J|GSAWCURTAINS
SHORT FILM • ANIMATED, DOCUMENTARY
SYNOPSIS
Kirsten Vangsness (CBS, Criminal Minds actor and writer) makes her directorial debut in this animated short adapted from her own personal essay about a feral cat who stars on a network procedural drama, takes ballroom dance lessons, and has an encounter with a predatory tow truck driver. It explores the idea of vulnerability as a source of power and the emotional "curtains" we lay over our essential selves.
WRITER / DIRECTOR / NARRATOR
Kirsten Vangsness is a Los Angeles based performer and playwright, best known for her portrayal of Penelope Garcia on the CBS drama series Criminal Minds. Curtains marks her directorial debut, based on a personal essay she wrote from a real life encounter. This Summer two of her plays performed in rep at Assembly Rooms as part of the 2019 Edinburgh Fringe Festival: The critically acclaimed “Cleo, Theo and Wu” and her autobiographical-magical-realism-church camp- quantum physics play “Mess” (which fantasy author Neil Gaiman has called his “Favorite one person show”). Kirsten has also co-written four episodes of the CBS drama “Criminal Minds”, including the series finale which will air in spring of 2020, as well as several pilots for ABC. Off screen, she has been published in the Los Angeles Times Magazine and in “Airmail: Taking Women of Letters Around the World” and hosted innumerous charity events and speaking engagements around the world.
ORIGINAL SCORE
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ANIMATION
Jagriti Khirwar is an animator and illustrator whose work has been featured in film, television, social media and print. Her short film, Kabir, received an honorable mention from the Southeast Student EMMY Awards. Originally from New Delhi, India and a graduate of SCAD, she resides in sunny Los Angeles where she is part of a collective of female animators, Punanimation.
ORIGINAL SCORE MIXER - LORI CASTRO
SOUND DESIGN - DAVID BEADLE
FINAL SOUND MIX - FRANK MORRONE
SPECIAL THANKS
WENDI WEST
DIANA WYENN
CALLIE MILLER
PHINNY KIYOMURA
ERIC EMERY
KEVIN EDELMAN