Allan Hunter

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‘Stolen’: Dublin Review
2023-03-02T18:00:00
Margo Harkin’s documentary about mother and baby homes is essential viewing for Irish society
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‘Notes From Sheepland’: Dublin Review
2023-02-27T18:30:00
Life with Wexford shepherd Orla Barry makes for an entrancing, compact documentary
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‘Do You Love Me?’: Berlin Review
2023-02-20T18:30:00
Semi-autogiographical feature about a Ukranian girl coming of age during the collapse of the USSR
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‘Opponent’: Berlin Review
2023-02-18T18:00:00
An Iranian refugee in Sweden struggles to hide his true identity in Milad Alami’s attention-grabbing second feature
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‘The Quiet Migration’: Berlin Review
2023-02-17T15:00:00
An adopted Korean teenager struggles with life in rural Denmark in Malene Choi’s understated second feature
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‘Going To Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project’: Sundance Review
2023-01-30T10:44:00
This Sundance Grand Jury prizewinner is an unconventional documentary about African American poet Nikki Giovanni
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‘The Persian Version’: Sundance Review
2023-01-30T10:38:00
Layla Mohammadi is a standout in Maryam Keshavarz’s crowdpleasing Iranian-American drama
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‘20 Days In Mariupol’: Sundance Review
2023-01-30T02:05:00
Ukrainian journalist Mstyslav Chernov presents an unflinching account of the early days of the Russian invasion
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‘Four Little Adults’: Rotterdam Review
2023-01-29T21:01:00
A middle-class couple try a lifestyle of polyamory in this Finnish comedy of manners
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‘Drift’: Sundance Review
2023-01-26T11:32:00
Cynthia Erivo stars in Anthony Chen’s sensitive, understated third feature, set on a Greek island
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‘Fantastic Machine’: Sundance Review
2023-01-24T00:30:00
A history of the image, via the moving image
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‘Smoke Sauna Sisterhood’: Sundance Review
2023-01-23T03:30:00
A new generation of women comes clean in the woodland wilds of Estonia
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‘When It Melts’: Sundance Review
2023-01-22T03:00:00
A woman confronts her challenging past in this Belgian debut from actor-turned-filmmaker Veerle Baetens
Features
Films of the year 2022: Allan Hunter
2022-12-21T10:31:00
Allan Hunter has worked for Screen since 1990. He is based in Edinburgh and is co-director of Glasgow Film Festival.
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‘A Childless Village’: Red Sea Review
2022-12-05T13:00:00
An elderly filmmaker returns to a small village to set things right in this Azerbaijan-set comedy
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‘Goddamned Asura’: Review
2022-12-01T00:01:00
Taiwan’s Oscar submission explores the effects of a mass shooting in a Taiwanese market
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‘Gangubai Kathiawadi’: Review
2022-11-25T00:01:00
A global hit on Netflix, this exuberant Indian musical now makes a play for awards
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‘Bread And Salt’: Cairo Review
2022-11-17T08:00:00
Damian Kocur’s mature and thought-provoking debut sees a talented pianist return to the pressure cooker of his small home town
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‘Tinnitus’: Cairo Review
2022-11-14T09:00:00
An professional diver does battle with her body in Gregorio Graziosi’s stylish thriller
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‘Pray For Our Sinners’: Review
2022-10-20T13:16:00
Documentarian Sinead O’Shea explores the difficult history of Ireland’s religious abuses