Allan Hunter
Reviews‘Out Laws’ review: Thoughtful doc explores the impact of colonial anti-gay laws in Namibia and beyond
The debut feature of filmmakers Lexi Powner and James Lewis premieres in BFI Flare
Reviews‘Psalms Of The People’ review: Affectionate portrait of Gaelic psalm singer Rob MacNeacail
Jack Archer’s film premieres at Glasgow Film Festival
Reviews‘Effi o Blaenau’ review: Leisa Gwenllian shines in Marc Evans’ somber Welsh-language drama
The adaptation of Gary Owen’s one-woman play ’Iphigenia In Splott’ premieres in Glasgow ahead of a UK release in June
Reviews‘Samanta Nobody’ review: A homeless girl struggles to make her way in muted Irish drama
Ciaran Creagh’s Dublin title stars newcomer Ruby Jean Lennon as the down-on-her-luck protagonist
Reviews‘Once Upon A Time In A Cinema’ review: Dublin opener is nostalgic drama set in 1980s Limerick
David Gleeson bases his feature on his own experiences growing up in a family of Irish cinema owners
Reviews‘Arru’ review: A reindeer herder fights to save her ancestral lands in bracing Indigenous debut
Elle Sofe Sara’s Sami Berlin Panorama drama is rooted in land, music and memory
Reviews‘Who Killed Alex Odeh?’ review: Fascinating doc re-examines 1985 assassination of Palestinian-American activist
Jason Osder and William Lafi Youmans’ film plays as a Berlin Special Screening after its Sundance premiere
Reviews‘Shame And Money’ review: Visar Morina follows ‘Exile’ with striking Kosovan social realist drama
A rural couple struggle with a move to the city in Morina’s Sundance World Cinema Dramatic title
Reviews‘All About The Money’ review: Astute study of wealth, ideology and influence in modern America
Sinead O’Shea follows ‘The Edna O’Brien Story’ with impactful portrait of radical US communist James ‘Fergie’ Chambers
Reviews‘One In A Million’ review: Compelling doc follows a Syrian refugee to a new life in Germany
Itab Azzam and Jack MacInnes followed Syrian adolescent Israa over 10 tumultuous years
Reviews‘Bedford Park’ review: Slow-burn, hopeful tale set in New Jersey’s Korean-American community
Stephanie Ahn’s poignant debut stars Moon Choi and Son Sukku
Reviews‘Hanging By A Wire’ review: Gripping docudrama follows real-life Himalayan cable car ordeal
Director Mohammed Ali Naqvi uses archive footage, interviews and dramatisations to tell remarkable true story of survival
FeaturesFilms of the year 2025: Allan Hunter
Allan Hunter has worked for Screen since 1990. He is based in Edinburgh and recently retired as co-director of Glasgow Film Festival
Reviews‘Barni’ review: A missing girl leads to new horizons in ambitious, sentimental Somali debut
Mohammed Sheikh’s feature follows the search for a missing child from a quiet Somali village to the big city
Reviews‘A Sad And Beautiful World’ review: Lebanon’s Oscar hopeful is appealing, soulful romance
The debut feature from Cyril Aris follows a Lebanese couple over three decades
Reviews‘Sophia’ review: Jessica Brown Findlay stars in Dhafer L’Abidine’s accessible Tunisian thriller
L’Abidine also stars in this workmanlike thriller, which premieres as a Marrakech Gala screening
Reviews‘First Light’ review: A nun wrestles with her faith in assured, precisely crafted Philippines-set debut
The confident first feature from Australian director James J Robinson plays Marrakech competition
Reviews‘Cotton Queen’ review: Thessaloniki winner is assured debut from Sudanese filmmaker Suzannah Mirghani
A young Sudanese woman fights for control of her own life in Mirghani’s village drama
Reviews‘To New Beginnings’ review: Paprika Steen-directed drama sees friendships unravel in Copenhagen
The Danish actor-turned director’s wry ensemble piece takes place at a New Year’s Eve party
Reviews‘Retreat’ review: A school for the deaf may not be all it appears in atmospheric UK thriller
The latest from UK filmmaker Ted Evans features a deaf principal cast and the use of British Sign Language