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Discovery terms: 2000s animation, animated typography, calligraphy, 3d cgi, 2d digital animation, persian poetry, iranian culture, language, poetry film, filmmaker, animator

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**The Tongue of the Hidden** a film by David Alexander Anderson

in production

### production material

#### reference images

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![Illustration by Jila Peacock on the front cover of her book <em>Ten Poems from Hafez</em>](https://animate.org.uk/films/downloads/animate_tongueofthehidden_book_illustration01.jpg)
Illustration by Jila Peacock on the front cover of her book *Ten Poems from Hafez*
The paperback version of the original limited handprint edition of Jila Peacock’s book *Ten Poems from Hafez* is published by and available from [Sylph Editions](http://www.sylpheditions.com/hafez.html).

**The Tongue of the Hidden** film, stills and other materials © David Alexander Anderson 2006