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Welcome back to our coverage of the Cannes Film Festival! This year is the 79th edition of the Cannes International Film Festival and marks our ( Eliana and Patrick (Twitter)) fourth time covering it.In this episode, we discuss:The opening ceremonyA Woman's Life | La vie d'une femme dir. Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet (Competition)Butterfly Jam dir. Kantemir Balagov (QdC)I can't Sleep | J'ai pas sommeil dir Claire Denis (Carrosse d'or récipient 2026) --Credits:Sound: EFF Open Audio License for Le Carnaval des Animaux (Saint-Saëns, Camille - Aquarium) by Neal O'Doan (Piano) Nancy O'Doan (Piano), and Seattle Youth Orchestra Pandora Records/Al Goldstein Archive.Extro: Former Quinzaine des Cineastes Intro Music: Cyril Moisson | Piano: Frédéric FortunyManipulated cover: 79th Cannes festival poster, J'ai pas sommeil poster, Unsplash
Eliana and Patrick (X | LB) are joined by Öykü Sofuoğlu and Lawrence Garcia to look back at our top 5 favorite films of 2025.Follow Öykü (X | LB) & Lawrence (X | LB) on Twitter/X or LetterboxdFind Öykü's work with Emitaï, and as co-host of new film podcast Outskirts& Hong Sang-Soo Die-hard Lawrence's review on What Does that Nature Say to You, as well as Ways of Worldmaking: Hong Sang-soo’s Late Period, and more notes on Hong's 'Late Period' Double TakesLawrenceThe Currents (Las corrientes) | Milagros MumenthalerPeter Hujar’s Day | Ira SachsBugonia | Yorgos Lanthimos Γιώργος ΛάνθιμοςWhat Does That Nature Say to You? (그 자연이 네게 뭐라고 하니) | Hong Sang Soo 홍상수Dry Leaf (ხმელი ფოთოლი) | Alexandre Koberidze ალექსანდრე კობერიძეÖyküThe Love that Remains (Ástin Sem Eftir Er) | Hlynur PálmasonSecret Agent (O Agente Secret) | Kleber Mendonça FilhoThe Mastermind | Kelly ReichardtRemake | Ross McElweeDry LeafPatrickPeter Hujar’s DayResurrection 狂野时代 | Bi Gan 毕赣Dry LeafI Only Rest in the Storm (O Riso e a Faca) |Pedro PinhoAfternoons of Solitude (Tardes de soledad) | Albert SerraElianaWhat Does That Nature Say to You?Sirat | Olivier LaxeLandmarks (Nuestra Tierra) | Lucrecia MartelPeter Hujar’s DayI Only Rest in the StormHappy Year of the Fire Horse!~Credits:Sound:Intro: EFF Open Audio License for Le Carnaval des Animaux (Saint-Saëns, Camille - Aquarium) by Neal O'Doan (Piano) Nancy O'Doan (Piano), and Seattle Youth Orchestra Pandora Records/Al Goldstein Archive.Extro: Quinzaine des Cineastes Intro Extract Music: Cyril Moisson | Piano: Frédéric Fortuny
It's a wrap!In the final episode of this year's Cannes Film Festival, Eliana and Patrick are once again joined by Öykü Sofuoğlu. Together, they discuss: Jafar Panahi's Palme d'Or-winning It Was Just an Accident | یک تصادف سادهJoachim Trier's Grand Jury Prize-winner Sentimental Value | AffeksjonsverdiNadav Lapid's Yes or Yes! | כןKelly Reichardt's The Mastermind (which, alas, did not win any award)Kristen Stewart's The Chronology of WaterSimón Mesa Soto's A Poet | Un PoetaDiego Céspedes | Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo | La Misteriosa Mirada del Flamencoand in passing : Alice Douard's Love Letters | Les preuves d'amours, Anna Cazenave Cambet's Love me Tender, Harris Dickinson's Urchin + Scarlett Johansson's Eleanor the GreatFor more of Öykü's work, check out her reviews on Sentimental Value, Christian Petzold's Mirrors No. 3, or Hafsia Herzi's The Little Sister for InReview Online.For those interested in more thoughts on one of our festival favorites, Pauline Loquès’, Nino, read Patrick's review or listen to one of our previous episodes.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Credits:Image: It Was Just an Acccident Film PosterFrame by Kumiko Shimuzu - Free to use under the Unsplash LicenseSound:Intro: EFF Open Audio License for Le Carnaval des Animaux (Saint-Saëns, Camille - Aquarium) by Neal O'Doan (Piano) Nancy O'Doan (Piano), and Seattle Youth Orchestra Pandora Records/Al Goldstein Archive.Extro: La Bouche - Be My Lover
