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Rojda Sekersöz (born 25 December 1989) is a Swedish filmmaker of Kurdish descent. She is best known for directing "Young Royals" "and ". For the latter, she won a Guldbagge Newcomer Award. 
Early life and education.
Rojda Sekersöz was born 25 December 1989 in Stockholm. Her parents are from Kurdistan and she identifies as Kurdish. When she was ten, her family moved from Hallunda to Älvdalen in Dalarna to open a pizza restaurant. She wanted to become a director after being inspired by "Billy Elliot" (2000) and "The Believer" (2001) — films dealing with class issues and political themes. She moved back to Stockholm to attend a film program for upper secondary school at .
At 19, Sekersöz became the youngest person ever to be accepted to the directing program at the Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts. She graduated in 2012 with the short film "Jungfrufärden."
Career.
In 2017, she made her directorial debut with "", which received positive reviews from critics. It won the Church of Sweden's Film Prize, the Audience Dragon Award for Best Nordic Film, and the FIPRESCI Prize at the Norwegian International Film Festival. "Beyond Dreams" also won the Golden Leaf for Best Film at the Duhok International Film Festival, which is the most significant Kurdish film festival. It was also screened at Berlin Feminist Film Week. Sekersöz won the Guldbagge Newcomer Award as a result of her work on "Beyond Dreams." 
Her second film was "", an adaptation of Jonas Gardell's novel. The film premiered on 11 October 2019 at the Toronto Film Festival. Her direction was praised by Krister Uggeldahl in Hufvudstadsbladet.
In 2020, she directed ', an adaptation of the Finnish series '.
In 2020, it was announced that Sekersöz would be directing a Swedish coming-of-age series for Netflix. The first season of the series, eventually titled "Young Royals," premiered on 1 July 2021 to positive reviews. Sekersöz described it as being about the honor culture of the upper class, and "whether you get to choose your own life or not – who chooses for you?"
She directed Sweden's first TikTok series, "", which premiered in 2023.
She is directing "Skifet," a drama set in 1958 about the first female Swedish police officers. "Skifet" is expected to be released in the fall of 2025, and she is also directing an upcoming adaptation of 's novel "Will You Care If I Die?"
In addition to film and television, she directed a stage play titled "Skuldsanering" in 2017. Sekersöz is also a spoken word poet.