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Olivia Popp


249 articles available in total starting from 17/10/2023. Last article published on 14/08/2025.

Review: Dry Leaf

Review: Dry Leaf

People and place become one in Alexandre Koberidze’s sophomore feature, which traces a series of encounters on a gentle road trip across the Georgian countryside  

14/08 | Locarno 2025 | Competition

Review: A Balcony in Limoges

Review: A Balcony in Limoges

Jérôme Reybaud’s sophomore feature, about an older woman who goes out of her way to “help” someone she knew in her childhood, is short, sweet and unexpected  

13/08 | Locarno 2025 | Filmmakers of the Present

Review: Balearic

Review: Balearic

Ion de Sosa’s second fiction feature allows the transcendental to seep through the cracks in what’s neither a fever-dream nor a fable, but a secret, third storytelling form  

11/08 | Locarno 2025 | Filmmakers of the Present

The final clapperboard slams on Jutta Brückner's The Assistance

The final clapperboard slams on Jutta Brückner's The Assistance

The German director returns two decades after her last feature, The Hitler Cantate  

29/07 | Production | Funding | Germany

A new European Parliament report addresses challenges to EU copyright law brought about by generative AI

A new European Parliament report addresses challenges to EU copyright law brought about by generative AI

The study illuminates the tensions between the two while suggesting reforms to simultaneously promote innovation while protecting authorship  

28/07 | Institutions | Legislation | Europe

The Film- und Medienstiftung NRW hands out a total of €8 million to 34 projects

The Film- und Medienstiftung NRW hands out a total of €8 million to 34 projects

Highlights include the new films by Panos Cosmatos, Maria Speth and Fatih Akin, and the JK Simmons-led UK-German miniseries Embassy  

28/07 | Production | Funding | Germany

Simon Verhoeven wraps the filming of Ach, diese Lücke, diese entsetzliche Lücke

Simon Verhoeven wraps the filming of Ach, diese Lücke, diese entsetzliche Lücke

The German director brings Joachim Meyerhoff’s best-selling novel to the screen; it is set for a local release in January 2026  

25/07 | Production | Funding | Germany

Series review: Absolute 100

Series review: Absolute 100

The Serbian miniseries created by Ivan Knežević and Srdan Golubović follows a 19-year-old rifle champion who impulsively uses her unique skillset to protect her family  

14/07 | Karlovy Vary 2025 | Special Screenings

Review: Promise, I’ll Be Fine

Review: Promise, I’ll Be Fine

Katarína Gramatová’s feature debut is a coming-of-age tale filled with hard truths, set in the heart of the Slovak countryside  

11/07 | Karlovy Vary 2025 | Special Screenings

Review: Renovation

Review: Renovation

Gabrielė Urbonaitė’s solo feature debut delivers a satisfying relationship dramedy that jumps into the nuances of having one’s status quo shaken up  

10/07 | Karlovy Vary 2025 | Proxima

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