Awards Watch Podcast Ep. 364: The State of the Race Post-Venice/Telluride/TIFF; Preview of NYFF

On episode 364 of the Awards Watch podcast, Executive Editor Ryan McQuade, Editor-In-Chief Erik Anderson and Associate Editor Sophia Ciminello break down the winners and losers of the Venice, Telluride and Toronto film festivals, which films rise and fall in the Oscar race, and offer a preview of some of the big titles headed to the New York Film Festival. With three of the main fall festivals wrapped, the gang look at how the world premieres of films like The Debut, Elsinore and You Can See Everything at Telluride, I Play Rocky and Being Huemann at Toronto, fared with Cannes flyovers and more. This opens the conversation about where the state of the Oscar race is now, determining if The Odyssey is still the default frontrunner or if a new fighter has emerged, like TIFF People's Choice winner La Bola Negra. Then we venture into the New York Film Festival, kicking off this week, with a huge slate of major premieres like Godzilla Minus Zero, Behemoth! and more. You can listen to The AwardsWatch Podcast wherever you stream podcasts, from iTunes, iHeartRadio, Soundcloud, Stitcher, Spotify, Audible, Amazon Music and more. You can also listen on the AW YouTube page. This podcast runs 1h8m. We'll be back this week with the latest in the Director Watch series featuring Edward Yang, A Brighter Summer Day (1991). Till then, let's get into it. Music: "Modern Fashion" from AShamaleuvmusic (intro), "B-3" from BoxCat Games Nameless: The Hackers RPG Soundtrack (outro).