2020: Year in Review
I am very grateful for the good things that happened in 2020. Thank you for your support! — Caitlin
JANUARY:
* My thriller A NATIVE LAND won Best Feature Screenplay at the 2020 Lindsey Film Festival: https://tinyurl.com/yabjf9vp
FEBRUARY:
* On Valentine’s Day, I woke up to an email from The Academy (as in Oscars) informing me that I was among the Top 10 highest scoring women in the Academy Nicholl competition. (WONDER DRUG reached the Top 50 in the 2019 Academy Nicholl competition out of over 7,000 entries.)
* I gave a 45-minute presentation and Q&A about screenwriting to Adam Pachter's "The Business of Screenwriting" course at Emerson College on February 5.
MARCH:
* Celebrity British photographer Rory Lewis took my headshots in NYC before the country shut down: https://tinyurl.com/yc36xptd
* On March 18, Women in Film & Video New England featured me during its HERStory month: https://tinyurl.com/yafwu3m8
APRIL:
* New York Women in Film and Television (NYWIFT) featured me in its weekly column "What's in Your Toolkit”: https://tinyurl.com/yapdybo4
* WONDER DRUG reached the Top 13 in the 2020 Black List/Women in Film Feature Residency.
* I was interviewed about my Metis heritage and screenwriting on the podcast "The Jig is Up”: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/caitlin-mccarthy/id1195396848?i=1000473702426
* FREE SKATE received a shout-out from producer/writer Sal Calleros during the #WGASolidarityChallenge: https://tinyurl.com/y8t6rquq
MAY:
* Lynsey Murdoch (BBC Writersroom Scottish Voice 2020) and I decided to collaborate on a new TV project set in New England & Scotland in the 1800s. Stay tuned for updates on that pilot in 2021!
JULY:
* Rhino Films and producer Stephen Nemeth came on board with WONDER DRUG, now in development: https://tinyurl.com/yc4kwn3q
AUGUST:
* A NATIVE LAND advanced to the Semifinalist round of the TSL Free Screenplay Contest out of over 13,000 submissions.
SEPTEMBER:
* I participated in a Final Draft panel discussion “Breaking In: The Writers Journey,” moderated by Sade Sellers: https://tinyurl.com/yd3knefw
* The Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting invited me as its guest to the 2020 Austin Film Festival, as a way to celebrate my screenplay WONDER DRUG’s achievement of being in the Top 10 highest scoring screenplays by women screenwriters from the 2019 Academy Nicholl competition (consisting of fellows, finalists, and semifinalists).
OCTOBER:
* The Academy started following me on Twitter.
NOVEMBER:
* Cover story about my screenplay WONDER DRUG heading towards production with Rhino Films and producer Stephen Nemeth in Imagine Magazine: https://tinyurl.com/yc4kwn3q
* I was selected as one of the "international filmmakers" for the Women in Screen Workshop, led by the Australian International Screen Forum in New York: https://tinyurl.com/y8el9fqr
* Councilor Donna Colorio and Worcester City Council recognized me and WONDER DRUG through a Resolution on November 17: https://tinyurl.com/ydxltju8
DECEMBER:
* My little Finbarr was featured in TIME Magazine's "Rescue Animals are TIME's Pet of the Year 2020" feature story: https://tinyurl.com/ycel43ao
* My episode of "Coffee with Konnie" aired on WCCA-TV 194. Former Worcester Mayor & Councilor-At-Large Konnie Lukes (first woman ever elected Mayor in Worcester!) interviewed me about WONDER DRUG as well as remote teaching in Worcester.
