

Festival Season:
October 2025
BELIEF

Directors:
Writers:
Parsa Yousef
Parsa Yousef
Producers:
Parsa Yousef, Zaval Theater And Cinema Group
Run Time:
0:17:19
Awarded for the following Category(s):
Awarded Category(s)
Roya is an artist whose life, along with her partner’s, has been overshadowed by cancer. She decides to surrender herself to the world of her paintings in search of liberation.

Submitter Statement
“I was forced to make this film with the lowest possible budget, simply to show the hidden world within an artist’s life — how, over time, they slowly become a reflection of that world, with no escape from it.”
Parsa Yousef (born in 2001) is an Iranian writer, director, and actor. He is currently pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Acting. With experience performing in various independent student festivals across Iran, he is recognized as a creative and active young artist. Parsa is a member of the theater groups Saye Iranian Theatre and ZAVAL, and his artistic focus lies in producing experimental and independent performance works
Key Cast
Parsa Yousef, Mahsa Ghasmi, Helma Hosseini
Parsa Yousef "Forood"
Mahsa Ghasmi"Roya"
Helma Hosseini "Child Roya"
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