FILM TITLE

Shayda

18+

8th March 2024 | 09:00 PM
Stein Auditorium

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Image-Description
Country
Austraila
Genre

Thriller, Drama

Language
English, Farsi
Duration
117 mins
Director

Noora Niasari

Festival And Awards

Sundance Film Festival 2023 - Winner Audience Award; Official Entry of Australia for 96th Academy Awards; Australian Directors Guild Awards 2023 - Best Direction in a Feature Film; Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards 2024 - Nominated in 8 categories and Winner of Best Casting Award; Palm Springs International Film Festival 2023 - Nominee, FIPRESCI Prize for Best Foreign Language Film; Locarno International Film Festival 2023 - Nominee, Audience Award; IFFK 2023

Synopsis

Shayda, a brave Iranian mother, finds refuge in an Australian women’s shelter with her six-year-old daughter. Over Persian New Year, they take solace in Nowruz rituals and new beginnings, but when her estranged husband re-enters their lives, Shayda’s path to freedom is jeopardized.