Maya
2020, Persian. Directed by Jamshid Mojaddadi & Anson Hartford.
Daily life at Iran’s second biggest zoo is interrupted when Mohsen, the head keeper, takes Maya, his 4 year old Bengal tiger, to perform in a fiction film in the north of the country by the Caspian Sea which was once home to the now extinct caspian tiger. In between filming, Mohsen lets Maya off the leash and allows her to roam in this sparsely populated landscape – she is the first ‘free’ tiger in Iran in over 60 years. But instead of the perfect experience of the wild that Mohsen hopes it to be, the trip kickstarts a series of events that mark the end of Mohsen and Maya’s relationship and in the process reveals a much darker and more complex side to Mohsen and the Zoo in which Maya and the other animals are kept.
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Persian
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- Released
- 29 September 2020
- Country
- United Kingdom, Iran
- Written by
- Anson Hartford, Hugh Hartford
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How long is Maya?
Maya runs 86 minutes (1h 26m).
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Maya isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 29 September 2020. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
What movies are like Maya?
If you liked Maya, try S4: The Bob Lazar Story, To Kill a Tiger, Naqoyqatsi.
Who directed Maya?
Maya (2020) was directed by Jamshid Mojaddadi and Anson Hartford.