Film artists a Romanist riled (9)

I believe the answer is:

animators

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'film artists' is the definition.
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'a romanist riled' is the wordplay.
'riled' is an anagram indicator (letters must be irritated or riled up).
'romanist' anagrammed gives 'nimators'.
'a'+'nimators'='ANIMATORS'

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