The Contenders

Sony Pictures

A Man Called Otto

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PANELISTS:

Tom Hanks

Actor/Producer

Marc Forster

Director/EP

MODERATOR: Pete Hammond

“It’s got nothing to do with people from outer space. There are no helicopters, no cities were destroyed in the making of 'A Man Called Otto'.” Read Story Here

Walt Disney Studios

Black Panther:
Wakanda Forever

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PANELIST:

Ryan Coogler

Co-Writer/Director

MODERATOR: Dominic Patten

"[Chadwick Boseman] was a big deal for us, and it was great to bring the world in on how we felt about him." Read Story Here

Warner Bros. Pictures

Elvis

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PANELIST:

Baz Luhrmann

Co-Writer/Director/
Producer

MODERATOR: Mike Fleming Jr.

“There was an atomic reaction in the audience — that audience wanted to eat Elvis, you know?" Read Story Here

Apple Original Films

Emancipation

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PANELISTS:

Will Smith

Actor/Producer

Antoine Fuqua

Director/EP

MODERATOR: Mike Fleming Jr.

“I started seeing a lot of these same ideas and belief systems that precipitated and sustained slavery in America, some of those concepts were coming back, with an energy I didn’t think was possible in modern day America." Read Story Here

Netflix

Guillermo del
Toro's Pinnochio

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PANELIST:

Guillermo del Toro

Writer/Director/
Producer

MODERATOR: Mike Fleming Jr.

“Very early on, I knew I wanted to make a disobedient Pinocchio, against the backdrop of the rise of Mussolini.” Read Story Here

Searchlight Pictures

The Banshees of Inisherin

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PANELIST:

Kerry Condon

Actor

MODERATOR: Antonia Blyth

“In fairness, the plays are harder work and you get paid way less, so I earned my place to be there.” Read Story Here

Netflix

The Good Nurse

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PANELISTS:

Eddie Redmayne

Actor

Tobias Lindholm

Director

MODERATOR: Dominic Patten

"I had never heard of this guy, and I would be the kind of person who would know about the most prolific serial killer in the U.S.” Read Story Here

Netflix

The Pale Blue Eye

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PANELIST:

Scott Cooper

Director/Producer

MODERATOR: Mike Fleming Jr.

“Nobody is who they appear to be in this film, and nobody knew that better than Edgar Allan Poe.” Read Story Here

Sony Pictures

The Woman King

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PANELISTS:

Viola Davis

Actor/Producer

Thuso Mbedu

Actor

Gina Prince-Bythewood

Director

Cathy Schulman

Producer

MODERATOR: Pete Hammond

"When you’re driven by such passion to sort of fulfill that first dream that you had when you fell in love with the work, you ride that horse into the ground is what you do." Read Story Here

Amazon Studios

Thirteen Lives

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PANELISTS:

Ron Howard

Director/Producer

Joel Edgerton

Actor

MODERATOR: Antonia Blyth

“It felt like a very exciting environment to be in not just because of the story but because everybody was sort of on their toes and really leaning into the experience.” Read Story Here

Orion Pictures/MGM Pictures/
United Artists Releasing

Till

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PANELIST:

Chinonye Chukwu

Co-Writer/Director

MODERATOR: Destiny Jackson

"I was hyper-aware of everybody else, making sure that everybody had what they needed in order to go to the places of vulnerability that they needed to go to.” Read Story Here

Paramount Pictures

Top Gun: Maverick

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PANELISTS:

Jerry Bruckheimer

Producer

Joseph Kosinski

Director

MODERATOR: Justin Kroll

“It seems to me at the end of this film that Maverick has some gas left in the tank. He’s not settling down.” Read Story Here

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