It could only be her. Carey is… just famously good and she chooses so carefully and she’s really always kept to her own journey in terms of what she picks. She’s very private, which makes quite an enigmatic actress. I really wanted somebody who wasn’t going to come and make her a kick-ass superhero comic book character. I wanted her to be the stillness at the center of it all. She was my dream person. — Emerald Fennell
Film Independent Presents will host a members’ screening of Fennell ’s remarkable debut feature PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN, as well as a Q & A with the writer-director joining the film’s star Carey Mulligan.
And the American Cinematheque has added an online Q & A as well, which Bo Burnham will join. A free PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN screener link is available now with this event, while supplies last.
For information on all the events, VOD streaming, and Film Independent membership, see the links below.
Focus Features
Written and directed by Emerald Fennell.
Film Independent Presents
Wednesday and Thursday, January 13 and 14.
Streams for 48 hours.
PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN is streaming on demand from January 15.
EMERALD FENNELL and CAREY MULLIGAN Q & A
Film Independent Presents
Friday, January 15.
Noon on the West Coast; 3 pm East Coast; 8 pm London; 9 pm Paris.
EMERALD FENNELL, CAREY MULLIGAN and BO BURNHAM Q & A
American Cinematheque
Saturday, January 23.
1 pm on the West Coast; 4 pm East Coast; 9 pm London; 10 pm Paris.
Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman (2020), from top: Carey Mulligan; Bo Burnham and Mulligan; Alison Brie and Mulligan; Laverne Cox; Mulligan (2); Sam Richardson and Mulligan; Molly Shannon and Mulligan; Adam Brody; Mulligan. Images courtesy and © Focus Features.