Welcome back to our coverage of the 78th Cannes Film Festival!For episode five, Łukasz Mańkowski join us (Patrick and Eliana) to discuss programming for Five Flavors film festival and the following films on day eleven of twelve:Renoir ルノワール by Chie Hayakawa 早川千絵 (Competition)Left-Handed Girl 左撇子女孩 by Shih-Ching Tsou 鄒時擎 (Semaine)A Useful Ghost ผีใช้ได้ค่ะ by Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke รัชฏ์ภูมิ บุญบัญชาโชค (Semaine de la Critique * Winner)Brand New Landscape 見はらし世代 by Yuiga Danzuka 団塚唯我 (Quinzaine)Love on Trial 恋愛裁判 by Kōji Fukada 深田晃司 (Cannes Première)Resurrection 狂野时代 by Bi Gan 畢贛 (Competition)Łukasz Mańkowski is a film scholar, film critic, and film programmer for the annual Five Flavours Asian Film Festival which will be taking place in November this year in Warsaw. You can follow him on Twitter/X here!Thanks for listening!If you have any comments, suggestions, or want to get in touch: cannesversations@proton.meCredits:Image: Resurrection Film PosterOfficiel du 78e Festival de Cannes : © Les Films 13 – Un homme et une femme de Claude Lelouch (1966) / Création graphique © Hartland VillaFrame by Kumiko Shimuzu - Free to use under the Unsplash LicenseSound:Intro: EFF Open Audio License for Le Carnaval des Animaux (Saint-Saëns, Camille - Aquarium) by Neal O'Doan (Piano) Nancy O'Doan (Piano), and Seattle Youth Orchestra Pandora Records/Al Goldstein Archive.Extro: Quinzaine des Cineastes Intro Extract Music: Cyril Moisson | Piano: Frédéric Fortuny
Welcome back to our coverage of the 78th Cannes Film Festival!For episode four, Maja Korbecka and Jakob Jurisch join us (Patrick and Eliana) to discuss the following films on day nine of twelve:The History of Sound by Oliver Hermanus (Competition)Sterne by Konrad Wolf (Cannes Classics)Magellan (Drifting Laurent) by Lav Diaz (Cannes Première)O Riso e a Faca (Only I Rest in the Storm) by Pedro Pinho (Un Certain Regard)Renoir ルノワール by Chie Hayakawa 早川千絵 (Competition)Maja Korbecka is a film studies researcher and film critic who focuses on Sinophone and Southeast Asian cinemas. She has contributed to Senses of Cinema, The China Project, Easternkicks, Frameland, and EKRANy magazine. This year, she will write for the Chinese Print Film Magazine Da Zhong Dian Ying 大衆電影.Jakob Jurisch is a Hessen-born Berlin-based film critic who writes for moviebreak.de. For German speakers, Jakob and Patrick's German-language cover of Cannes is also available on moviebreak.de. You can listen to their German-language podcast coverage here.Thanks for listening!If you have any comments, suggestions, or want to get in touch: cannesversations@proton.meCredits:Image: O Riso e a Faca Film StillOfficiel du 78e Festival de Cannes : © Les Films 13 – Un homme et une femme de Claude Lelouch (1966) / Création graphique © Hartland VillaFrame by Kumiko Shimuzu - Free to use under the Unsplash LicenseSound:Intro: EFF Open Audio License for Le Carnaval des Animaux (Saint-Saëns, Camille - Aquarium) by Neal O'Doan (Piano) Nancy O'Doan (Piano), and Seattle Youth Orchestra Pandora Records/Al Goldstein Archive.Extro: Quinzaine des Cineastes Intro Extract Music: Cyril Moisson | Piano: Frédéric Fortuny
