In Competition
Hosted by Jim White & Sean Tayler, the In Competition Film Podcast guides you through the international film festival scene. Episodes dissects festival selections, jury prizes, and retrospective years. World Cinema, Cannes, Berlinale, Venice Film Festivals + Sydney Film Festival (SFF), Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) and the Brisbane International Film Festival (BIFF) are all discussed. Email us: incompetitionfilm@gmail.com.
Episodes
Sean and Jim bring you a special episode from the halfway mark of the Sydney Film Festival. Films discussed include I Saw the TV Glow, There's Still Tomorrow, Pepe, City of Wind and Dahomey.
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**Please excuse the audio quality as this episode was recorded remotely**
On this episode, Sean and Jim discuss the prizewinners of the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, the winners of Italy's David Di Donatello awards, and preview the Official Competition of the 2024 Sydney Film Festival.
Films discussed include: Io Capitano, There's Still Tomorrow, All We Imagine As Light, The Seed of the Sacred Fig, Viet and Nam, Ghost Trail, Black Dog...
Jim and Sean discuss the official competition of the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, and make their Palme d'Or predictions. Plus, the In Competition retrospective of 2014 concludes with a recap of the Césars, Oscars, and Jim and Sean's Top 10s of 2014.
Films discussed include Anora, Liminov - the Ballad, Bird, The Apprentice, The Shrouds, Marcello Mio, Megalopolis + Timbuktu, Boyhood, Phoenix, Gone Girl, Citizenfour, Birdman, Saint Laur...
Sean and Jim discuss the Oscars, César awards and AACTAs + the 2024 Berlinale prizes. This year’s Cannes film festival is previewed prior to the April 11 competition announcement. Sean and Jim start the In Competition 2014 retrospective with discussions of the Berlin, Cannes and Venice winners.
Films discussed include Talk to Me, The New Boy, Shadya, Dahomey, plus 2014 titles Black Coal, Thin Ice, Grand ...
Jim and Sean discuss the prizes awarded at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, look ahead to the Competition for the 74th Berlinale, and discuss the nominations, snubs and predictions for the César Awards and Oscars.
Films discussed include A Real Pain, Sasquatch Sunset, A Different Man, Junkyard Dog, Handling the Undead, Love Lies Bleeding, L'Empire, A Traveller's Needs, Black Tea, Hors du temps, and The Animal Kingdom.
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Jim & Sean discuss the jury prizes at the Berlin, Cannes & Venice Film Festivals. Did the juries get it right? + Our Top Ten of 2023. Films discussed include new works by Christian Petzold, Ira Sachs, Radu Jude, Justine Triet & Aki Kaurismäki.
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