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ROYA

by Mahnaz Mohammadi

synopsis

Roya, an Iranian teacher imprisoned in Tehran’s Evin Prison for her political beliefs, is faced with a choice: make a forced televised confession or remain confined to her three-square-metre cell. As past and present slip out of sequence and exchange places, she moves between inner landscapes and lived experience. The film reveals how solitary confinement reshapes both perception and identity and makes the possibility of resistance increasingly fragile.

international title: Roya
original title: Roya
country: Germany, Czech Republic, Luxembourg, Iran
sales agent: Totem Films
year: 2026
genre: fiction
directed by: Mahnaz Mohammadi
film run: 92'
screenplay: Mahnaz Mohammadi
cast: Melisa Sözen, Maryam Palizban, Hamidreza Djavdan, Mohammad Ali Hosseinalipour, Bacho Meburishvili, Gholamhassan Taseiri
cinematography by: Ashkan Ashkani
film editing: Esmaeel Monsef
art director: Alborz Malekpour
costumes designer: Alborz Malekpour
music: Andrius Arutiunian
producer: Farzad Pak, Kaveh Farnam, Bady Minck, Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu
production: PakFilm, Europe Media Nest, Amour Fou Luxembourg, Filminiran (IR)

Photogallery 16/02/2026: Berlinale 2026 - Roya

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