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Olivia Popp


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

Rohan Parashuram Kanawade • Director of Cactus Pears

Interview: Rohan Parashuram Kanawade • Director of Cactus Pears

“It was important to show the moment of intimacy and tenderness between two men after the sexual act”

The Mumbai-born Marathi filmmaker shares his perspective on the importance of seeing quiet moments in intimate relationships on screen, after winning the Sundance Grand Jury Prize  

03/02 | Sundance 2025 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Cameras rolling for Rob Sorrenti’s UK-set debut feature, Angels in the Asylum

Cameras rolling for Rob Sorrenti’s UK-set debut feature, Angels in the Asylum

Based on true events, the film will be led by Katherine Waterston and Simon Pegg, with lensing by Oscar-winning All Quiet on the Western Front cinematographer James Friend  

31/01 | Production | Funding | UK

The Flanders Audiovisual Fund releases a new report on the use of artificial intelligence in audiovisual creation

The Flanders Audiovisual Fund releases a new report on the use of artificial intelligence in audiovisual creation

The study asked about the intended and eventual usage of AI in requests for support in audiovisual projects, revealing low actual use but a diversity of arguments for and against its utilisation  

31/01 | Industry | Market | Belgium/Europe

New Italian sales outfit Luminalia launches

New Italian sales outfit Luminalia launches

Founded by Tommaso Priante, the new Italian sales agent will make its market debut at IFFR with a selection of 2024 titles before heading to the EFM  

31/01 | Industry | Market | Italy

Mathias Broe • Director of Sauna

Interview: Mathias Broe • Director of Sauna

“I wanted to be able to recognise what I experience myself in queer spaces, in intimate situations”

The Danish director lays out his community-centric approach to creating his first feature, a queer romance that also engages with Denmark’s social environment pertaining to trans rights  

28/01 | Sundance 2025 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

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

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