TheWrap Screening Series
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Oscar Nominated Documentary Filmmakers Talk Impact of Donald Trump
“There’s so much that I feel documentaries right now cut through,” “13th” producer Spencer Averick told TheWrap’s Steve Pond
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Short Documentary Oscar Nominees on Earning Trust, Telling Life and Death Stories (Exclusive Video)
TheWrap Screening Series: “You have to imagine approaching people on what may be the worst day of their life and ask them if you can film it,” “Extremis” producer/director Dan Krauss says
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Trump Era Looms Over Short Doc Oscar Films: ‘Life and Death’ (Exclusive Video)
TheWrap Screening Series: “These are the people who are not allowed to come into this country,” says filmmaker of Syrian refugees
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’20th Century Women’ Director on Filmmaking in Trump Era: ‘I Have to Change My Game’
TheWrap Screening Series: “We have a president-elect who has gotten away with treating women so horribly,” says Mike Mills
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TheWrap’s Screening Series 2016 Portraits, From Amy Adams to Xavier Dolan (Photos)
Here are some of the stars and filmmakers who have attended TheWrap’s program
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‘Lion’ 8-Year-Old Star’s ‘Fearless’ Character Gives Him ‘Hope and Strength’
TheWrap Screening Series: “He achieved the impossible,” Sunny Pawar says
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‘Arrival’ Director Denis Villeneuve on How It Feels Relevant Post-Election
TheWrap Screening Series: “Are we going too far? I would open the newspaper and say, ‘No,’” Villeneuve says
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‘Moonlight’ Director Barry Jenkins Refused to Sanitize Film for ‘Respectability’ (Video)
TheWrap Screening Series: Coming-of-age story didn’t hold back uncomfortable truths to appeal to audiences
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‘A Monster Calls’ Director on Finding the Perfect Balance Between Fantasy and Reality (Video)
TheWrap Screening Series: J.A. Bayona wanted “the monster to move a little bit like a puppet … and the puppet to be as real as possible”
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‘Monkey King: Hero Is Back’ Voice Director Reveals Why Film Was Dubbed With Snorts and Squeaks
TheWrap Screening Series: Chinese animated movie tells its own interpretation of classic Monkey King legend
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‘Zootopia’ Creators on How Their ‘Weirdly Timely’ Story Trumped Real-World Events
TheWrap Screening Series: “You could say we were prescient but I think we were just paying attention,” co-writer Phil Johnston says
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‘Jackie’ Filmmakers Talk About Challenges of Re-Creating 1960s White House (Video)
TheWrap Screening Series: The White House was actually rebuilt in Paris, production team reveals
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‘A Man Called Ove’ Filmmaker on Finding Comedy in a Suicide Scene
TheWrap Screening Series: “You have to do it not too funny at the same time,” Hannes Holm says
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‘My Life as a Zucchini’ Producer on Challenges of Animation: ‘I Didn’t Want to Make This Film’
TheWrap Screening Series: French-Swiss stop-motion film shines a positive light on life in an orphanage
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‘Snowtime!’ Creators on How They Captured the Elements of Winter, Childhood and Conflict
TheWrap Screening Series: Screenwriter and director of animated children’s film talk about the power of a familiar story, and the risks of finding a new way to tell it














