Bonjour NBP Film Community! For Episode 493, I am joined by Cody Dericks, Nadia Dalimonte, Dan Bayer, and Aaron Isenstein, as we are back home from the 79th Cannes Film Festival, ready to deliver Part 2 of our experience, including this year’s award winners. We’re going to touch on films from the festival including “Fjord,” “La Bola Negra,” “Hope,” “Minotaur,” “The Man I Love,” “Coward,” “Moulin,” “The Unknown,” “Her Private Hell,” “Bitter Christmas,” “Iron Boy,” “The Dreamed Adventure,” “I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning,” “A Man Of His Time,” “Everytime,” “The Samurai And The Prisoner,” “The End Of It,” “Ben’imana” “Another Day,” “Victorian Psycho,” “Diamond,” and more! For this week’s poll question, to tie into the festival’s award winners, we’re asking everyone: “Which Of The 2026 Cannes Film Festival Award Winners Are You Most Looking Forward To Seeing?” and reveal the winner of last week’s poll question, “Which Films From The 2026 Cannes Film Festival Are You Most Looking Forward To?” We also share our reactions to the trailers for “Victorian Psycho,” “The Rivals Of Amziah King,” “Wildwood,” “Couture,” answer your fan-submitted questions, and more! Thank you all for listening, subscribing, and supporting us. Enjoy!
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