Roya backdrop

Roya

Directed by Mahnaz Mohammadi

Starring Melisa Sözen, Maryam Palizban

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.