PANELISTS:

Francis Lee

Writer/Director

Kate Winslet

Actor

MODERATOR: Antonia Blyth

"She was living in a totally patriarchal, class-ridden society, and how a working-class woman achieved what she achieved was something that really ,,,.” Read Story Here

PANELISTS:

Maria Bakalova

Actor

Sacha Baron Cohen

Writer/Producer/Actor

Jason Woliner

Director

MODERATOR: Mike Fleming Jr

"It was brought into existence because of Donald Trump and Trumpism, and it was our form of dissent.” Read Story Here

PANELISTS:

Anthony Russo

Director/Producer

Joe Russo

Director/Producer

MODERATOR: Mike Fleming Jr

"You can't ask for a more personal story to tell.” Read Story Here

PANELISTS:

Norm Lewis

Actor

Spike Lee

Writer/Director/Producer

Jonathan Majors

Actor

Delroy Lindo

Actor

Clarke Peters

Actor

Isiah Whitlock Jr.

Actor

MODERATOR: Mike Fleming Jr

"As God as my witness, the camera doesn't lie.” Read Story Here

PANELISTS:

John Magaro

Actor

Orion Lee

Actor

Kelly Reichardt

Writer/Director/Editor

Jonathan Raymond

Writer

MODERATOR: Todd McCarthy

"This is an interesting counterweight to the kind of American history that we read in fourth grade civics class.” Read Story Here

PANELISTS:

Azazel Jacobs

Director/EP

Patrick deWitt

EP/Writer

Valerie Mahaffey

Actor

Michelle Pfeiffer

Actor

MODERATOR: Pete Hammond

"It was unlike anything I had ever read -- smart and funny and moving and tragic and all those things.” Read Story Here

PANELISTS:

David Crank

Production Designer

Julie Weiss

Costume Designer

MODERATOR: Dominic Patten

"We never really knew what was going to be on the ship and what was going to be on our set, so it all had to match.” Read Story Here

PANELISTS:

Clare Dunne

Writer/Actor

Phyllida Lloyd

Director

Harriet Walter

Actor

MODERATOR: Amanda N’Duka

"She was not in any way a victim. She was the kind of agent of our own change.” Read Story Here

PANELISTS:

Marsha Stephanie Blake

Actor

Rachel Brosnahan

Producer/Actor

Julia Hart

Writer/Director

Jordan Horowitz

Co-writer/Producer

Arinzé Kene

Actor

MODERATOR: Anthony D’Alessandro

"I love that Jean’s story is about a quiet woman who becomes an unlikely action hero in her own story.” Read Story Here

PANELISTS:

Daniel Kaluuya

Actor

Dominique Fishback

Actor

LaKeith Stanfield

Actor

Shaka King

Writer/Director/Producer

MODERATOR: Dino-Ray Ramos

"The landscape has changed in a way where we need this story more now than ever.” Read Story Here

PANELISTS:

Demián Bichir

Director

Robin Wright

Director/EP/Actor

MODERATOR: Pete Hammond

"The last four years have provided so much ugliness. The world needed to see the beauty in the humans that we are.” Read Story Here

PANELISTS:

Dusan Brown

Actor

Viola Davis

Actor

Taylour Paige

Actor

Coleman Domingo

Actor

George C. Wolfe

Director

Michael Potts

Director

MODERATOR: Joe Utichi

"August [Wilson] begs me to give him my Blackness, to give him my womanhood and my memories—all of the things that make me me.” Read Story Here

PANELISTS:

John David Washington

Producer/Actor

Sam Levinson

Writer/Director/Producer

Zendaya

Producer/Actor

MODERATOR: Dino-Ray Ramos

"He hit me with [Malcolm & Marie] and I immediately fell in love with the challenge ... and this idea of coming into my womanhood as an actress.” Read Story Here

PANELISTS:

Charles Dance

Actor

Lily Collins

Actor

Gary Oldman

Actor

Amanda Seyfried

Actor

MODERATOR: Pete Hammond

"It was a challenge for me to fit into that world, to transport into the ’30s and believe myself to be in that position.” Read Story Here

PANELISTS:

Lee Isaac Chung

Writer/Director

Yeri Han

Actor

Yuh-jung Youn

Actor

Steven Yeun

EP/Actor

MODERATOR: Dino-Ray Ramos

"As storytellers, you want to tell something that is very personal to you… and this is certainly it.” Read Story Here

PANELISTS:

