All articles by Allan Hunter – Page 14
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         Reviews Reviews‘Lunana - A Yak In The Classroom’: ReviewGlobal word-of-mouth lands Bhutanese debut a coveted spot on the Oscar shortlist for international feature 
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         Features FeaturesFilms of the year 2021: Allan HunterAllan 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 Reviews‘Broken Keys’: Red Sea ReviewJimmy Keyrouz’s impressive debut feature chronicles the horrors of war-torn Syria 
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         Reviews Reviews‘Zero To Hero’: ReviewHong Kong Paralympian So Wa Wai’s inspirational story is turned into an unabashed tearjerker 
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         Reviews Reviews‘Abu Saddam’: Cairo ReviewA 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 Reviews‘Heliopolis’: ReviewAlgeria’s International Oscar submission chronicles the nation’s long struggle for independence 
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         Reviews Reviews‘Do Not Hesitate’: ReviewYoung soldiers get in over their head in Shariff Korver’s slow-burning tale 
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         Reviews Reviews‘Bad Roads’: ReviewNatalya Vorozhbit adapts her own play for this anguished look at recent Ukrainian history 
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         Reviews Reviews‘Io Sto Bene’: ReviewLuxembourg’s official entry for the International Feature Oscar is an understated melodrama that blends past and present 
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         Reviews Reviews‘Whispers Of War’: Thessaloniki ReviewA Kurdish man living in Berlin must reconnect with his past in this absorbing drama 
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         Reviews Reviews‘Doineann’: Belfast ReviewAn Irish-language mystery full of twists and an excellent turn by Brid Brennan 
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         Reviews Reviews‘Fire In The Mountains’: Belfast ReviewA warmhearted, unsentimental portrait of a struggling family in the foothills of the Himalayas 
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         Reviews Reviews‘Equatorial Constellations’: Doclisboa ReviewImpressionistic documentary examines the humanitarian response to the civil war between Nigeria and Biafra during the 1960s 
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         Reviews Reviews‘The Dance’: London ReviewAn immersive, rousing look behind the scenes of the acclaimed production ‘Mam’ 
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         Reviews Reviews‘The First Wave’: London ReviewDocumentarian Matthew Heineman chronicles a New York hospital’s Covid response during the early months of the pandemic 
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         Reviews Reviews‘Memoryland’: Busan ReviewKim Quy Bui’s beautifully composed sophomore feature explores attitudes about death in Vietnam 
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         Reviews Reviews‘House Of Time’: Busan ReviewCovid-inspired, ’Groundhog Day’-style supernatural drama finds a doctor trapped in a house with three generations of women 
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         Reviews Reviews‘The Apartment With Two Women’: Busan ReviewKim Se-in’s unflinching debut chronicles a mother and daughter at war 
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         Reviews Reviews‘Asteroid’: Busan ReviewMehdi Hoseinivand Aalipour’s affectionate first film observes the tender bonds of one Iranian family 
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         Reviews Reviews‘Wolka’: Hamburg ReviewLate filmmaker Arni Olafur Asgeirsson delivers a flinty thriller set within a tight-knit Icelandic community 
 








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