Shayda
Shayda
Release: 2023-09-28
·Runtime: 118m
·★ 6.7
Drama
Shayda, a young Iranian woman living in Australia, finds refuge in a women’s shelter with her 6-year-old daughter, Mona. Having fled her husband, Hossein, and filed for divorce, Shayda struggles to maintain normalcy for Mona. Buoyed by the approach of Nowruz, she tries to forge a fresh start with new and unfettered freedoms. But when a judge grants Hossein visitation rights, he reenters their life, stoking Shayda’s fear that he’ll attempt to take Mona back to Iran.
Production Countries
Australia
United Kingdom
Production Companies
Dirty Films
Screen Australia
Origma 45
VicScreen
MIFF Premiere Fund
HanWay Films
The 51 Fund
Parandeh Pictures
Cast
Zar Amir Ebrahimi
as Shayda
Leah Purcell
as Joyce
Jillian Nguyen
as Vi
Osamah Sami
as Hossein
Mojean Aria
as Farhad
Rina Mousavi
as Elly
Lucinda Armstrong Hall
as Renee
Jack Bonser
as Night Club Member (uncredited)
Catherine Glavicic
as Miranda
Nicole Gulasekharam
as Deb
Jerome Meyer
as Pierre
Phillip McInnes
as Police Officer
Iopu Auva'a