Michał Englert

Co-Director/Cinematographer

Małgorzata Szumowska

Director

Alec Utgoff

Actor

MODERATOR: Todd McCarthy

"This is something that kind of describes this pretty fresh democracy fascinated by capitalism.” Read Story Here

PANELISTS:

Eliza Hittman

Writer/Director

Sidney Flanigan

Actor

Talia Ryder

Actor

MODERATOR: Antonia Blyth

"It really came out of my own interest and desire to tell a very intimate story about how difficult it is to access reproductive care in America." Read Story Here

PANELISTS:

Helena Zengel

Actor

Paul Greengrass

Co-Writer/Director

MODERATOR: Pete Hammond

"It is a film for our times, and it's about the healing power of storytelling, and I think that's something we all need now.” Read Story Here

PANELISTS:

Sofia Coppola

Writer/Director/Producer

Youree Henley

Producer

MODERATOR: Amanda N'Duka

"I was also missing that kind of sophisticated comedy romp that I’ve never done, but I love those kinds of movies.” Read Story Here

PANELISTS:

Kingsley Ben-Adir

Actor

Eli Goree

Actor

Aldis Hodge

Actor

Regina King

Director/EP

Leslie Odom Jr.

Actor

Kemp Powers

Writer/EP

MODERATOR: Dominic Patten

"We don’t get to see that in cinema that often, and here was an opportunity that if I can’t act in it, I can still be a part of it.” Read Story Here

PANELISTS:

Dan Scanlon

Director

MODERATOR: Anthony D’Alessandro

"The movie is about appreciating what you have, over what you want.” Read Story Here

PANELISTS:

Casey Affleck

Actor

Dakota Johnson

Actor

Jason Segel

Actor

MODERATOR: Dade Hayes

"People feel sensitive and quick to cry [these days]. This movie is going to tap into that a little bit.” Read Story Here

PANELISTS:

Cathy Ang

Actor

Peilin Chou

Producer

Glen Keane

Director

Gennie Rim

Producer

MODERATOR: Justin Kroll

"Fei Fei was a character that immediately, I was drawn to. I felt like I wanted to animate what’s inside of her.” Read Story Here

PANELISTS:

Andy Samberg

Actor/Producer

Cristin Milioti

Actor

Becky Sloviter

Producer

MODERATOR: Pete Hammond

"Just as we were about to do it five other time loop-movies came out and we almost dropped it. It has its own lane and thank god we stuck with it.” Read Story Here

PANELISTS:

Ellen Burstyn

Actor

Vanessa Kirby

Actor

Kornél Mundruczó

Director

Kata Wéber

Writer

MODERATOR: Antonia Blyth

"It’s not just about the tragedy. It’s also about grace and love and togetherness, and how someone can triumph over grief and become a stronger person.” Read Story Here

PANELISTS:

Carey Mulligan

EP/Actor

Emerald Fennell

Writer/Producer/Director

MODERATOR: Joe Utichi

"It’s a movie about appearances being deceptive. And so, it was important that the movie was as deceptive to look at, and sound and feel, as deceptive as ....” Read Story Here

PANELISTS:

Elisabeth Moss

Actor

Josephine Decker

Director

MODERATOR: Dominic Patten

"One minute you would feel that she would lure you in and you were her most intimate friend. And then the last minute, she could like discard you...” Read Story Here

PANELISTS:

Kemp Powers

Writer/Co-Director

Pete Docter

Writer/Director

MODERATOR: Amanda N’Duka

"The film is an investigation into what’s really going on in life and how are we meant to live.” Read Story Here

PANELISTS:

Olivia Cooke

Actor

Riz Ahmed

EP/Actor

Paul Raci

Actor

Darius Marder

Writer/Director

MODERATOR: Pete Hammond

"I sometimes think when you are out of control and have to submit to the process, that is when something interesting happens.” Read Story Here

PANELISTS:

Harry Macqueen

Writer/Director

Dick Pope

Cinematographer

Stanley Tucci

Actor

MODERATOR: Joe Utichi

"I thought it was beautifully written, and what I liked about it was the directness of it, and the lack of melodrama.” Read Story Here

PANELISTS:

Julia Garner

Actor

Kitty Green

Writer/Director/Producer

MODERATOR: Pete Hammond

"It makes a lot of people uncomfortable, but I think a little discomfort moving forward is a great thing.” Read Story Here

PANELISTS:

Joel Crawford

Director

Kelly Marie Tran

Actor

MODERATOR: Pete Hammond

"You can just feel the joy people had making it. I think the world needs more fun, good-hearted things like it.” Read Story Here

PANELISTS:

