Those look like some really great shots! I remember back when the Kodak Ektar film first came out. My dad was really excited about how much better it was going to be. We used to get Kodak film by the 100 exposure roll and then he would cut it down to make the size of roll he wanted. That way if he was just doing a quick shoot he could make eight exposures and not have to blow through a whole 24 exposure roll.
There is something about film that is hard to explain. A texture, a look, but I've come to believe that a big part of it is just what you were mentioning...the process. I think its the intentionality of the process that keeps me interested. I just need to figure out how to be more like that with the digital side :D
There are definitely some benefits to digital, but it also kind of makes it "easy mode". I think for me what I connect with most from when my dad had his dark room is the smells. The smells of stop bath and fixer are something you never forget.