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Am I not in a foreign type of film? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

animation

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'type of film?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't see how they can define each other.

'am i not in a foreign' is the wordplay.
'foreign' indicates anagramming the letters (foreign order of the letters).
'am'+'i'+'not'+'in'+'a'='aminotina'
'aminotina' is an anagram of 'ANIMATION'.

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(Other definitions for animation that I've seen before include "Film technique; lively state" , "Art of cartoon making" , "Being full of energy" , "Liveliness and enthusiasm" , "Making of cartoons" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times and The Times.
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