Allan Hunter

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Czech debut from Zuzana Kirchnerova is born from her own personal experience and her Cinefondation-winning short Source: Cannes International Film Festival Dir: Zuzana Kirchnerova. Czech Republic/Slovakia/Italy. 2025. 103 mins The burden of care is all-consuming in Caravan. Zuzana Kirchnerova’s accomplished debut feature charts the bond between a weary mother and her disabled son as they embark on a liberating road trip.

2 weeks ago | screendaily.com | Allan Hunter

Theodore Pellin won the Critics’ Week Rising Star Award for his ‘soulful’ performance in Pauline Loques’ debut feature Source: Cannes International Film Festival Dir/scr: Pauline Loques. France. 2025. 97mins A bombshell medical diagnosis prompts a young man to reflect on life’s precious gifts in Nino, Pauline Loques’ delicately-handled debut feature which builds into a touching drama carried on a soulful, understated central performance from Theodore Pellerin.

2 weeks ago | screendaily.com | Allan Hunter

Alexe Poukine’s tonally-ambitious feature-length debut is balanced by a sensitive performance from Manon Clavel Source: Cannes International Film Festival Dir: Alexe Poukine. Belgium, France. 2025 110mins Necessity is the mother of reinvention in Kika. The first feature-length narrative from French-born, Belgium-based filmmaker Alexe Puokine follows a young social worker who takes desperate measures to remain solvent after her life is upended by tragedy.

2 weeks ago | screendaily.com | Allan Hunter

Morad Mostafa’s feature debut mixes drama and magical realism  Source: Cannes International Film Festival Dir: Morad Mostafa. Egypt/Sudan/Tunisia/Saudi Arabia/Qatar/France/Germany. 2025. 131mins A decent life is rendered impossible by the unconscionable demands of others in Aisha Can’t Fly Away, Morad Mostafa’s ambitious, slow-burning first feature which charts the ethical dilemmas facing a Sudanese careworker in Cairo.

2 weeks ago | screendaily.com | Allan Hunter

Alice Douard’s confident feature debut stars Mona Rumpf and Monia Chokri Source: Cannes International Film Festival Dir/scr: Alice Douard. France. 2025. 97mins The pressures on a French lesbian couple expecting their first child lie at the heart of Love Letters. Alice Douard’s sure-footed 2014-set debut feature paints the couple as pioneers in a country that has just legalised same sex marriage.