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Film / 2023
Shayda
Directed by
Noora Niasari
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 …
The story
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 EbrahimiShayda
Selina ZahedniaMona
Leah PurcellJoyce
Jillian NguyenVi
Osamah SamiHossein
Mojean AriaFarhad
Rina MousaviElly
Lucinda Armstrong HallRenee
Bev KillickCathy
Jack BonserNight Club Member (uncredited)
Eve MoreyLara
Alanna Ha QuachJill
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Avina Ha QuachJenny
Luka SeroTobias
Shayan AskariParviz
Zohreh FaridMaryam
Tina KhabazianMrs Bagheri
Asal DaramRoya
Catherine GlavicicMiranda
Nicole GulasekharamDeb
Jerome MeyerPierre
Sepideh Fallah
Ghazal Ghazanfari
Oona lux Nelson-MooreBaby Dylan
Hannah MooreAnnabelle
Christopher Dimattina
Liam McCarthy
Tiana HogbenFemale Waiter
Fariborz PakzamirStall Owner
Marjan MesbahiShopkeeper
Kamran MotamediIranian Husband
Nasibeh IraniIranian Mother
Shaliz HosseiniIranian Wife
Aban QajarniaIranian Son
Rayan AridiDrummer
Behrouz HarvasiFire Jumper
Sarah HarvasiFire Jumper
Mustafa Amiri
Aurnab As-Saber
Faouzi Daghistani
Yazdaneh Galt
Elham Baghbani
Negin Emamgholi
Mohsen Panahi ErdiMr. Bagheri
Sabrina SanavandiBahar
Ehsan BayatfarReza
Zac Garmsiri
Nafiseh Hamidi
Mohsen Hashemnejad
Porsha Ghorbanpour
Forouzan Ghorbanpour
Phillip McInnesPolice Officer
Iopu Auva'a
Meleah Smedley
Michael Robins
Michael Robins
Silas James
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