Shayda
- Released on
- Runtime
- 118 mins
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.
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.
Cast
- Zar 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
- Sepideh Fallah
- Ghazal Ghazanfari
- Oona lux Nelson-Moore
- Hannah Moore
- Christopher Dimattina
- Liam McCarthy
- Tiana Hogben
- Fariborz Pakzamir
- Marjan Mesbahi
- Kamran Motamedi
- Nasibeh Irani
- Shaliz Hosseini
- Aban Qajarnia
- Rayan Aridi
- Behrouz Harvasi
- Sarah Harvasi
- Mustafa Amiri
- Aurnab As-Saber
- Faouzi Daghistani
- Yazdaneh Galt
- Elham Baghbani
- Negin Emamgholi
- Mohsen Panahi Erdi
- Sabrina Sanavandi
- Ehsan Bayatfar
- Zac Garmsiri
- Nafiseh Hamidi
- Mohsen Hashemnejad
- Porsha Ghorbanpour
- Forouzan Ghorbanpour
- Phillip McInnes
- Iopu Auva'a
- Meleah Smedley
- Michael Robins
- Michael Robins
- Silas James
Director
- Noora Niasari
Producers
- Vincent Sheehan
- Noora Niasari
