#Panopticon, Georgia's entry for Best International Feature at the 2026 Academy Awards, opens with a deeply uncomfortable scene. For Georgian-American filmmaker George Sikharulidze, the controversial opening is essential to the film, which is an examination of surveillance, religion, and masculinity in crisis. The idea, Sikharulidze told Joe McGovern during an exclusive interview as part of TheWrap's Screening Series, is to examine "the origin of sexual misconduct, like where does it begin in a young man." See the full interview - link in bio.