Olivia Popp

2 weeks ago | cineuropa.org | Olivia Popp

A transformation is afoot in Egyptian filmmaker Morad Mostafa’s Aisha Can’t Fly Away, his eagerly awaited feature debut that has collected a series of coveted awards along the way to its Cannes world premiere in Un Certain Regard. The project picked up major prizes at Cinemed meetings, Venice Final Cut and Marrakech’s Atlas Workshops, and was also developed at Cannes’ La Résidence du Festival in 2023.

2 weeks ago | cineuropa.org | Olivia Popp

CANNES 2025 Un Certain Regard by - CANNES 2025: Morad Mostafa crafts a debut feature that’s cinematically familiar in its festival aesthetic but is let down by a surface-level story despite its weighty themes A transformation is afoot in Egyptian filmmaker Morad Mostafa’s Aisha Can’t Fly Away, his eagerly awaited feature debut that has collected a series of coveted awards along the way to its Cannes world premiere in Un Certain Regard. The project picked up major prizes at Cinemed meetings,...

2 weeks ago | moderntimes.review | Olivia Popp

COLONIALISM / A Tanzanian lawyer’s quest to reclaim ancestral remains reveals the deep-rooted legacy of German colonial violence and systemic silence. Director: Agnes Lisa Wegner, Cece MlayInternational sales: Country: Germany, TanzaniaCece Mlay and Agnes Lisa Wegner’s The Empty Grave emerges as one amongst a larger set of films about decolonial repatriation and historical restitution: most famously, last year’s Berlinale Golden Bear winner Dahomey by Mati Diop.

3 weeks ago | cineuropa.org | Olivia Popp

With a title borrowed from a quote by famed Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa, Kopal Joshy’s We Are Two Abysses is a vibes-forward film that captures its weightiness through spoken words laden with longing and a desire for comfort. Directed and lensed by Lisbon-based Indian director Joshy, the documentary is also a very personal one as she seeks to capture her story as intertwined with that of another person caught up in a form of emotional grief of his own.

3 weeks ago | cineuropa.org | Olivia Popp

- Víctor Diago’s debut feature is a dreamlike look into the life of a Spanish woman in Glasgow as she floats through the city, camera in handJúlia (Júlia Diago) likes photographing strangers on bridges, using an old film camera. She likes the symbolism of the concept: two discrete objects united by a third that still allows for distinction between the elements – simultaneously a dualism and a monism.