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Olivia Popp


231 articles available in total starting from 17/10/2023. Last article published on 13/06/2025.

Yasemin Şamdereli, Deka Mohamed Osman  • Director of and collaborator on Samia

Interview: Yasemin Şamdereli, Deka Mohamed Osman • Director of and collaborator on Samia

“How can someone who was at the Olympics, who was so talented, end up in a situation like this?”

The director and collaborator discuss the importance of a Somali and refugee story that’s as uplifting as it is a harsh reminder of reality  

12/06/2024 | Tribeca 2024

Sonja Prosenc • Director of Family Therapy

Interview: Sonja Prosenc • Director of Family Therapy

“We are afraid that this will push us to confront something that we don't want to be confronted with”

The Slovenian writer-director chats to us about aligning production design with characters, and crafting a story that’s both personal and political  

10/06/2024 | Tribeca 2024

Review: Family Therapy

Review: Family Therapy

Centring on a wealthy Slovenian family, Sonja Prosenc’s third feature is a brightly burning social satire that asks us to laugh, and then to empathise  

10/06/2024 | Tribeca 2024

Review: The Dog Thief

Review: The Dog Thief

Chilean filmmaker Vinko Tomičić Salinas makes his solo feature debut with a meditative portrait of a young shoeshiner in the Bolivian capital of La Paz  

07/06/2024 | Tribeca 2024

Vinko Tomičić Salinas • Director of The Dog Thief

Interview: Vinko Tomičić Salinas • Director of The Dog Thief

“This city is the only place where I feel like time stands still”

The Chilean writer-director talks about the most important parts of pre-production for his newest feature and why the film’s La Paz setting is so special  

07/06/2024 | Tribeca 2024

Review: Abortion Dream Team

Review: Abortion Dream Team

Karolina Domagalska’s documentary highlights the impact of the eponymous Polish abortion rights group working in a fraught legal framework  

27/05/2024 | Millennium Docs Against Gravity 2024

Review: A Fireland

Review: A Fireland

CANNES 2024: It’s a pyrotechnics paradise in Mona Convert’s experimental feature debut, set amidst the Landes forest in Nouvelle-Aquitaine  

25/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | ACID

Review: Fotogenico

Review: Fotogenico

CANNES 2024: Marcia Romano and Benoît Sabatier write and direct an eccentric comedy following a father retracing his late daughter’s life, only to discover it was all a lie  

24/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | ACID

Review: Nasty – More Than Just Tennis

Review: Nasty – More Than Just Tennis

CANNES 2024: Romania's Tudor Giurgiu, Tudor D Popescu and Cristian Pascariu sign a documentary on Ilie Nǎstase which looks to humanise — and immortalise — a controversial yet beloved tennis icon  

23/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Special Screenings

Review: Niki

Review: Niki

CANNES 2024: This portrait of a misunderstood artist is a frustrating feature-length directorial debut for César-nominated actress Céline Sallette  

23/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Un Certain Regard

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