Welcome back to our coverage of the 77e of the Cannes Film Festival! Episode 4!

We (Eliana & Patrick) look forward to sharing our first reactions and giving a sneak peek at the festival's ongoing films and events.

In this episode, we are joined by Łukasz Manikowski, an independent film critic and programmer for the annual Five Flavours Asian Film Festival, which will take place this year between November 11-20 in Warsaw, Poland. Check it out!

We catch up on day nine of twelve to discuss the following films:

• Desert of Namibia |ナミビアの砂 by 山中瑶子 Yamanaka Yoko (Quinzaine des Cinéastes | Directors Fortnight)
• Caught by the Tides | 风流一代 by 賈樟柯 Jiǎ Zhāngkē (Competition)
• An Unfinished Film | 一部未完成的电影 by 婁燁 Lóu Yè (Cannes Special Screening Section)

and briefly :

• Black Dog | 狗阵 by 管虎 Guan Hu (Un Certain Regard)
• Viet and Nam by Truong Mihn Quý (Un Certain Regard)
• Blue Sun Palace by Constance Tsang |曾佩裕 (Semaine de la Critique | Critics Week)

Coming Soon... ?

• Anora by Sean Baker (Competition)
• All We Imagine As Light by Payal Kapadia (Competion)
• Miséricorde | Misericordia by Alain Guiraudie (Cannes Première)
• Grand Tour by Miguel Gomes (Competion)
• Parthenope by Paolo Sorrentino (Competition)
• and more...

You can find Łukasz's work on Senses of Cinema, Asian Movie Pulse, MUBI Notebook, etc!

For Polish speakers, you can read his recent Jia Zhang Ke Caught by the Tides review here!

You can also follow him on X.

Thanks for listening!

Comments or suggestions or want to get in touch? -> cannesversations@proton.me

Credits:

Image: Cannes 77e poster © Shochiku Co., Ltd. – Rhapsody in August by Akira Kurosawa (1991) / Graphic creation © Hartland Villa + Official Bird Poster

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