Firouzeh Khosrovani, rojena v Teheranu, je študirala na Akademiji lepih umetnosti v Breri, Italiji. Po diplomi leta 2002 se je vrnila v Iran in magistrirala iz novinarstva. Od takrat je sodelovala s številnimi italijanskimi časopisi in revijami. Kot filmska ustvarjalka je debitirala leta 2004 z dokumentarnim filmom Life Train o psihoterapiji igre, ki je bila namenjena travmatiziranim otrokom v Bamu po uničujočem potresu. Leta 2007 je režirala Rough Cut, film o pohabljenih plastičnih manekenih v izložbah trgovin v Teheranu, ki je prejel trinajst nagrad na mednarodnih festivalih dokumentarnega filma. Leta 2008 se je na Milanskem trienalu predstavila z instalacijo in video umetniškim delom Cutting Off. Njen dokumentarni film 1001 Irans (2010) govori o podobi Irana zunaj njega. Leta 2011 je sodelovala s tremi režiserji s treh različnih celin pri španski produkciji o konceptu lepote in ženskega fizičnega videza, imenovani Espelho Meu, ki prejel nagrado za najboljši nacionalni dokumentarni film na Documenti v Madridu. Naslednje leto je režirala Iran, Unveiled and Veiled Again v produkciji Istituto Luce, Cinecittà v Rimu. Leta 2014 je sodelovala pri kolektivnem projektu Profession: Documentarist, filma v sedmih epizodah, ki ga je posnelo sedem iranskih režiserk. Njeno delo Fest of Duty govori o verskem obredu v Iranu, ki je namenjen vcepljanju islamskih prepričanj in vrednot v deklice, ko dopolnijo devet let. Dokumentarec spremlja dve mladostnici na prehodu v odraslo dobo, osem let po njihovem uradnem Prazniku dolžnosti. Je v zaključni fazi urejanja svojega novega projekta Radiografija družine, ki je lani sodeloval na delavnicah v rastlinjaku.

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I am the product of Iran’s struggle between secularism and the Islamic ideology. My parents’ love story takes us from the Shah era to the Islamic Revolution and the hardships during the Iran-Iraq War, up to the present day –all in our home in Tehran. In my childhood, I was constantly forced to choose between my parents; each day, I endured imposition from one side and acceptance from the other.

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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.Since then, she has contributed to, and collaborated with numerous Italian newspapers and magazines.She made her debut as a filmmaker in 2004 with Life Train, a documentary on the ‘play’ therapy provided for the traumatized children of Bam in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake.In 2007, she directed Rough Cut, a film about mutilated plastic mannequins in the shop windows of Tehran, whichwon thirteen international documentary film festival awards, followed in 2008 by Cutting Off, an installation and video art piecefor the Triennale di Milano. Her 1001 Irans (2010), was a documentary about the image of Iran,outside of Iran.In 2011, she collaborated with three directors from three different continentson a Spanish productionabout the concept of beauty and women’sphysical appearance, called Espelho Meu,which won the Best National Documentary award in Documenta Madrid. The next year, she directedIran, Unveiled and Veiled Again, produced by Istituto Luce, Cinecittà,in Rome.In 2014, she participated in a collective project,Profession: Documentarist,a film in seven episodes, made by seven Iranian womendirectors. Her work, Fest of Duty, is about a religious ceremony in Iran designed to instilIslamic beliefs and values intogirls,when they reach the age of nine.The documentary followstwo adolescent girls as they transition into adulthood, eight years after their official Fest of Duty.She is at the final stage of editing of her new project Radiograph of a Familythat took part in the Greenhouse workshops last year.