Roy – A Koi Story
Fri 13 Nov, 21:00Diverse Short Film Programme
- Director
- Janina Lisa Dötterl
- Country
- Germany
- Year
- 2026
- Running time
- 25 Min.
- Language
- German
Director and team in attendance
To finally bring notorious drug lord Emilio Vazdez to justice, a young detective must resort to unconventional investigative methods – and begins interrogating Vazdez’s koi carp.
Janina Lisa Dötterl
Janina Lisa Dötterl was born in 1992 in Weiden in der Oberpfalz, Germany. In 2016, she graduated from the Athanor Academy of Performing Arts, where she studied acting for theatre, film, and television, earning a state-recognized qualification. Since then, she has worked throughout Germany as an actress and singer.
Her artistic repertoire ranges from comedies such as Neil Simon’s The Odd Couple to challenging productions such as Mein Kampf and Lampedusa. During her engagements at the Munich Theatre for Children and the Landestheater Dinkelsbühl, she demonstrated her versatility as a performer. In 2022, she received the Theatre Award of the Fränkische Landeszeitung in recognition of her outstanding acting performance.
In 2024, she made her debut as a film director and screenwriter with the short film Biergula. Her latest short film, Roy – A Koi Story, celebrates its world premiere at the BEYOND Festival.