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Olivia Popp


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

Review: Dreamers

Review: Dreamers

BERLINALE 2025: Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor’s first feature, about a romance between two black women at a UK immigration detention centre, is a well-intentioned effort that falls flat  

19/02 | Berlinale 2025 | Panorama

Review: The Message

Review: The Message

BERLINALE 2025: Iván Fund crafts a simple but spellbinding tale of the simultaneous loss and preservation of innocence through the travels of a young girl known for communicating with animals  

18/02 | Berlinale 2025 | Competition

Review: Deaf

Review: Deaf

BERLINALE 2025: Eva Libertad crafts an emotionally complex portrait of how a deaf woman’s perception of the world changes when she gives birth to a daughter  

15/02 | Berlinale 2025 | Panorama

Review: Cicadas

Review: Cicadas

BERLINALE 2025: Ina Weisse picks apart an intersection of social milieus in small-town Germany, revealing the shared turbulence that hides in the cracks between all parties  

15/02 | Berlinale 2025 | Panorama

Review: The Good Sister

Review: The Good Sister

BERLINALE 2025: Sarah Miro Fischer delivers a well-executed debut feature on the internal and external turmoil that plays out when one close to you is accused of something terrible  

15/02 | Berlinale 2025 | Panorama

Review: Home Sweet Home

Review: Home Sweet Home

BERLINALE 2025: Frelle Petersen’s newest film comes to the big screen with a subdued portrayal of elderly caregiving as a thankless yet crucial job through the eyes of a young working mother  

14/02 | Berlinale 2025 | Panorama

Review: The Moelln Letters

Review: The Moelln Letters

BERLINALE 2025: Martina Priessner signs an immensely profound documentary about the continuous trauma inflicted by an event 30 years ago, all while speaking to Germany’s sociopolitical landscape  

14/02 | Berlinale 2025 | Panorama

Ibrahim “Snoopy” Ahmad, Timeea Mohamed Ahmed, Rawia Alhag, Phil Cox • Directors of Khartoum

Interview: Ibrahim “Snoopy” Ahmad, Timeea Mohamed Ahmed, Rawia Alhag, Phil Cox • Directors of Khartoum

“Now, we hope that people will know how we dance, how we ride bikes, how we protest, how we fight, how we live and how we love”

BERLINALE 2025: Four members of the directorial team break down their mixed techniques and how the circumstances on the ground transformed their work  

13/02 | Berlinale 2025 | Panorama

Ten films we’re looking forward to at the 2025 Berlinale

Ten films we’re looking forward to at the 2025 Berlinale

Our annual curtain-raiser piece assesses the festival in its new era and looks ahead to the line-up’s choicest selections  

11/02 | Berlinale 2025

Film- und Medienstiftung NRW kicks off 2025 by funding 29 projects with more than €8.35 million

Film- und Medienstiftung NRW kicks off 2025 by funding 29 projects with more than €8.35 million

Supported projects include new features by Andreas Prochaska, Soleen Yusef, Ali Soozandeh, and writer-director duo Yasemin and Nesrin Şamdereli  

11/02 | Production | Funding | Germany

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