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Shayda (2023)
Directed by Noora Niasari
Overview
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.
Length 118 minutes
Actors
Zahra Amir Ebrahimi | Selina Zahednia | Leah Purcell | Jillian Nguyen | Osamah Sami | Mojean Aria | Rina Mousavi | Lucinda Armstrong Hall | Bev Killick | Jack Bonser | Eve Morey | Alanna Ha Quach | Avina Ha Quach | Luka Sero | Shayan Askari | Zohreh Farid | Tina Khabazian | Asal Daram | Catherine Glavicic | Nicole Gulasekharam | Jerome Meyer