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Olivia Popp


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

Oliver Hermanus's The History of Sound to compete for the Palme d'Or

Oliver Hermanus's The History of Sound to compete for the Palme d'Or

The South African director makes his debut in the Cannes competition with an eagerly awaited romantic drama led by Paul Mescal and Josh O'Connor  

17/04 | Production | Funding | UK/USA

German young-adult limited series Shadow Leaks now in post-production

German young-adult limited series Shadow Leaks now in post-production

Özgür Yildirim and Alison Kuhn’s episodic project scheduled for broadcast through ARD tackles pertinent themes of cyberbullying and hacker attacks  

16/04 | Production | Funding | Germany

The Franco-German film funding commission hands out €980,000 for development and co-production

The Franco-German film funding commission hands out €980,000 for development and co-production

Also known as the mini-traité, the fund for binationally produced works is supporting three projects after its first meeting of the year  

15/04 | Production | Funding | France/Germany

Mascha Schilinski’s Sound of Falling to vie for Cannes’ top prize

Mascha Schilinski’s Sound of Falling to vie for Cannes’ top prize

Sold by mk2, the German director’s sophomore feature will be the first German-language film to compete for the Palme d'Or in eight years  

15/04 | Production | Funding | Germany

Review: Where You Find Me

Review: Where You Find Me

The entanglements of life and biopolitics are tackled in the graduation film by Willi Andrick, Juan Bermúdez, Isis Rampf and Anna Schröder  

02/04 | Films | Reviews | Germany

Producers and film-fund representatives reflect on building a supranational co-development fund for animation

Producers and film-fund representatives reflect on building a supranational co-development fund for animation

At the CEE Animation conference Go! 2025, we spoke to participants from several countries who shared their thoughts on what needs to be kept in mind when creating such a fund  

01/04 | CEE Animation 2025

Shooting begins in the Baltics for six-part ARD/ORF series Mozart/Mozart

Shooting begins in the Baltics for six-part ARD/ORF series Mozart/Mozart

Directed by Clara Zoë My-Linh von Arnim, this modern spin on the legacy of the famed composer turns the camera towards his lesser-known but equally prodigious sister, Maria Anna  

01/04 | Production | Funding | Germany/Austria

Aron Lehmann shoots Lügen über meine Mutter

Aron Lehmann shoots Lügen über meine Mutter

The film is adapted from an autofictional novel by Daniela Dröscher, which comments on societal expectations of body image through a West German family in the 1980s  

31/03 | Production | Funding | Germany

The final clapperboard slams on Koxi’s Liebhaberinnen

The final clapperboard slams on Koxi’s Liebhaberinnen

The German director’s feature debut will tell a story based on a 1975 novel by Nobel Prize in Literature winner Elfriede Jelinek  

31/03 | Production | Funding | Germany/Luxembourg

Review: The Srebrenica Tape – From Dad, for Alisa

Review: The Srebrenica Tape – From Dad, for Alisa

Chiara Sambuchi follows a woman on an emotional journey to uncover answers about the titular tape that her father made while sheltered in Srebrenica during the Bosnian War  

28/03 | Movies That Matter 2025

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