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Applause for Asian films at Cannes Festival

This might be the "best year ever" for Asian films at the Cannes Film Festival

This might be the "best year ever" for Asian films at the Cannes Film Festival, as Russian and French offerings flop. The exhibition Cities on the Move arrives at London's Hayward Gallery and curators Hou Hanru and Hans-Ulrich Obrist give listeners a guided tour. Plus, international initiatives to protect cultural sites during war; the new Star Wars film, The Phantom Menace, opens in USA.

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28 minutes

´óÏó´«Ã½ World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project