Festive Foreign Film Fans

By Bob & Mark

Society & Culture Arts TV & Film Places & Travel

What's Festive Foreign Film Fans about?

Bob and Mark are regular American guys exploring different countries and cultures through the holiday experience of Christmas.  They enjoy festive movies, music, food, and customs.  Each episode features the two visiting a new international location.  It's like a global Christmas party!

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Festive Foreign Film Fans episodes:

05.25.2024
Episode 24: Rak haeng Siam or "The Love of Siam" (Thailand)
Festive Fans Unite! (send us a message)OK, Festive Fans, pour yourselves a Mai Thai and get ready for the last episode of our first season! We are heading east – Far East – to Thailand, a captivating land of...
05.06.2024
Episode 23: Alles is Liefde (Netherlands)
Festive Fans Unite! (send us a message)The boys are going Dutch this episode and exploring Christmas in the land of tulips, windmills, and hole-y dykes. Grab your wooden shoes, we are heading to the Netherlands for St. Nicholas Day!...
04.25.2024
Episode 22: Skenbart (Sweden)
Festive Fans Unite! (send us a message)In today’s episode, we enjoy Skenbart or “IIlusive Tracks” a black and white Swedish film set in 1945. It is a comedy, thriller, drama and love story, all wrapped up in one, along with...
04.06.2024
Episode 21: Retfærdighedens Ryttere (Denmark)
Festive Fans Unite! (send us a message)The boys head north again to another Scandinavian country to fully embrace the land of Vikings, pastries, and Mads Mikkelsen. It’s Denmark! Yes, our own Hannibal Lecter stars in a revenge...
03.25.2024
Episode 20: Kisses (Ireland)
Festive Fans Unite! (send us a message)We are still in our post-St. Patrick’s Day reverie so the Festive Fans decide to head off to enjoy the Emerald Isle. Mark is excited to celebrate the locale of his favorite film...
03.06.2024
Episode 19: Le Nocha Magica (Argentina)
Festive Fans Unite! (send us a message)Don’t cry for us Argentina, you have delivered on a very meaty holiday. And we are not just talking about the ox tongue and tuna sauce at the Asado. Our first...
02.25.2024
Episode 18: A Naija Christmas (Nigeria)
Festive Fans Unite! (send us a message)This reminds us of when we reviewed a film from Turkey in November, now February is Black History month in the States and we just happen to be covering our first film on the...
02.06.2024
Episode 17: Una famiglia perfetta (Italy)
Festive Fans Unite! (send us a message)We’re gonna show you a movie you can’t refuse. The boys are off to Italia -- Bob’s ancestral homeland – for a magnifica celebration of amore, famiglia, and Natale. And don’t worry,...
01.25.2024
Episode 16: Starry, Starry Night (Taiwan)
Festive Fans Unite! (send us a message)Vincent Van Gogh’s classic painting “Starry Night” has, through the years, inspired poets, musicians, and now another gem -- this episode’s holiday film from Taiwan. Mark describes it as the “best film we...
01.06.2024
Episode 15: Echo (Iceland) … and Happy New Year!
Festive Fans Unite! (send us a message)It’s a new episode, a new year, and an exciting new country for the Festive Fans! For the start of 2024, we travel to Iceland -- a country with dramatic landscapes full of...
12.25.2023
Episode 14: Schedryk (Ukraine) and Merry Christmas!
Festive Fans Unite! (send us a message)Merry Christmas to all of our Festive Fans! The boys celebrate Christmas today by considering the uplifting Ukrainian song and the movie Carol of the Bells or “Schedryk”. The story takes place...
12.06.2023
Episode 13: Serebryanye Konki (Russia)
Festive Fans Unite! (send us a message)The Festive Fans embark on their plan to spread Peace on Earth and Good Will to Men this episode as they journey to Mother Russia. It’s a sincere effort to try to find...
11.25.2023
Episode 12: Christmas in the Clouds (the American Indian Nation)
Festive Fans Unite! (send us a message)In today’s episode we explore how true Americans celebrate Christmas – the Native Americans. Yes, we make a visit to the American Indian nation, as a Thanksgiving Day salute to the indigenous people...
11.06.2023
Episode 11: Neseli Hayat (Turkey)
Festive Fans Unite! (send us a message)It’s November and we are talking Turkey. No, not those dim-witted, low-flying, tree-roosting birds that many of us plan to eat later this month. We are talking the country of Turkey, which...
11.01.2023
Promo #3
11.01.2023
A Very Special Episode (Non è mai troppo tardi)
Festive Fans Unite! (send us a message)Happy National Christmas Podcast Day! The theme of today’s special event is for the many different Christmas podcasts to cover a version of Charles Dickens Christmas Carol. Since we are the Festive...
10.25.2023
Episode 10: Pastorela (Mexico)
Festive Fans Unite! (send us a message)Boo! It’s spooky season for our Christmas podcast. This episode we have Pastorela, and it is devilishly good. It is the appropriate holiday film for October as it features demons, an...
10.06.2023
Episode 9: Bada Din (India)
Festive Fans Unite! (send us a message)Today is a "Bada Din" – which means Big Day in Hindi. Mark and Bob explore the movie of the same name, which is the Indian term for Christmas. Bada Din was released...
09.25.2023
Episode 8: Andĕl Pánĕ (Czech Republic)
Festive Fans Unite! (send us a message)You need to Czech out our latest episode. It’s heavenly! We review the 2005 Czech film Andĕl Pánĕ and it is a hellish good time. This festive fairy tale features Patronel,...
09.06.2023
Episode 7: Anna and the Apocalypse (Scotland)
Festive Fans Unite! (send us a message)Bob and Mark ur hoachin as they tromp through the Scottish moors in kilts and tap shoes tae be tellin eh day’s good craic eh a fever dream – the Christmas Zombie Pandemic High...
08.25.2023
Episode 6: Mon Oncle Antoine (Canada - Quebec)
Festive Fans Unite! (send us a message)You may be dying to know that for this episode, we dig up Mark's past -- and it's of grave interest. Since his dad was the town's undrtaker, he is best suited to...
08.06.2023
Episode 5: Listy Do M (Poland)
Festive Fans Unite! (send us a message)What nationality is Santa Claus? North Polish! Ha, we are starting this episode's summary with a (Gran)Dad joke to celebrate the birth of our new podmast-cot (and Mark's granddaughter) Layna "Festivus Fania"...
07.25.2023
New 4F Promo!
07.25.2023
Episode 4: Tokyo Godfathers (Japan)
Festive Fans Unite! (send us a message)It's a colorful challenge, but Mark and Bob are just the two-dimensional, cartoonish guys to tackle this episode's first animated film Tokyo Godfathers. Mark goes deep, but Bob -- he's here for...
07.06.2023
Episode 3: Rare Exports (Finland)
Festive Fans Unite! (send us a message)This time the boys are off to the unofficial home of Santa Claus -- Finland -- and boy, what a Santa! He's not exactly your jolly old fat man. Take that Coca-Cola!...
06.25.2023
Episode 2: The Tower (South Korea)
Festive Fans Unite! (send us a message)It's the second episode of Festive Foreign Film Fans. We have shortened the name to “4F” which is an acronym that we only divulge to our closest friends. Shhh! This show...
06.06.2023
Episode 1: The New Adventures of Aladdin (France)
Festive Fans Unite! (send us a message)This is our first episode of Festive Foreign Film Fans. Just the name is a mouthful -- imagine what the show is like. Bob and Mark travel to France to review the...
04.30.2023
Festive Foreign Film Fans Trailer
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