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, visual storyteller with a strong creative voice. Her short, THE FOOT SHOOTING PARTY (Leonardo DiCaprio / Jeffrey Katzenberg, Touchstone) launched her directing career. Her latest film (2023), DAUGHTER OF THE BRIDE (Marcia Gay Harden, Aiden Quinn / MarVista) opened theatrically before an NBC FOX Broadcast exclusive. She’s credited with discovering Angelina Jolie on her feature film debut, FOXFIRE. Spielberg hired her for her first TV episode, SEAQUEST (Amblin, NBC). All of Annette's films have maintained continuous distribution and are currently available on PRIME VIDEO.
A student of legendary acting coach, Joan Darling, Annette has a remarkable track record for casting A-list actors and, with an early career in camera, delivering cinematically beautiful films. In addition to directing four movies, two network TV episodes and a 30-min short, she shadowed directors on The Rookie (Tara Miele) and Homeland (Alex Graves, Lesli Glatter). She's a produced screenwriter and script doctor. Her career began with script supervising over 24 movies for A-list directors (Bruce Beresford, Hector Babenco, Gary Sinese) and producers (Joel Silver, Richard Zanuck, Saul Zaentz). She was selected for the inaugural group of the DGA Women's Steering Committee SQUAD. And recently she mentored a first-time director on a short film that was selected for the 2026 American Pavilion Emerging Filmmaker Showcase at Cannes.
Member of DGA and WGA since 1994, former member of IATSE, Annette is 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
