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Firouzeh Khosrovani

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Firouzeh Khosrovani

Born January 1, 1971 · Tehran, Iran (age 55)

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…

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Radiograph of a FamilyRadiograph of a Family · 2020
Radiograph of a Family
★ 8.42020
MovieDocumentary
"Mother married a photo of Father," says director Firouzeh Khosrovani in the opening of this deeply personal documentary. She's not speaking metaphorically though. Her mother Tayi literally married a portrait of Hossein in Teheran -he was in Switzerland studying radiology and was unable to travel back to his homeland for the wedding. The event illustrates the abyss that still exists in their marriage: Hossein is a secular progressive and Tayi a devout, traditional Muslim.
Past Future ContinuousPast Future Continuous · 2025
Past Future Continuous
★ 7.82025
MovieDocumentary
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.
Fest of DutyFest of Duty · 2014
Fest of Duty
2014
MovieDocumentary
For Muslims, puberty begins at the age of nine, and from that moment on girls wear the hijab. What’s been happening in the lives of two Iranian girls since this important event?

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