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Olivia Popp


246 articles available in total starting from 17/10/2023. Last article published on 29/07/2025.

Review: Sauna

Review: Sauna

Debuting director Mathias Broe brings the beauty of non-heteronormative desire to the big screen with a romance between a doe-eyed cis man and his trans lover  

28/01 | Sundance 2025 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Review: The Last KO

Review: The Last KO

Timothée Catherine’s documentary brings us into the wild world of chessboxing, in which ranked chess player and amateur boxer Carl Strugnell competes with both brains and brawn  

28/01 | Kustendorf 2025

Mexican, Serbian and Russian shorts take home the top prizes from the 18th Kustendorf

Mexican, Serbian and Russian shorts take home the top prizes from the 18th Kustendorf

Films centred on themes of societal alienation and the experience of loneliness have emerged as the main winners of this year's Serbian film gathering  

27/01 | Kustendorf 2025 | Awards

Review: Brides

Review: Brides

Debuting feature director Nadia Fall moves from stage to screen with a rocky tale of two British teenage girls travelling to Syria for the promise of a better life  

27/01 | Sundance 2025 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Amel Guellaty • Director of Where the Wind Comes From

Interview: Amel Guellaty • Director of Where the Wind Comes From

“Road movies mostly use handheld cameras and natural light, but I wanted to go somewhere else that takes on the rules of the imagination”

The Tunisian writer-director talks about blending the road-movie format with a free-spirited coming-of-age tale set across different parts of the country  

27/01 | Sundance 2025 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Cherien Dabis • Director of All That's Left of You

Interview: Cherien Dabis • Director of All That's Left of You

“One of my deepest desires with this film from the beginning has always been to create something that has the power to heal”

The Palestinian-Jordanian-US director talks about production design, family histories and generating narratives of healing amidst landscapes of trauma  

26/01 | Sundance 2025 | Premieres

Georgi M Unkovski • Director of DJ Ahmet

Interview: Georgi M Unkovski • Director of DJ Ahmet

“One of the first images I had in my head was of this shepherd running into a techno rave in the forest”

The Macedonian director spoke with Cineuropa about the striking sonic inspirations behind his feature debut, leading to an inventive take on the coming-of-age genre  

24/01 | Sundance 2025 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Glasgow Film Festival announces the full programme for its 21st edition

Glasgow Film Festival announces the full programme for its 21st edition

Scotland’s largest film gathering will open with the world premiere of John Maclean’s survival thriller Tornado and close with Martyn Robertson’s doc Make It to Munich  

22/01 | Glasgow 2025

Fleur Fortuné • Director of The Assessment

Interview: Fleur Fortuné • Director of The Assessment

“As a director, there's always the conscious aspects you bring with you as well as the unconscious you”

The French music video director-turned-feature filmmaker talks about her debut film’s crucial component parts, including its talented core trio of actors  

21/01 | Tromsø 2025

Happy Holidays and Teenage Life Interrupted triumph at the 35th Tromsø International Film Festival

Happy Holidays and Teenage Life Interrupted triumph at the 35th Tromsø International Film Festival

The Seed of the Sacred Fig, When Fall Is Coming and Holy Cow have also received prizes at the Arctic festival  

20/01 | Tromsø 2025 | Awards

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