Roya (2026)

Director: Mahnaz Mohammadi

Cast: Melisa Sözen, Maryam Palizban, Hadmidreza Djavdan, Mohammad Ali Hosseinalipour, Bacho Meburishvili

Roya, a schoolteacher held in Tehran’s Evin Prison for her political convictions, must decide between delivering a coerced televised confession or staying trapped inside her three-square-meter cell. As memory and reality blur, shifting between timelines, she journeys through the landscapes of her mind and the raw textures of her existence.