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J U N E 2 0 2 6 I 5 3 DGA Podcast Series : The Director's Cut These podcasts are posted on www.dga.org, or you can search for The Director's Cut - A DGA Podcast wherever you get your podcasts and stay tuned for many more great conversations! The Director's Cut, the DGA's offi cial podcast, features conversations of Directors talking to Directors about bringing their projects to life. These include some of the events listed in this issue, as well as other recently posted episodes such as: Membership Screenings Q&As listed in alphabetical order by Director. See more detailed descriptions, additional photos & podcasts online at www.dga.org. DGA Screenings Q&As After losing their livelihood following a dispute with their relatives, a family is forced to move from their farm in rural Kosovo to the capital city. As in pursuit of a place in a hyper-capitalist society, a proud man struggles to provide as fi nancial pressures mount in Director Visar Morina's drama from Germany, Shame and Money. Shame and Money won the World Cinema - Dramatic Grand Jury Prize at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. After the Special Projects Committee Global Cinema Series screening in Los Angeles, via video from London, Morina discussed the making of the fi lm during a Q&A moderated by Special Projects Committee member Valerie Weiss and revealed his approach in guiding his novice actors to a place where they could give him the performances he was seeking. "I knew I had people in the cast that are not so experienced and had to fi nd ways to get to certain moments. Sometimes I made scenes longer just to give them some way to walk until they got into the mood. I was more interested in capturing something than making it look good or beautiful. The idea was that the camera shouldn't feel so obvious, and it should focus more on the performance." Global Cinema Series Screens Visar Morina's fi lm from Germany, Shame and Money photos by Elisa Haber Photos: Director Visar Morina (via video) discusses the making of Shame and Money. Inset: Director Valerie Weiss serves as moderator for the discussion. Craig Brewer discussing Song Sung Blue with moderator Taylor Hackford Maggie Gyllenhaal discussing The Bride! with moderator Greta Gerwig Emerald Fennell discussing Wuthering Heights with moderator J.J. Abrams Paul Feig discussing The Housemaid with moderator Lesli Linka Glatter James Cameron discussing Avatar: Fire and Ash with moderator Guillermo del Toro Bradley Cooper discussing Is This Thing On? with moderator Bennett Miller