I am Adrian Bedeltavana, was born in 2000, in Iran.
I grew up most of my life in the city of Shiraz and lived about 20 years of my life there.
Growing up I always was a good kid, studious, more introverted and a bit shy. I loved reading books and still do like to read. I was a nerd in high school and always was good at math and science. But I remember that I spent my free time in my final year of high school, when I was tired of studying for the university entrance exam, watching the 250 IMDb best movies of all time. That was the time of my life, cinema was always my refuge, always. When I got tired of everything, work, school, and university, the best time I could have was to watch a great movie. That was when I realized I have a special connection with the movies and cinema. I have always wondered what makes a great movie great. I remember that my father brought a hard drive home on which one of his friends copied many of the cinemas’ masterpieces on it and I always liked to steal that hard drive and watch movies on it. I was about 10-12 but I really like the cinema and movies more than animations. But always as I was growing up, the cinema industry and working at that seemed an impossible achievement for me. Until when everything was about to change very quickly I went through a path that was more suitable to who I am, and a person I want to become. I chose Chemical Engineering as my major university, but wasn’t able to finish it. Many things happened during those years. I was lost in life, in a complete meaning that you can imagine. I didn’t like the subjects, couldn’t communicate to my professors, didn’t like the city of Tehran where my university was located, and was completely confused. As I started university I began to learn German, both because my main aim was to get out of the country and I liked Germany and its culture and I thought it would be a good place to build my life there (Although I haven’t had the opportunity to go there to this day). 1.5 years after starting the university, the Covid 19 happened and I had to come back to my home city Shiraz, I wasn’t focused at all on my studies. I completely abandoned everything related to engineering and explored other things like personal development, English language, psychology, and programming. And it took me another 1.5 years to finally quit one of the best universities you can attend in Iran in one of the best majors. I was disappointed, my parents were disappointed and only thanks to the covid I was able to hide it from everyone else and make an excuse of not going to university (What I did was a great taboo in my culture, and still to this day I sometimes find myself guilty and ashamed of doing it). But I know that wasn’t my path and I would have eventually not become an engineer although I love Science and Math, something was off. I spent all of the COVID time at home to recover from the predefined path of high school years that was supposed to make an engineer out of me. I had 0 hope that things get any better. And it was exactly in one of those down days that I couldn’t imagine anything could get worse, things started to get better. In the middle of nowhere, I find an opportunity to get out of the country and start living my dream life. I found a lawyer who could have helped me to get out of the country and come to Canada. So I came to Canada in 2022, in the beautiful city of Vancouver. I fell in love with this city. And still, to this day I love it so much. Since my junior year of university, I have been watching YouTube and it was and is the only Social Media platform that I like to be present on and helped me a lot. From small software /hardware tutorials to choosing my university and major. I was always wondering what it is like to have a channel and make YouTube videos. To film your life and vlog the most important things around you. Finally, in 2024, I decided to buy a good camera (Sony FX30) and shoot videos. I didn’t know most of the things and eventually picked up stuff from a YouTube search on how to actually cameras work what is exposure and what matters. I want to invest in this path and move forward. Buy gears, learn more and more about photography and cinemaphotography, and build and develop my skillsets, as finally be able to have my dream career in this field, It is a big name and I don’t know if I deserve it or would have ever reach this, but just imagine calling myself a Cinemaphotographer, that would be more than a dream to achieve.
This is my story and I want to give a chance to myself to try filmmaking. Who doesn’t like filmmaking? Who is not wondering with all of the Hollywood magic? I want to do it. If there is only one day left of my life. I want to learn photography, filmmaking, storytelling, and creating art.
What are my unfair advantages?
- Analytical and Systems Thinker
- Visionary
- Ambisious