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Olivia Popp


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

Innovators share new platforms, solutions and paradigms for distribution at IFDS

Innovators share new platforms, solutions and paradigms for distribution at IFDS

Speakers discussed how the future of distribution waterfalls lies in data transparency and comprehensive reporting, while achieving success among audiences entails new types of communication  

23/10/2024 | European Work in Progress Cologne 2024

Review: Thank You for Banking With Us!

Review: Thank You for Banking With Us!

Palestinian filmmaker Laila Abbas tackles the contemporary realities of gendered Islamic law in her debut feature, about two sisters fighting for their fair share of their late father’s inheritance  

21/10/2024 | London 2024

Experts, creators and producers explore the latest scripted television trends and content at European Series Day

Experts, creators and producers explore the latest scripted television trends and content at European Series Day

The 2024 edition shed light on the types of shows that viewers are watching across Europe and took a deep dive into four scripted series  

18/10/2024 | Cologne 2024

At EWIP, panellists explore diverse and successful distribution strategies for Smoke Sauna Sisterhood and Anatomy of a Fall

At EWIP, panellists explore diverse and successful distribution strategies for Smoke Sauna Sisterhood and Anatomy of a Fall

Distributors at the event delved into national and culturally specific campaigns for two very different but immensely successful arthouse films from 2023  

17/10/2024 | European Work in Progress Cologne 2024

Review: The Summer Book

Review: The Summer Book

Charlie McDowell transposes Tove Jansson’s 1972 novel composed of 22 vignettes into a gentle portrait of ephemerality, childhood and passing grief  

17/10/2024 | London 2024

Robert Budina • Director of Waterdrop

Interview: Robert Budina • Director of Waterdrop

“We wanted to have a kind of anatomy of our society, but also of the relationship you have with your family, career, society and politics”

The Albanian director shares the sociopolitical inspirations behind his latest film and its complex main character  

16/10/2024 | Warsaw 2024

Review: Waterdrop

Review: Waterdrop

One drop is all it takes to break the dam in the third feature by Albanian filmmaker Robert Budina, a scathing realist indictment of collective complicity in violent patriarchal systems  

15/10/2024 | Warsaw 2024

Élise Otzenberger, Cécile de France • Director and star of Call of Water

Interview: Élise Otzenberger, Cécile de France • Director and star of Call of Water

"I always felt something very spiritual and a bit mystic about [my] connection to water"

The director and star share their attraction to their film's thematic material and why connecting to their own childhoods was so important for this story  

15/10/2024 | Sitges 2024

Alfonso Cortés-Cavanillas • Director of Luna

Interview: Alfonso Cortés-Cavanillas • Director of Luna

“The first thing I said was that we had to make a movie where they could never physically touch each other”

The Spanish director talks about creating a film shot entirely with actors in spacesuits, drawing inspiration from independent work and making space magic on a smaller budget  

15/10/2024 | Sitges 2024

Review: Luna

Review: Luna

Alfonso Cortés-Cavanillas’ latest film about a crew of astronauts stranded in space is an honest effort that falls short technically but is not without its cinematographic merits  

15/10/2024 | Sitges 2024

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