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76th Berlin International Film Festival – Berlinale 2026 -PANORAMA

«ROYA»
A film by Mahnaz Mohammadi

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Czech Republic - Luxembourg - Iran /2026 / 93min - Fiction

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Synopsis:
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.

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Director & Screenplay: Mahnaz Mohammadi
Cinematography: Ashkan Ashkani
Editing: Esmaeel Monsef
Music: Andrius Arutiunian
Sound Design: Ensieh Leyla Maleki
Production Design: Alborz Malekpour
Costumes: Alborz Malekpour
Make-Up: Mahsan Khodakarami
Casting: Mahnaz Mohammadi
Producers: Farzad Pak, Kaveh Farnam, Bady Minck, Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu
Executive Producers: Melisa Sözen, Farzad Pak.
World Sales: Totem Films . Paris, France

Actors:
Melisa Sözen (Roya)
Maryam Palizban (Samira)
Hamidreza Djavdan (Father)
Mohammad Ali Hosseinalipour (Interrogator)
Bacho Meburishvili (Doctor)
Gholamhassan Taseiri (Haji)

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Screening Dates at 76th Berlinale Film Festival - 2026 :
-Sat.14.Feb.2026 - At 10:50 AM - Cubix 7 (Screening for press and industry professionals | With accreditation only
-Wed. 18.Feb.2026 - At 21:30 PM – Urania
-Thu-19.Feb.2026 -At 10:00 AM - Cubix 9 (Collect)
-Fri-20.Feb.2026 -At 19:00 PM - Cubix 7
-Sat-21.Feb.2026 – At 10:15 AM – Colosseum 1
-Sun-22.Feb.2026- At 10:00 AM -Cubix9

Link:
https://www.berlinale.de/en/2026/programme/202604675.html

Big news! 🎉 Our film Revolution 3.0 has been selected for this year’s Press Play Prague Festival.
http://pressplayprague.cz/

👉 Screening details:
📅 Thursday, October 9, 18:30
+ Saturday, October 11, 15:30
📍 Atlas Cinema

You can also look forward to a Q&A with our Gabriela on Thursday.

We would be delighted to see you there and to stand together in support of freedom of speech and independent journalism. Come join us! 🎥📹📷✒️🎬

Thank you Institute of Documentary Film and MakeDox that we could be part of this great event 😍