Iran, Norway, Italy, 2025, 80 min., with English and Bulgarian subtitles, dir. Morteza Ahmadvand, Firouzeh Khosrovani
Maryam fled Iran at the age of twenty, wrapped in a sheepskin, hidden among a flock crossing the mountainous border between Iran and Turkey. The revolution had just triumphed. Her family decided to save her at any cost. Maryam left Iran and never returned. In Iran, with the help of her friends, Maryam installs surveillance cameras inthe house whereher parents still live: a flickering connection to the past, projected on a screen in herAmerican home.
Screenwriter: Firouzeh Khosrovani, Morteza Ahmadvand
DOP: Mohamad Hadadi
Music: Christophe Rezai
Production: Firouzeh Khosrovani for Fifi Film
Director’s Biography:
Morteza Ahmadvand is a multimedia artist and filmmaker based in Tehran, born in Khorramabad, Iran. He holds an MA in Painting from the University of Tehran. Over the past decade, his work has explored the intersection of visual art and cinema, engaging with themes such as identity, memory, and cultural coexistence
Born in Tehran, Firouzeh Khosrovani graduated from the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan in2002. Upon returning to Iran, she earned an MA in Journalism and collaborated with variousItalian newspapers and magazines. Her documentary career began in 2004with Life Train.In 2007, she directed Rough Cut, a documentary about mutilated mannequins in Tehran shopwindows, which won 13 international awards. In 2008, her video installation Cutting Off waspresented at the Triennale di Milano. In 2010, she directed 1001 Irans, exploring perceptions ofIran abroad.