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Maintenant et ici

Maintenant et ici

Painting becomes memory; memory becomes the frame.

2021 · Documentary

An intimate portrait of the Franco-Iranian painter Davoud Ghanbariha, filmed in the outskirts of Paris. Through a dialogue between his voice and his paintings, Maintenant et ici explores memory, exile, and the act of creation as a fragile bridge between past and present.

Directed by Amirhossein Beik

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