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Olivia Popp


195 articles available in total starting from 17/10/2023. Last article published on 14/03/2025.

Review: American Sweatshop

Review: American Sweatshop

TV director and cinematographer Uta Briesewitz kicks off her feature-film career with a Lili Reinhart-led debut about the horrors of moderating the digital realm  

14/03 | SXSW 2025

Review: Satisfaction

Review: Satisfaction

Alex Burunova directs a visually rich psychological drama with a fuzzy narrative but an important central story about dangerous patriarchal relationship dynamics  

13/03 | SXSW 2025

The 17th Movies That Matter Festival unveils its full line-up

The 17th Movies That Matter Festival unveils its full line-up

The world premiere of Daan Veldhuizen’s documentary The Promise will open the festival, which includes fiction, documentary and various thematic competitions  

12/03 | Movies That Matter 2025

Brwa Vahabpour, Peiman Azizpour • Director of and actor in My Uncle Jens

Interview: Brwa Vahabpour, Peiman Azizpour • Director of and actor in My Uncle Jens

"The film talks about how to deal with a feeling of shortcoming or feeling that you're not living up to your assigned role in a society"

The director and the actor reflect on striking a complex tonal balance with their film, working with multiple languages on set and embracing the backgrounds of different collaborators and characters  

12/03 | SXSW 2025

Thea Gajić, Slavko Sobin  • Director of and actor in Surviving Earth

Interview: Thea Gajić, Slavko Sobin • Director of and actor in Surviving Earth

“It was important to break down the stereotypes of addiction and humanise people”

The director and lead actor talk about authentically portraying a personal story, creating an emotional connection through music and cultivating a strong visual style  

11/03 | SXSW 2025

Review: Make It to Munich

Review: Make It to Munich

Martyn Robertson’s straightforward but uplifting documentary offers a glimpse into community solidarity via a young footballer who seeks to cycle from Glasgow to Munich after a near-fatal accident  

11/03 | Glasgow 2025

Review: My Uncle Jens

Review: My Uncle Jens

Brwa Vahabpour offers a creative take on immigrant and asylum narratives through the lens of a young Norwegian man who receives a surprise visit from his Kurdish uncle  

11/03 | SXSW 2025

Review: Surviving Earth

Review: Surviving Earth

Thea Gajić makes her feature debut with a film based on the heartfelt yet heartbreaking true story of her own father, an immigrant to the UK who fled Yugoslavia  

10/03 | SXSW 2025

BFI Flare reveals the full lineup for its 39th edition

BFI Flare reveals the full lineup for its 39th edition

The two European productions world-premiering at the festival are Liam Calvert’s debut A Night Like This and German co-directed feature Where You Find Me  

03/03 | Festivals | Awards | UK

The 2024 German box office raked in €868,4 million, a decrease from 2023’s promising statistics that approached pre-pandemic numbers

The 2024 German box office raked in €868,4 million, a decrease from 2023’s promising statistics that approached pre-pandemic numbers

Films for children and titles from the USA and outside of the EU were Germany’s big winners last year  

27/02 | Box Office | Germany

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