Awards
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‘The Mission’ Directors Said NatGeo Was ‘Not Afraid’ of Their Documentary Examining the Company’s History of Exoticizing Foreign Cultures
TheWrap magazine: “They have said that they were culpable for shaping the Western conception of tribal cultures,” says co-director Jesse Moss
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How ‘Shayda’ Became a ‘Huge Healing Journey’ for the Director and Her Mother
TheWrap magazine: Noora Niasari’s autobiographical debut about an Iranian immigrant fleeing an abusive husband spotlights the universality of domestic violence
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‘The Eternal Memory’ Director Says a Filmmaking Error Added Extra Poignancy to Her Film
TheWrap magazine: ” The footage being out of focus works because it’s meaningful,” says Oscar-nominated documentarian Maite Alberdi
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‘Pictures of Ghosts’ Director Says His Brazilian Documentary Came Together in a ‘Natural and Progressive Way’
TheWrap magazine: Kleber Mendonça Filho’s feature is a love letter to cinema and his beloved city of Recife
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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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Kôji Yakusho Describes His Journey From Japanese Star to Janitor for ‘Perfect Days’
TheWrap magazine: “After the shoot, the Tokyo Toilet Project told me, ‘Hey, you can start working at our company tomorrow,’” says Yakusho
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‘Beyond Utopia’ Director Wants to Honor 26 Million Trapped North Koreans in an ‘Intimate, Profound Way’
TheWrap magazine: Madeleine Gavin says documenting families’ attempted escapes from the authoritarian nation was a lesson in “pure courage”
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Martin Scorsese to Receive the Producers Guild David O. Selznick Achievement Award
The on-a-roll “Killers of the Flower Moon” director will be honored in February in Los Angeles
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How a Storage Unit Transformed the Documentary ‘Joan Baez I Am a Noise’
TheWrap magazine: “I had no idea what was in there,” Baez says of giving her directors the key to a unit that contained tapes of her therapy sessions
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How the Documentary ‘To Kill a Tiger’ Found Its Hero in a 13-Year-Old Rape Survivor
TheWrap magazine: Nisha Pahuja’s film charts a young Indian girl’s astonishing courage and explores the toxic masculinity that enables sexual violence
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‘American Fiction,’ ‘Barbie,’ ‘Oppenheimer,’ ‘Spider-Man’ Make AFI’s Top 10 List
Television programs on the AFI’s list of the year’s best TV include “Beef,” “The Bear,” “Jury Duty” and “Succession”
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Oscars Animation Category Breaks Record as Academy Reveals Animated, Documentary and International Entries
Thirty-three animated features, 167 docs and 88 international films will be competing this year
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Danielle Brooks Honored With Palm Springs Spotlight Award
The “Color Purple” star will join Colman Domingo as a Spotlight selection
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‘Priscilla’ Star Cailee Spaeny Ignored Other Film Versions of the Presleys, Including Her Best Friend Olivia DeJonge’s
TheWrap magazine: “I just wanted it to come from my time with Priscilla herself,” the actress says
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How the ‘Maestro’ Sound Team Recorded Concerts and Party Scenes in the Moment | Exclusive Video
“Bradley Cooper’s vision was always to get it live,” says a sound mixer. “The challenge is: How do you do that?”
