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New Iranian Cinema
Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode explore new Iranian cinema and its global impact on cinema culture.
Mark speaks to director Babak Anvari about his films and how Iranian cinema came to have such a huge impact of film culture.
Producer: Artemis Irvine
A Prospect Street production for BBC Radio 4
On radio
Fri 30 Jan 202619:15
BBC Radio 4
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- Fri 30 Jan 202619:15BBC Radio 4
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