TheWrap Screening Series
-
‘Rebuilding Paradise’: Town Official Talks About Recovering From 2018 Wildfire
Paradise superintendent Michelle John is one of several leaders putting their home back together in Ron Howard’s latest documentary
-
‘Tove’ Star Alma Pöysti Explains Her Family Connection to Film’s Subject (Video)
Pöysti’s grandparents were very close friends of illustrator, author, and the ‘Moomins’ creator Tove Jansson
-
Why German Anti-Fascist Film ‘And Tomorrow The Entire World’ Couldn’t Be a Period Piece (Video)
“I can’t do only entertaining films or films to escape from the world. I have to do films that react to what is happening in Germany,” director Julia von Heinz says
-
How 3 Filmmakers Co-Directed Spanish Oscar Contender ‘The Endless Trench’ (Video)
“We’ve been working together almost for 20 years now,” Jon Garaño tells TheWrap’s Steve Pond
-
Why ‘200 Meters’ Director Stripped Politics From Israel-Palestine Drama (Video)
“All I need to talk about is the journey. I was losing the elements that people already know. I was focusing more on the human story,” director Ameen Nayfeh tells TheWrap
-
‘Willow’ Director Talks About Telling a Tale of Medieval Motherhood With a Foul-Mouthed Witch (Video)
North Macedonia’s Oscar contender tells three stories about the resilience of women over the centuries
-
‘Quo Vadis Aida’ Director Jasmila Zbanic Exposes the Bureaucracy of War From a Female Perspective (Video)
“For me as a woman and maybe the person who survived a war, war has nothing attractive,” filmmaker tells TheWrap’s Joe McGovern
-
‘Extracurricular’ Director Made School Shooting Film as ‘Warning’ to Society (Video)
“When I started to make this movie, I felt like I was in some kind of battle with time, that I had to finish it before something like this really happens,” Ivan-Goran Vitez tells TheWrap
-
‘El Olvido Que Seremos’ Shows Off the Other Side of Colombia, Star Javier Cámara Says
Cámara wanted to highlight “the bright side of this amazing country,” he tells TheWrap’s Sharon Waxman
-
‘Wolfwalkers’: How Cartoon Saloon Made the Most Beautiful Animated Scene of 2020
Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart’s tale of an Irish girl who becomes a wolf is highlighted by a hand-drawn run through the woods
-
‘Bulado’ Director on Why His Films Have Little Dialogue: ‘I Tell My Story With Images’ (Video)
Eché Janga’s second film is the Netherlands’ submission for the Best International Feature Film at the 2021 Oscars
-
‘Better Days’ Director Says Lead Actress Was Near ‘Breaking Down’ During Bullying Scenes (Video)
“She really wanted to do right to the character and to the film,” director Derek Tsang says of star Zhou Dongyu
-
How ‘Impetigore’ Director Gave Back to Remote Indonesian Village Used for Filming (Video)
Crew of horror film built infrastructure left for the locals to enjoy, director Joko Anwar tells TheWrap
-
How ‘Working Girls’ Filmmakers Gained Access to a Brothel to Research Their Film (Video)
“I said… I won’t write this story if I didn’t meet these women,” filmmaker Anne Paulicevich tells TheWrap’s Steve Pond
-
How ‘Broken Keys’ Director Jimmy Keyrouz Found Humanity in War-Torn Middle East (Video)
“It was inconceivable to me that something as beautiful and innocent as music could be banned,” director says
