An Interview with Writer/Director/Producer Penelope Lawson
We chat with Penelope Lawson about her short film, The Dinner Party, her experience founding her own production company, and fun cinema.

Late summer. For Iga, a young woman in her late twenties, it is a time of daydreaming and chasing an idealized notion of happiness. She decides to drive to Scotland by car. When she meets Ethan, a 30-year-old Englishman, on the way and joins him on the journey, she begins to understand herself better and questions her goals.
We chat with Penelope Lawson about her short film, The Dinner Party, her experience founding her own production company, and fun cinema.
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