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
In this year's Cannes Special, Jim and Sean discuss the Competition and sidebars of the 2025 Cannes Film Festival. Plus, they discuss the selection of the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.
Jim and Sean discuss the 2025 Oscars and Césars, with mention to Australia's Alliance Française French Film Festival currently touring. Plus, they begin their retrospective of the year 1998 with a discussion about the 1998 Berlin International Film Festival.
Films discussed include: When Fall is Coming, The Story of Souleymane, Jim's Story, Borgo, Monsieur Aznavour, The Kingdom, Beating Hearts, The Boys, The Castle, Wag the Dog, Xi...
Sean and Jim discuss the start to the film year with the 2025 Sundance and Berlinale festival competitions, and prizewinners. They also discuss the AACTA (Australian Academy) winners, and the nominees at the upcoming César Awards and Oscars. Plus, a glimpse into what may be competing at this year's Cannes Film Festival.
Films discussed include: Twinless, Atropia, Dreams x2, The Message, Living the Land, Blue Moon, Ari, Kontinental ...
Jim and Sean discuss the major film festivals of 2024 in hindsight, before unveiling their Top 10s of 2024.
Films discussed include: No Spoilers!
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Sean and Jim discuss the winners of the 2024 European Film Awards, the awards presented by the New York, LA, Boston & Washington film critics circles. Plus: closer to home, the AACTA nominations are discussed; and we conclude our retrospective of the year 2000 with top tens discussions.
Films discussed include: Emilia Pérez, The Devil's Bath, Souleymane's Story, The Brutalist, Better Man, Memoir of a Snail, Hard Truths, Furiosa...
In this episode, Sean and Jim discuss the winners of the Adelaide Film Festival, discuss the nominees at the Gotham Awards and cover the Asia Pacific Screen Awards - one of the most interesting awards bodies. Plus, we review the nominees and predict the European Film Award winners.
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Sean and Jim discuss the awards presented at the Venice and San Sebastian film festivals, plus they preview the upcoming Brisbane International Film Festival and Adelaide Film Festival.
Films discussed include The Brutalist, April, The Room Next Door, Emmanuelle, Hard Truths, Glimmers, The Last Showgirl, Serpent's Path, When Fall is Coming, Paris 13th District, The Balconettes, I'm Still Here, Queer, The Quiet Son, Babygirl, Sasqua...
Jim and Sean discuss their experience at the 2024 Melbourne International Film Festival, viewing some of the best (and worst) films of the year so far. Then, recap the 2000 Venice Film Festival and César awards, as part of the ongoing retrospective.
Films discussed include Good One, Flow, To A Land Unknown, Universal Language, Misericordia, Who By Fire, Janet Planet, On Becoming a Guinea Fowl, A Traveller's Needs, Sing Sing, The Sh...
Jim and Sean discuss the recently announced Venice Film Festival program - a very stacked competition; as well as discuss the upcoming Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF). The boys also begin their retrospective of the year 2000, with Berlinale & Cannes in review.
Films discussed include Julie Keeps Quiet, Janet Planet, Good One, The Shrouds, The Brutalist, Maria, Queer, Youth (Homecoming), Joker: Folie à Deux, April, ...
Sean and Jim review the 2024 Sydney Film Festival. Films discussed include Kinds of Kindness, The Substance, The Seed of the Sacred Fig, Grand Tour, Eephus, Marcello Mio, Hesitation Wound, In the Rearview, My New Friends, Explanation for Everything and Shambhala.
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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