Berlin, Feb 19, 2026 (AFP) - Iranians' resistance and double lives on screen in Berlin

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2026-02-19

Against the real-life backdrop of Iran's deadly crackdown on anti-government protests and threats of military action from the US, contributions from Iranian filmmakers at the Berlin Film Festival feel particularly timely. Government repression is tackled head-on in Mahnaz Mohammadi's "Roya", which follows the traces left on the psyche of the eponymous political prisoner by her time in Tehran's feared Evin prison. Mohammadi herself is no stranger......

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