A Woman Watches Her Parents Via Security Cameras in Her Childhood Home in ‘Past Future Continuous’ (Exclusive IDFA Trailer)

Home 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 program of the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) from Saturday.

The doc, for which Taskovski Films is handling sales, had its world premiere in Venice’s Giornate degli Autori, or Venice Days, lineup. Now, it has a new trailer, which THR can exclusively premiere.

“Maryam fled Iran 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,” reads a synopsis. “She 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.”

IDFA’s website promises a “moving,…