DAUGHTER OF THE BRIDE follows Diane (Marcia Gay Harden) and Kate (Halston Sage), a mother and daughter who are inseparable friends. Their lives are turned upside down when Diane announces her engagement to a mystery man (Aidan Quinn).
DAUGHTER OF THE BRIDE follows the special relationship between Dian (Marcia Gay Harden) and Kate (Halston Sage), who are not only mother and daughter but also best friends. However, their lives are turned upside down when Diane announces her engagement to a man named Bruce (Aidan Quinn), whom she’s been secretly dating. In a series of comical events, Kate must come to terms with letting her mother be happy with someone else while she navigates her own love life and career aspirations. As Diane falls deeper in love, Kate worries that their close-knit relationship will be forever changed—and not for the better; so, she subconsciously tries to sabotage the wedding plans (despite officiating it). While Kate tries to get her mom to slow down and reconsider this obvious calamitous life decision, she finds herself falling for her handsome neighbor, Josh (Andrew Richardson)—the right guy at the totally wrong time. The film is co-produced by MarVista and Particular Crowd with a script written by Karen Bloch Morse (Ice Castles). DAUGHTER OF THE BRIDE is directed by Annette Haywood-Carter (Savannah). Released theatrically in fives cities by FOX before it's exclusive broadcast, I it available on Prime Video and On Demand.
Annette is a passionate storyteller with a strong creative voice and is a true visual storyteller. Her short, The Foot Shooting Party (Leonardo DiCaprio, Katzenberg/Touchstone) launched her directing career. Her 2023 feature, Daughter of the Bride (Marcia Gay Harden, MarVista) opened theatrically before a FOX Broadcast release. She’s credited with discovering Angelina Jolie on her feature debut, Foxfire. Spielberg hired her for her first TV episode, SeaQuest.
Annette has a remarkable track record for casting A-list actors (Julie Harris, Ron Silver, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sam Shepard), and -- with an early career in camera -- delivering beautifully crafted shows. She’s directed 4 movies, 2 TV episodes, a 30-min short and shadowed directors on The Rookie (Tara Miele) and Homeland (Alex Graves, Lesli Glatter). She's a produced screenwriter and script doctor, student of acting coach, Joan Darling, script supervisor on over 24 movies (A-list directors and producers), and was selected as a participant in the inaugural group of the DGA Womens Steering Committee's SQUAD. She loves teaching, recently mentoring a first-time director on a short film selected for Cannes’ 2026 American Pavilion Emerging Filmmaker Showcase, and teaching directing part-time at Cal State Long Beach.
Annette is the writer-director-producer on a transgender family film starring trans-actor Hari Nef, "Best Picture" Oscar winner Bruce Cohen consulting producer, and is writing a book slated for 2027 publication. Member of DGA and WGA since 1994. Former member of IATSE. Represented by attorney Jackie Eckhouse at Sloss, Eckhouse, Dasti, Haynes LawCo in New York.
Theatrical run in five cities, 2023
Fox Broadcast, 2023
Amazon Prime Video, current
On Demand, 2023
Actor - Marcia Gay Harden
Actor - Aidan Quinn
Actor - Halston Sage
Executive Producer - Hannah Pillemer
Executive Producer - Fernando Szew
