# AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 345: Recapping the 79th Cannes Film Festival and Looking to the Awards Future

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Podcast: [The AwardsWatch Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-awardswatch-podcast-200716)
Published: 2026-05-25T16:02:16+00:00
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## Resource

On episode 345 of The AwardsWatch Podcast, Executive Editor Ryan McQuade is joined by Editor-In-Chief Erik Anderson and AwardsWatch Associate Editor Sophia Ciminello to break down their favorite films of the 79th Cannes Film Festival, the winners of the In Competition prizes, and what they might mean going forward this coming award season. You can listen to The AwardsWatch Podcast wherever you stream podcasts, from iTunes, iHeartRadio, Soundcloud, Stitcher, Spotify, Audible, Amazon Music and more. You can also listen on the AW YouTube page. This podcast runs 1h31m. We will be back next week with an Oscar retrospective over the 84th Academy Awards, covering the films of 2011. Till then, let's get into it. Music: "Modern Fashion" from AShamaleuvmusic (intro), "B-3" from BoxCat Games Nameless: The Hackers RPG Soundtrack (outro).

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