Born to Iranian parent, Ramin Bahrani has eloquently told the story of US immigrants in films such as Chop Shop (2007) and Goodbye Solo (2008), and was hailed as ‘director of the decade' by film authority Roger Ebert.

In conversation with Bert Rebhandl, Bahrani discusses the ‘neo' in 'Neo-Neo Rrealism', and how the limits of the documentary form can be pushed.