{"id":283190,"date":"2025-11-10T12:32:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T12:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/283190\/"},"modified":"2025-11-10T12:32:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T12:32:08","slug":"iran-documentary-past-future-continuous-gets-idfa-amsterdam-trailer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/283190\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Documentary ‘Past Future Continuous’ Gets IDFA Amsterdam Trailer"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tHome security camera footage forms the basis for Past Future Continuous, a documentary from directors Morteza Ahmadvand and Firouzeh Khosrovani that will screen in the Envision Competition<\/a> program of the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam<\/a>\u00a0(IDFA<\/a>) from Saturday.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe doc, for which Taskovski Films is handling sales, had its world premiere in Venice\u2019s Giornate degli Autori<\/a>, or Venice Days, lineup. Now, it has a new trailer, which THR can exclusively premiere.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cMaryam fled Iran<\/a> decades ago and settled in the United States. Her parents remained in Tehran. Now that they are growing older and political unrest is intensifying, she is concerned,\u201d reads a synopsis. \u201cShe persuades them to install security cameras in every room, so she can stay in direct contact with them from a distance. Maryam finds herself glued to this virtual connection, only now realizing how lonely they must have been all these years.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIDFA\u2019s website promises a \u201cmoving, tender, and philosophical film.\u201d The silent montage of security footage is intercut with childhood home videos as Maryam reflects on half a lifetime without her parents, growing up in Tehran, and why she can never return. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cPast Future Continuous\u00a0is inspired by the personal experiences of friends and family who left Iran seeking new lives abroad,\u201d say directors Ahmadvand and Khosrovani, who previously worked together on the 2020 film Radiograph of a Family. \u201cNearly every Iranian remaining in the country has considered leaving at some point, while some Iranians who have emigrated have longed to return.\u00a0Past Future Continuous\u00a0shifts focus from the act of leaving to the homes and land left behind \u2013 places that grow emptier over time. It reflects on the quiet loss of connection, the fading warmth of these spaces, and the enduring love that survives despite distance.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tWatch the trailer for Past Future Continuous for IDFA, which opens on Thursday, Nov. 13 and runs through Nov. 23, here.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Home security camera footage forms the basis for Past Future Continuous, a documentary from directors Morteza Ahmadvand and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":283191,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[88,149673,2091,801,206],"class_list":{"0":"post-283190","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-idfa","10":"tag-international","11":"tag-iran","12":"tag-movies"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=283190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283190\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/283191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}