All articles by Allan Hunter
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Reviews‘Short Summer’ review: Delicate debut depicts a Russian childhood in the shadow of war
Nastia Korkia’s drama, set during the second Chechen war, plays Hamburg after winning Venice’s Lion of the Future award
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Reviews‘Seven O’Clock Breakfast Club For The Brokenhearted’ review: Seoul-set romance explores love and loss
Moving Busan Competition drama follows a young woman struggling to move on from a relationship
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Reviews‘Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale’ review: Change comes to the Abbey in nostalgic final hurrah
Director Simon Curtis and writer Julian Fellowes serve up a familiar formula of scandal and sentimentality
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Reviews‘On The Road’ review: Venice Horizons winner is taut, tender tale of gay Mexican drifter
Writer/director David Pablos sets his story in the ultra-masculine environment of Mexico’s trucking community
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Reviews‘Saipan’ review: Steve Coogan and Eanna Hardwicke are a dream team in real-life Irish football drama
Lisa Barros D’Sa and Glenn Leyburn explore the 2002 clash between Irish footballer Roy Keane and manager Mick McCarthy