Anthony Hopkins

Actor

Florian Zeller

Writer/Director

MODERATOR: Antonia Blyth

"It was such a wonderful part to play, but it was so easy because I guess I’m closer to it now.” Read Story Here

PANELISTS:

Oswin Benjamin

Actor

Radha Blank

Writer/DirectorProducer/Actor

Peter Kim

Actor

MODERATOR: Dino-Ray Ramos

"I got fired from my first film-writing job and pretty much like my character, I wanted to take my voice back.” Read Story Here

PANELISTS:

Elisabeth Moss

Actor

Leigh Whannell

Writer/Director/EP

MODERATOR: Pete Hammond

"I felt that if I approached this as the first version that ever existed it would be easier.” Read Story Here

PANELISTS:

Judd Apatow

Writer/Director/Producer

Pete Davidson

Writer/EP/Actor

MODERATOR: Mike Fleming Jr

"Slowly I think life kinda pulls you toward what you should be writing about.” Read Story Here

PANELISTS:

Jared Leto

Actor

John Lee Hancock

Writer/Director

MODERATOR: Mike Fleming Jr

"I wanted to push things as far as possible but not cross the line.” Read Story Here

PANELISTS:

Jodie Foster

Actor

Kevin Macdonald

Director

Tahar Rahim

Actor

MODERATOR: Joe Utichi

"Actually, that’s what drew me to want to make the film—he’s such an extraordinary person and not just a survivor of this experience.” Read Story Here

PANELISTS:

Demián Bichir

Director

Kyle Chandler

Director

George Clooney

Director/Producer/Actor

Felicity Jones

Director

MODERATOR: Mike Fleming Jr

"All of these problems we're seeing [in the film]...whatever it is we will have done it to ourselves...we are responsible for these things. And if they're...." Read Story Here

PANELISTS:

Ariana DeBose

Actor

James Corden

Actor

Jo Ellen Pellman

Actor

Keegan-Michael Key

Actor

MODERATOR: Pete Hammond

"Ryan has painted this all on a big canvas. but at its core it is very personal, very moving, and very real.” Read Story Here

PANELISTS:

Sacha Baron Cohen

Director

Yahya Abdul-Mateen ||

Director

Aaron Sorkin

Director

Eddie Redmayne

Director

Jeremy Strong

Director

MODERATOR: Pete Hammond

"There are a lot of reasons it took so long, and now I am glad it did. The film has been on a 14-year collision course with events.” Read Story Here

PANELISTS:

Andra Day

Actor

Lee Daniels

Director/Producer

Paolo Nieddu

Costume Designer

MODERATOR: Amanda N’Duka

"I mean, my spirit told me to do this film, but I had no idea how right now is the time for it, and how tomorrow is the time for it, and how next year is going to ...” Read Story Here

PANELISTS:

Ben Affleck

Actor

MODERATOR: Pete Hammond

"There are millions and millions of people who deal with compulsive behavior and addiction, so you have a certain responsibility.” Read Story Here

PANELISTS:

Ramin Bahrani

Writer/Director/Producer

Priyanka Chopra Jonas

EP/Actor

Adarsh Gourav

Actor

Rajkummar Rao

Actor

MODERATOR: Andreas Wiseman

"We may look at this story as happening in an economy far from the West, but it is actually happening everywhere…” Read Story Here

PANELISTS:

Casey Affleck

Producer/Actor

Mona Fastvold

Director

Vanessa Kirby

Actor

Katherine Waterston

Actor

MODERATOR: Antonia Blyth

"I was very touched by the story of these two people who were in the worst moment of their lives and who found each other.” Read Story Here

PANELISTS:

Justin Timberlake

Actor/Executive Music Producer

Walt Dohrn

Director

MODERATOR: AnthonyD’Alessandro

"It’s a movie about the celebration of differences, but it’s also a love letter to music.” Read Story Here

PANELISTS:

Jamie Dornan

Actor

John Patrick Shanley

Writer/Director

MODERATOR: Pete Hammond

"I have played some dark, twisted and psychopathic characters before, but in a way Anthony is less normal than any of them.” Read Story Here

PANELISTS:

Ross Stewart

Director

Tomm Moore

Director/Producer

MODERATOR: Tom Grater

"It’s important to reinterpret these stories and reimagine them for a modern generation.” Read Story Here

PANELISTS:

Gal Gadot

Actor/Producer

Patty Jenkins

Director

MODERATOR: Antonia Blyth

"I loved the idea of the ’80s. It countered the seriousness of our message with something fun and delightful.” Read Story Here