All articles by Allan Hunter – Page 16
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‘Sundays’: Thessaloniki Review
A filmmaker tries to understand what prompted her seemingly perfect father to leave the priesthood
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‘Amor Fati’: Visions du Réel Review
A cinematic essay looks at the concept of soulmates – two sides of the same coin
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‘Sapelo’: Visions du Réel Review
An island on America’s Atlantic Coast is the setting for Nick Brandestini’s involving documentary
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‘Oceonomia’: CPH:DOX Review
A disturbingly timely look at questions of modern economics - which often can’t be answered
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‘Songs Of Repression’: CPH:DOX Review
Winner of the festival’s top prize is an illuminating look at the troubled history of tranquil Chilean village
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‘Long Live Love’: CPH:DOX Review
The relationship between a mother and her daughter evolves as the teenager recovers from cancer
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‘Sleep’: Berlin Review
Sandra Huller stars in this challenging horror that tackles the ghosts of Germany’s past
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‘Father’: Review
A father undertakes an odyssey across Serbia to be reuinted with his children
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‘Epicentro’: Sundance Review
This tender portrait of Cuba is the winner of the world documentary competition at Sundance
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‘Exil’: Sundance Review
Paranoia and racism combine in Visar Morina’s unsettling feature about a Kosovan immigrant in Germany
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‘La Leyenda Negra’: Sundance Review
An El Salvadorian immigrant struggles to fit in at her new LA school
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‘Yalda, A Night For Forgiveness’: Sundance Review
Iranian filmmaker Massoud Bakhshi focuses on one woman to highlight wider issues within a patriarchal society
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‘The Mole Agent’: Sundance Review
Charming documentary in which an 83-year-old man goes undercover in a Chilean care home
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‘This Is Not A Burial, It’s A Resurrection’: Sundance Review
A striking debut from Lesotho made under Venice’s Biennale College initiative
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Features
Films of the year 2019: Allan Hunter
Hunter has worked for Screen since 1990. He is based in Edinburgh, and is also co-director of Glasgow Film Festival.
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‘The Garden Left Behind’: Review
A young immigrant trans woman and her grandmother navigate their life in New York City
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‘Motel Acacia’: Tokyo Review
A Fililpino motel houses an ancient demon in Bradley Liew’s ambitious yet haphazard creature feature