RADIOGRAPH OF A FAMILY
Firouzeh Khosrovani | Norway, Iran, Switzerland 2020 | 81 Min. | OmeU
14.05. | 7pm
De France, Saal 2 | TICKETS
15.05. & 16.05. | ONLINE | WATCH ONLINE (available from 15.05.)
MASTERCLASS with Firouzeh Khosrovani | 14.05. | 3–5pm
Austrian Premiere
In presence of Firouzeh Khosrovani
Firouzeh Khosrovani’s father studied medicine in Geneva. On a visit home, he married her mother, who accompanied him to Switzerland but never really settled in. When the two return to Iran, a rift runs through the family. While the father remains true to his western-oriented lifestyle, her mother becomes more and more radicalised in the Islamic Revolution and eventually makes a career in politics.
Using historical and family archival material and current images, Khosrovani creates an audiovisual collage that explores her family history, concluding: “I am the product of Iran’s endless struggle between traditionalism and modernisation.”
Director: Firouzeh Khosrovani
Script: Firouzeh Khosrovani
Camera: Mohammad Reza Jahanpanah
Editing: Farahnaz Sharifi, Rainer Maria Trinkler, Jila Apachi
Sound: Alireza Nekulal
Sound design: Ensieh Maliki, Hugo Ekornes
Music: Peyman Yazdanian
Art director: Morteza Ahmadvand
Producers: Fabien Greenberg, Bård Kjøge Rønning
Co-Producers: Rainy Pictures, Majid Barzegar, Firouzeh Khosrovani, Joël Jent, Janne Hjeltnes
Production company: Antipode Films
AWARDS
Beeld en Geluid ReFrame Award for best creative use of archive (IDFA 2020, Netherlands)
Audience Award (Films From The South 2020, Norway)
Winner of the International Competition (This Human World 2021, Austria)
Ahmed Attia Award for the Dialogue of Cultures (Medimed Doc Market 2021,Tunisia)
Cinema-Rescat Award (Memorimage Festival Internacional De cinema Reus 2021, Spain)
Special Mention (West Lake International Documentary Festival 2021, China)
Jury Award (Austin Asian American Film Festival 2021, United States)
Best Film (MakeDox Creative Documentary FF 2021, Macedonia)
Amnesty International Award (IndieLisboa 2021, Portugal)
Jury award for best director (Independent Fest of Cinema 2021, Iran)
Special Mention (Shorts International Film Festival 2021, Italy)
Special Mention (Films Femmes Méditerranée Marseille 2021, France)
Movies That Matter Award (Zagreb Dox 2021, Croatia)
SCREENINGS
IDFA 2020 (world premiere, Feature Length Documentary Competition), Netherlands
Films From The South 2020, Norway
FIPADOC Biarritz 2021 (International Competition), France
Göteborg Film Festival 2021 (Nordic Documentary Competition), Sweden
DocPoint Tallinn 2021, Estonia
DocPoint Helsinki 2021, Finland
Thessaloniki IDFF 2021 (TopDocs), Greece
Sofia IFF 2021, Bulgaria
San Francisco IFF 2021 (Golden Gate Awards Competition), United States
Las Palmas IFF 2021 (Official competition), Spain
DocLands 2021, United States
Hádoc Film Festival 2021, Portugal
Hong Kong IFF 2021, Hong Kong
Jeonju Film Festival 2021 (Frontline), South Korea
DOK.fest München 2021, Germany
This Human World 2021 (International Competition), Austria
Memorimage Festival Internacional De cinema Reus 2021, Spain
West Lake International Documentary Festival 2021, China
Austin Asian American Film Festival 2021, United States
MakeDox Creative Documentary FF 2021, Macedonia
IndieLisboa 2021, Portugal
Independent Fest of Cinema 2021, Iran
Shorts International Film Festival 2021, Italy
Films Femmes Méditerranée Marseille 2021, France
Zagreb Dox 2021, Croatia
BIOGRAPHY
Born in Tehran, Firouzeh Khosrovani settled in Italy to pursue her artistic studies at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera. After graduating in 2002 she returned to Iran and acquired her Master’s degree in Journalism. She now lives between Tehran and Rome.
Her debut film, LIFE TRAIN (2004), is a documentary on the ‘play’ therapy provided for the traumatized children of the earthquake in Bam.
In 2007, she directed ROUGH CUT, a film about mutilated plastic mannequins in the shop windows of Tehran, which won thirteen international film festival awards.
Her last work, FEST OF DUTY, follows two adolescent girls as they transition into adulthood, eight years after their official Fest of Duty. The film won the OXFAM award at IDFA in 2014.
FILMOGRAPHY
RADIOGRAPH OF A FAMILY (2020)
FEST OF DUTY (2014)
PROFESSION: DOCUMENTARIST (2014)
IRAN, UNVEILED AND VEILED AGAIN (2012)
ESPELHO MEU (2011)
A THOUSAND AND ONE IRANS (2010)
ROUGH CUT (2007)
LIFE TRAIN (2004)
