As Emmy celebrations peppered the town on Saturday night, a starkly differently occasion left attendees shaken, tearful and reminded of the immersive power of cinema.

Among them were Julia Roberts and Sean Penn , who served as hosts for a special reception and screening of director Marianna Brennand’s stirring narrative feature Manas .

Held inside the famed Ross House in Mt. Olympus, around 80 AMPAS voters and others across a number of guilds were welcomed personally by Roberts and Penn — also a Manas EP — with an emotional preamble to the film .

As Emmy celebrations peppered the town on Saturday night, a starkly differently occasion left attendees shaken, tearful and reminded of the immersive power of cinema.

Among them were Julia Roberts and Sean Penn , who served as

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