All articles by Allan Hunter – Page 12
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Reviews‘The Mission’: Sundance Review
Intriguing, respectful documentary follows American Mormons on their mission to Finland
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Reviews‘You Won’t Be Alone’: Sundance Review
Startling feature debut from Goran Stolevski carries all the magic of its witch protagonist
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Reviews‘Fresh’: Sundance Review
Mimi Cave explores the dark side of modern dating in her visceral debut
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Reviews‘Lunana - A Yak In The Classroom’: Review
Global word-of-mouth lands Bhutanese debut a coveted spot on the Oscar shortlist for international feature
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FeaturesFilms of the year 2021: Allan Hunter
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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Reviews‘Broken Keys’: Red Sea Review
Jimmy Keyrouz’s impressive debut feature chronicles the horrors of war-torn Syria
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Reviews‘Zero To Hero’: Review
Hong Kong Paralympian So Wa Wai’s inspirational story is turned into an unabashed tearjerker
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Reviews‘Abu Saddam’: Cairo Review
A veteran trucker and his assistant deliver a powerful portrayal of toxic masculinity for Egyptian director and co-writer Nadine Khan
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Reviews‘Heliopolis’: Review
Algeria’s International Oscar submission chronicles the nation’s long struggle for independence
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Reviews‘Do Not Hesitate’: Review
Young soldiers get in over their head in Shariff Korver’s slow-burning tale
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Reviews‘Bad Roads’: Review
Natalya Vorozhbit adapts her own play for this anguished look at recent Ukrainian history
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Reviews‘Io Sto Bene’: Review
Luxembourg’s official entry for the International Feature Oscar is an understated melodrama that blends past and present
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Reviews‘Whispers Of War’: Thessaloniki Review
A Kurdish man living in Berlin must reconnect with his past in this absorbing drama
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Reviews‘Doineann’: Belfast Review
An Irish-language mystery full of twists and an excellent turn by Brid Brennan
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Reviews‘Fire In The Mountains’: Belfast Review
A warmhearted, unsentimental portrait of a struggling family in the foothills of the Himalayas
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Reviews‘Equatorial Constellations’: Doclisboa Review
Impressionistic documentary examines the humanitarian response to the civil war between Nigeria and Biafra during the 1960s
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Reviews‘The Dance’: London Review
An immersive, rousing look behind the scenes of the acclaimed production ‘Mam’
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Reviews‘The First Wave’: London Review
Documentarian Matthew Heineman chronicles a New York hospital’s Covid response during the early months of the pandemic
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Reviews‘Memoryland’: Busan Review
Kim Quy Bui’s beautifully composed sophomore feature explores attitudes about death in Vietnam
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Reviews‘House Of Time’: Busan Review
Covid-inspired, ’Groundhog Day’-style supernatural drama finds a doctor trapped in a house with three generations of women