Interpreters for one film screened by lovers once (8)
I believe the answer is:
exegetes
'interpreters' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't tell whether this works.
'for one film screened by lovers once' is the wordplay.
'for one' becomes 'eg' (both can mean 'for example').
'film' becomes 'ET' (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial).
'screened by' indicates putting letters inside.
'lovers once' becomes 'exes' (ex-partners).
'eg'+'et'='eget'
'eget' inserted into 'exes' is 'EXEGETES'.
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