This post was updated Jan. 29 at 8:38 p.m. “The Starling Girl” hits close to home for writer-director Laurel Parmet. In her first feature film as a Sundance Institute Feature Film Program fellow, Parmet said she drew inspiration from her own experience dating an older man. Read more...
Photo: Laurel Parmet smiles off to the side. Her film “The Starling Girl” premiered in the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. (Joseph Jimenez/Assistant Photo editor)