Jim and Sean discuss their experience at the 2024 Melbourne International Film Festival, viewing some of the best (and worst) films of the year so far. Then, recap the 2000 Venice Film Festival and César awards, as part of the ongoing retrospective. Films discussed include Good One, Flow, To A Land Unknown, Universal Language, Misericordia, Who By Fire, Janet Planet, On Becoming a Guinea Fowl, A Traveller's Needs, Sing Sing, The Shrouds, Caught by the Tides, The Girl with the Needle, Santosh, My Favourite Cake, The Story of Souleymane, Scala, Didi, No Other Land, and more!