Welcome back to our coverage of the 78th Cannes Film Festival episode three!This is the first time that we have had the chance to sit down with a director at Cannes. The film, Imago, featured in the Semaine de la Critique side section and picked up two prizes this past week: The French Touch and the Golden Eye.We talk to director Déni Oumar Pitsaev about some of the themes in this highly personal hybrid documentary film about the filmmaker's empathetic exploration and confrontation with a foreign yet familial place where culture, tradition, and displacement disparity between the symbolic and semantic: 'home' and 'house'; representing a universal entanglement with one's roots.Thanks for listening!If you have any comments, suggestions, or want to get in touch: cannesversations@proton.meCredits:Image: Imago Film StillOfficiel du 78e Festival de Cannes : © Les Films 13 – Un homme et une femme de Claude Lelouch (1966) / Création graphique © Hartland VillaFrame by Kumiko Shimuzu - Free to use under the Unsplash LicenseSound:Intro: EFF Open Audio License for Le Carnaval des Animaux (Saint-Saëns, Camille - Aquarium) by Neal O'Doan (Piano) Nancy O'Doan (Piano), and Seattle Youth Orchestra Pandora Records/Al Goldstein Archive.Extro: Quinzaine des Cineastes Intro Extract Music: Cyril Moisson | Piano: Frédéric Fortuny
Welcome back to our coverage of the 78th Cannes Film Festival!We (Patrick and Eliana) share our first reactions and give a sneak peek at the festival's ongoing films and events.Join us on day eight of twelve, episode two, as we rewind to a pre-festival recording to discuss the following films:Drunken Noodles by Lucio Castro (ACID)Nino by Pauline Loquès (Semaine de la Critique)Laurent dans le vent (Drifting Laurent) by Anton Balekdjian, Léo Couture et Mattéo Eustachon (ACID)For those who are German speakers, you can also find Patrick on moviebreak.de and can listen to his German-language podcast coverage here: RSS | Spotify !Thanks for listening!If you have any comments, suggestions, or want to get in touch: cannesversations@proton.meCredits:Image: Drunken Noodles Film StillOfficiel du 78e Festival de Cannes : © Les Films 13 – Un homme et une femme de Claude Lelouch (1966) / Création graphique © Hartland VillaFrame by Kumiko Shimuzu - Free to use under the Unsplash LicenseSound:Intro: EFF Open Audio License for Le Carnaval des Animaux (Saint-Saëns, Camille - Aquarium) by Neal O'Doan (Piano) Nancy O'Doan (Piano), and Seattle Youth Orchestra Pandora Records/Al Goldstein Archive.Extro: Quinzaine des Cineastes Intro Extract Music: Cyril Moisson | Piano: Frédéric Fortuny
Welcome back to our coverage of the Cannes Film Festival!We (Patrick and Eliana) look forward to sharing our first reactions and giving a sneak peek at the festival's ongoing films and events.Join us on day four of twelve to discuss the festival's opening days:Partir un Jour by Amélie BonninGold Rush by Charlie ChaplinThe Sound of Falling by Mascha SchilinskiTwo Prosecutors by Sergei LoznitsaSirat by Óliver LaxeComing soon:Drunken Noodles by Lucio Castro (ACID)Nino by Pauline Loquès (Semaine de la Critique)Laurent dans le vent (Drifting Laurent) by Anton Balekdjian, Léo Couture et Mattéo Eustachon (ACID)and more...For those who are German speakers, you can also find Patrick on moviebreak.de and can listen to his German-language podcast coverage here: RSS | Spotify !Thanks for listening!If you have any comments or suggestions or want to get in touch: cannesversations@proton.meCredits:Sirat Film PosterFrame by Kumiko Shimuzu - Free to use under the Unsplash LicenseOfficiel du 78e Festival de Cannes : © Les Films 13 – Un homme et une femme de Claude Lelouch (1966) / Création graphique © Hartland VillaSound:Intro: EFF Open Audio License for Le Carnaval des Animaux (Saint-Saëns, Camille - Aquarium) by Neal O'Doan (Piano) Nancy O'Doan (Piano), and Seattle Youth Orchestra Pandora Records/Al Goldstein Archive.Extro: Quinzaine des Cineastes Intro Extract Music: Cyril Moisson | Piano: Frédéric Fortuny
Cannesversations is a film podcast in which Eliana and Patrick (Twitter) deep-dive each episode into one film that has played at some point during the Cannes Film Festival.During the festival, we loop you into the most recent discussions from the festival site, giving you a first impression of the variety of films that splash across the Croisette.
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