PAST FUTURE CONTINUOUS

RUSSIAN PREMIERE

ABOUT THE FILM

At twenty, Maryam fled Iran hidden in a sheepskin. Decades later, now living in the U.S., she remains tethered to the home she can no longer return to. Through surveillance cameras installed in her elderly parents’ house, flickering video feeds become her only window into a world left behind.

DIRECTOR

DIRECTORS

MORTEZA AHMADVAND

Morteza Ahmadvand is a Tehran-based multimedia artist and filmmaker, born in Iran. He holds a Master’s degree in Painting from the University of Tehran. Trained in painting and sculpture, his early practice evolved into video and installation art. Over the past decade, his work has explored the intersection of visual art and cinema, addressing themes such as identity, memory, and cultural coexistence. His video installation Flight is part of the permanent collection at the Musée Georges Pompidou in Paris. In 2020, he served as the artistic director of Radiography of a Family. His video installation Becoming was presented at the 2019 Venice Biennale.

FIROUZEH KHOSROVANI

Firouzeh Khosrovani, born in Tehran, graduated from Milan’s Brera Academy of Fine Arts in 2002. Back in Iran, she earned a Master’s in Journalism. Her filmmaking journey began in 2004 with Life Train. In 2007, she directed Rough Cut, which won 13 international awards. Her 2008 video installation Cutting Off was exhibited at the Triennale di Milano. She contributed to international collective films, including Archivio a Oriente (2012), produced by Asiatica Film Mediale and Istituto Luce. Her acclaimed Radiograph of a Family (2020) won 34 awards, including two at IDFA. In 2022, she became a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.