Meet Olivia Popp

Olivia Popp is a film writer, critic, and programmer based between Berlin and Brussels. Beyond her writing for Zippy Frames, her work can be found in Cineuropa, MUBI Notebook, Little White Lies, Senses of Cinema, Modern Times Review, and more. Olivia programmes for One World Slovakia International Documentary Film Festival and supports International Film Festival Rotterdam’s editorial team. She is an alumna of several film criticism workshops, including Locarno Critics Academy (2025) and Berlinale Talents (2024), and also serves as the publication coordinator for Cineuropa’s GoCritic! emerging film writers programme. Olivia is a member of the European Film Academy and FIPRESCI (International Federation of Film Critics).

Olivia Popp reports from the dance films screened at the 2023 Animest Festival.