A Journey Through Iranian Cinema

A Journey Through Iranian Cinema is released on Typecast Films.It was shot last year while Mark Cousins was touring with Story Film :An Odyssey in UK.It is now available for rental through Typecast website.



Mark explores the impact of the films of Forough Farrokhzad, Abbas Kiarostami and the Makhmalbaf(s) have had on his life as filmmaker and film lover as he reminisces about the two trips he made from Scotland to Iran in his campervan.
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