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Olivia Popp


269 articles available in total starting from 17/10/2023. Last article published on 11/09/2025.

The 21st Zurich Film Festival unveils its full line-up

The 21st Zurich Film Festival unveils its full line-up

At the German-speaking world’s second-largest festival, 14 films will be competing for 25,000 Swiss francs in the Feature Film Competition  

11/09 | Zurich 2025

Review: The Currents

Review: The Currents

Milagros Mumenthaler composes a symphonic third feature hinging on mental health and motherhood, which remains with you long after the credits roll  

11/09 | Toronto 2025 | Platform

Sitges gets ready to thrill and chill with its 2025 line-up

Sitges gets ready to thrill and chill with its 2025 line-up

The Catalonian fantastic film festival will open with Julia Ducournau’s body horror Alpha and close with Francis Lawrence’s dystopian survival flick The Long Walk  

11/09 | Sitges 2025

Pedro Souto, João Monteiro • Artistic directors, MotelX – Lisbon International Horror Film Festival

Interview: Pedro Souto, João Monteiro • Artistic directors, MotelX – Lisbon International Horror Film Festival

“It’s about building a community that shares not only a passion for the genre, but also the emotions that come with being there”

The head honchos of Lisbon’s flagship fantastical festival talk about cinematic curation in the Portuguese context and about questioning the bounds of horror film  

09/09 | /Portugal

Review: Divine Comedy

Review: Divine Comedy

VENICE 2025: Ali Asgari’s metafictional sibling to Terrestrial Verses takes a deep dive into the absurdity buried within the world of Iranian film censorship  

06/09 | Venice 2025 | Orizzonti

Review: Kabul, Between Prayers

Review: Kabul, Between Prayers

VENICE 2025: Aboozar Amini’s sophomore feature-length documentary adopts a gentle approach to exploring the lives of two brothers shaped by Kabul under the Taliban  

05/09 | Venice 2025 | Out of Competition

Review: I Want Her Dead

Review: I Want Her Dead

VENICE 2025: Gianluca Matarrese continues to demonstrate his mastery of the conversation-centric documentary, turning his camera on his own family  

04/09 | Venice 2025 | Giornate degli Autori

Maryam Touzani • Director of Calle Málaga

Interview: Maryam Touzani • Director of Calle Málaga

“There was a richness that I felt growing up, and I wanted to pay tribute to this community”

VENICE 2025: The director of The Blue Caftan speaks about bringing to the screen the unique beauty and complexity of her home city of Tangier  

03/09 | Venice 2025 | Venezia Spotlight

Review: Bearcave

Review: Bearcave

VENICE 2025: Stergios Dinopoulos and Krysianna B Papadakis explore society’s expectations of two young female best friends in the Greek countryside  

03/09 | Venice 2025 | Giornate degli Autori

Review: Calle Málaga

Review: Calle Málaga

VENICE 2025: Maryam Touzani brings us a new Moroccan story brimming with life and love, and urging us to think deeply about generational divides  

03/09 | Venice 2025 | Venezia Spotlight

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