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Yalda is a fully Iranian production, directed by Masoud Bakhshi and shot in Persian. It premiered internationally at Sundance and is produced in Iran with an entirely Iranian cast and crew.

Koja bebinam Yalda online?

You can watch Yalda Night Remix on K-Time — available on the web, TV, and phone with original Persian audio. No VPN needed, no extra download required, and you can cancel your membership anytime.

What is Shab-e Yalda and why does the film happen on that night?

Shab-e Yalda is the Persian winter solstice, the longest night of the year — a time of family, light, and poetry. The director sets the story on that night deliberately, contrasting its warmth and tradition with the film's brutal public reckoning.

Yalda Night Remix

Name: Yalda Night Remix
Genre: Drama, Family, Social
Released: 2022
Duration: 83 min
Cast: Fereshteh Hosseini, Bahram Afshar, Sadaf Asgari, Behnaz Jafari, Babak Karimi

Director: Masoud Bakhshi

Cast: Fereshteh Hosseini, Bahram Afshar, Sadaf Asgari, Behnaz Jafari, Babak Karimi

Yalda is a 2022 Iranian drama film directed by Masoud Bakhshi, built around a single night of live television in which a condemned young woman must appeal to the daughter of the man she killed — broadcasting every raw moment of guilt, grief, and survival to a national audience.

What is Yalda Night Remix about?

Maryam is on death row for the killing of her elderly husband, Nasser. On the longest night of the Iranian calendar — Yalda — she is brought before the cameras of a popular confessional TV show where the public watches live pardons play out in real time. The only person who can spare her life is Mona, the victim's daughter, herself a grieving young woman navigating inheritance, family pressure, and the weight of a nation watching. As the studio lights expose every flicker of emotion, both women are forced to reckon with who they are and what justice can possibly mean when grief, money, and spectacle collide.

Cast & crew

Director Masoud Bakhshi brings a sharp documentary sensibility to a claustrophobic studio setting. Fereshteh Hosseini commands every frame as Maryam, while Sadaf Asgari brings layered uncertainty to Mona's impossible position. Behnaz Jafari, Bahram Afshar, and Babak Karimi round out a cast of veteran Iranian stage and screen performers, each lending texture to the pressurized atmosphere.

Context & significance

Yalda Night Remix taps directly into a real Iranian television phenomenon: shows where condemned prisoners appear live before their victim's family and plead for a pardon. For diaspora viewers the film works on two levels — as a thriller with genuine stakes and as a deeply uncomfortable mirror held up to Iran's public justice rituals. The title anchors the story in Shab-e Yalda, the Persian winter solstice celebration that marks the longest and darkest night of the year, a night families traditionally gather to read Hafez and share pomegranates. Bakhshi repurposes that imagery: warmth and reunion set against the coldest possible human reckoning. The film premiered at Sundance and earned international attention for its unflinching look at how spectacle, mercy, and social media pressure can intersect with life-and-death decisions.

Where & how to watch

Yalda Night Remix is available on K-Time with original Persian audio. No geo-blocking, no VPN required, and no extra download needed — stream directly on the web, your TV, or your phone. Cancel anytime.