Jim and Sean discuss the line-up and winners at the 2026 Berlin Film Festival. Also, the winners of the César Awards, AACTA Awards and Sundance Film Festival. Plus, we make our bold Oscar Predictions for the upcoming 98th Ceremony. Films discussed include: Everybody Digs Bill Evans, Josephine, Flies, Nightborn, Nina Roza, Queen at Sea, Rose, Salvation, Yellow Letters, Wolfram, L’attachement, The Great Arch, Case 137, The Stranger & more.

Sean and Jim discuss their Top 10s of 2025! Tune in to find out what makes the cut. Also discussed: did Berlin, Cannes & Venice get it right? Plus: the European film awards are discussed, and awards season reviewed.

Jim and Sean discuss the recent Adelaide and Brisbane Film Festivals, plus the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. Plus: the 1998 retrospective concludes with a discussion of the best films of the year & inspired by the New York Times' recent poll, they share their votes for the Top 10 Films of the 21st Century.

Films discussed include: Afternoons of Solitude, Silent Friend, Our Hero Balthazar, Happy Birthday. From 1998: Show Me Love (F**king Amal), Happiness, Festen, Run Lola Run, Shakespeare in Love, Live Fresh, The Truman Show, Head On, The Last Days of Disco & more. From the 21st Century: The Pianist, The Piano Teacher, Elle, Beginning, Leviathan, The Lives of Others, The Social Network, Suspiria, TÁR, La Chimera, 12 Years A Slave & more.

Jim and Sean discuss the results of the 2025 Venice Film Festival & San Sebastián Film Festivals, as well as Adelaide.

Films discussed include: Father Mother Sister Brother, The Voice of Hind Rajab, La Grazia, A House of Dynamite, Silent Friend, Below the Clouds, The Smashing Machine, Two Pianos, The Fence, Couture, The Currents, The Ballad of a Small Player, Nuremberg, Phantoms of July, Perla, Reedland.

Let us know your favourite films of the 21st century ahead of our next podcast. Email us: incompetitionfilm@gmail.com

Jim and Sean discuss their experience at the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF). Plus, a recap of the Locarno Film Festival.

Films discussed include: Sound of Falling, Resurrection, Black Ox, Omaha, A Useful Ghost, Two Prosecutors, Renoir, Lucky Lu, Left-Handed Girl, Blue Moon, Dreams (Sex Love), Romería, Exit 8, Woman and Child, Harvest, Magic Farm, Late Shift, What Does That Nature Say to You & more

Sean and Jim discuss the Venice Film Festival program announcement hours after it is unveiled. They also preview the upcoming Locarno Film Festival, and look ahead to the Melbourne Film Festival (which they will be attending in August). Plus: the 1998 Retrospective continues with a discussion on the Césars and Oscars of the year.

Films discussed include: Frankenstein, After the Hunt, Jay Kelly, Bugonia, The Voice of Hind Rajab, The Wizard of Kremlin, A Useful Ghost, April, Urchin, A Poet, Sound of Falling, Dracula (Radu Jude), Mektoub My Love: Canto Duo, Solomamma. From 1998: Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train, The Dreamlife of Angels, Gods & Monsters, Life is Beautiful, Shakespeare in Love, Saving Private Ryan & more!

Jim and Sean discuss their trip to the 2025 Sydney Film Festival. Films discussed include: Sentimental Value, Sirât, It Was Just An Accident, Orwell 2+2=5, Blue Moon, Dreams, Love, The Secret Agent, Happyend, To Kill A Mongolian Horse, The Plague, Romería, The Wailing, Stranger Eyes, The Love That Remains, Nineteen, Young Mothers, Eddington, The Blue Trail & more.