TheWrap Screening Series
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Georgian Oscars Entry ‘Panopticon’ Looks at Modern Surveillance, Censorship | Video
TheWrap Screening Series: George Sikharulidze talks about his coming-of-age drama that is being released during a difficult time for his country
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Oscars 2025 Shorts Showcase Tackles Mermaids, Whales and #MeToo | Video
TheWrap Screening Series: Our latest lineup of eligible animated and live-action short films hail from Canada, Mexico, the U.K. and the Netherlands
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Oscar-Eligible Short Films Tackle Political Issues From Around the World | Video
TheWrap Screening Series: The filmmakers behind “Adult Child,” “Ceasefire,” “The Cockroach” and “People & Things” discuss the real-world challenges that influenced their shorts
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How ‘Sore: Wife from the Future’ Went from Web Series to Oscar Contender | Video
TheWrap Screening Series: Eight years after debuting on the internet, Yandy Laurens’ time-traveling fantasy got a second life as a feature film that is Indonesia’s Oscar submission
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How Meditation Was the Key to Making ‘Dragon Heart: Adventures Beyond This World’ | Video
TheWrap Screening Series: “It was my journey of enlightenment,” director Isamu Imakake says
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How Oscar-Nominated Doc ‘Porcelain War’ Uses Art to Show Ukraine’s Fighting Spirit
TheWrap Screening Series: The makers of the acclaimed feature discuss the fragility of life during wartime — and the strength of resistance
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Oscar-Nominated Doc Features Filmmakers Explain How Art Is a Powerful Tool of Resistance | Video
TheWrap Screening Series: The teams behind “Sugarcane,” “Black Box Diaries,” “Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat” and “Porcelain War” discuss the urgency of their non-fiction work
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Walter Salles and Fernanda Torres: ‘I’m Still Here’ Is Brazil’s Past and Future | Video
TheWrap Screening Series: “Everybody became very conscious that the film was not only about who we had been, but who we were and who we eventually wanted to be,” Salles says
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‘Super/Man’ Directors Share How Christopher Reeve’s Kids Played Emotional Role in Keeping Legacy Alive
TheWrap Screening Series: Filmmakers Peter Ettedgui and Ian Bonhôte discuss examining the “Superman” actor’s life after his 1995 accident
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Filmmakers Behind 5 Oscar-Qualifying Shorts Discuss the Inspiration Behind Their Powerful Films
TheWrap Screening Series: “A Guest in My Country,” “A Place to Fall Down,” “Equal Play,” “Once Upon a Time in Ukraine” and “Her Fight, His Name: The Story of Gwen Carr and Eric Garner” creatives discuss how their shorts came to be
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‘Come Closer’ Director Shares How Real-Life Tragedy Inspired Her Genre-Twisting Film | Video
TheWrap Screening Series: Filmmaker Tom Nesher and her two lead actresses discuss depicting both grief and joy in the Israeli Oscar submission
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‘Nawi’ Actress Reveals How the Kenyan Oscar Entry Is ‘Going to Save Lives’ | Video
TheWrap Screening Series: First-time actress Lumuya Ikeny and the German/Kenyan film crew open up about crafting a movie around the illegal practice of child marriage
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‘Yana-Wara’ Director on Violence, Nature and Spirits Both Good and Evil
TheWrap Screening Series: Tito Catacora spoke to us about making Peru’s Oscar entry, a drama set in an indigenous community in the Andes
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‘Americans With No Address’ Team Hopes to Break Misconceptions About Homelessness
TheWrap Screening Series: “There’s a general perception that everybody on the streets are drug addicts or have mental issues. And that is just not true,” says director Julia Verdin
