTA), SAG-AFTRA and MPSE.
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