TheWrap Screening Series
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How NatGeo’s ‘Queens’ Had to ‘Literally Rip Up the Rule Book’
The Wrap Screening Series: The creative team discussed their nature docuseries, which is the first to explore animal matriarchies in the wild
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TheWrap Screening Series: Best Animated Feature Nominees on Being ‘Dazzled by the Array of Different Styles’ | Video
Kemp Powers, Nick Bruno, Peter Sohn, Pablo Berger and Toshio Suzuki join us to talk about this year’s crop of animated features
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TheWrap Screening Series: Billie Eilish and Finneas Fell in Love With Movie Music Through ‘Social Network’ and ‘American Beauty’ | Video
They joined Best Original Song and Score nominees Diane Warren, Scott George, Laura Karpman and Jerskin Fendrix for a live Q&A
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TheWrap Screening Series: Filmmakers Behind Oscar-Nominated Doc Shorts Praise Unsung Heroes | Video
“It was really about turning a spotlight on these people that work literally in the shadows,” says “The Last Repair Shop” co-director Kris Bowers
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How ‘Four Souls of Coyote’ Used Standing Rock Protests to Tell an Ancient Native American Tale
TheWrap Screening Series: Hungary’s Oscar submission reminds us that “humans are not the crown of creation, they are just one of the created beings,” according to director Áron Gauder
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‘The Debit Card’ Director Hoped Oscar-Qualifying Short Could Expose ‘System’ of Overworked Au Pairs
TheWrap Screening Series: “They are being kept from their family, didn’t get to see their own family and getting paid really badly,” says Thijs Bouman, whose film was joined by “Madeleine,” “Neighbour Abdi” and “The Barber of Little Rock”
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How a Chinese Ghost Tradition Inspired the ‘Marry My Dead Body’ Director
TheWrap Screening Series: Wei-Hao Cheng spoke to TheWrap about his LGBTQ comedy-mystery-thriller that is Taiwan’s Oscar submission
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Why a Former Doctor Used Film to Diagnose Social Problems in ‘Blaga’s Lessons’
“The best treatment starts with a good diagnosis,” director Stephan Komandarev said at TheWrap’s screening of the prize-winning Bulgarian film
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‘American Fiction’ Found Its Roots in Cord Jefferson’s Miserable Pandemic Year | Video
After his TV deal fell through in 2020, the writer-director found a novel that would become his TIFF Audience Award-winning film
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‘1923’ Star Helen Mirren Jokes She Was ‘So Excited’ to Get Into Bed with Harrison Ford: ‘I Had to Pretend to Be Cool’ (Video)
TheWrap Screening Series: The Oscar winner shared the story during a Q&A where she was joined by castmates and members of the crafts team
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How Directors of Oscar-Nominated Doc Shorts Tell Big Stories in Small Packages (Video)
TheWrap Screening Series: The filmmakers sat with TheWrap to talk about their shorts, which tackle climate change, racism and more
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Oscar-Nominated Directors for Best Documentary Detail Why Obsession Leads to Better Stories: ‘You Jump Off a Cliff’ (Video)
TheWrap Screening Series: Oscar nominees Shaunak Sen, Laura Poitras, Sara Dosa, Simon Lereng Wilmont and Daniel Roher join Sharon Waxman for a tell-all talkback
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Viola Davis on How ‘The Woman King’ Highlights the Need for More Stories About Black Women: ‘We Want Great Material’ (Video)
TheWrap Screening Series: “As Black artists … we want material that’s going to challenge our artistry and our craft,” said the star
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Why ‘The UnRedacted’ Documentarian Meg Smaker Felt Compelled to Tell the Story of Guantanamo Detainees (Video)
TheWrap Screening Series: “The Perfect Storm” author Sebastian Junger moderated a lively Q&A with the filmmaker in NYC on Sept. 6
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How the Indian Film ‘Gangubai Kathiawadi’ Told the True Story of a Brothel Madam Who Became a Political Leader (Video)
TheWrap Screening Series: “I wanted this story from Mumbai. I lived one lane away from where she lived for 30 years of my life,” writer-director Sanjay Leela Bhansali says
