For the first episode of Cannesversations this year, Eliana and Patrick (X | LB) are joined by critic friends Öykü Sofuoğlu and Lawrence Garcia for the second year to look back at their favorite films of 2024.

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Our Part 1 Top 10 Films discussion begins with

• #10 - 33:35
• #9 - 43:00
• #8 - 59:12
• #7 - 1:17:18
• #6 - 1:19:50
• #5 - 1:28:24

Öykü

• The Periphery of the Base | Zhou Tao
• Les Reines du Drames | Alexis Langlois
• By the Stream | Hong Sang Soo
• Miséricorde | Alain Guiraudie
• 100,000,000,000 (Cent mille milliards) | Virgil Vernier
• Eat the Night | Caroline Poggi, Jonathan Vinel

Lawrence

• Presence | Steven Soderbergh
• Hard Truths | Mike Leigh
• By the Stream
• Chime | Kiyoshi Kurosawa
• The Other Way Around | Jonás Trueba

Patrick

• Miséricorde
• Israel Palestina on Swedish TV 1958-1989 | Göran Olsson
• Youth (Homecoming) | Wang Bing
• We are Inside | Farah Kassem
• Los delincuentes | Rodrigo Moreno

Eliana

• The Room Next Door | Pedro Almodovár
• Israel Palestina on Swedish TV 1958-1989
• Dahomey | Mati Diop
• Castration Movie Anthology i. Traps | Louise Weard
• Bluish | Lilith Kraxner, Milena Czernovsky & All We Imagine as Light | Payal Kapadia
• Tú me abrasas | Matías Piñeiro

Part two of our top 10 films of 2024 will be coming soon!

We wish all of you a happy 2025

Credits:

Image: An amalgamation of all films mentioned

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