SHAYDA

By Noora NIASARI

UNITED TALENT AGENCY (UTA) - as SALES

Drama - Completed 2022


Festivals
& Awards

Sundance Film Festival 2023
World Cinema Dramatic Competition
    • Year of production
    • 2022
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • AUSTRALIA
    • Languages
    • FARSI, ENGLISH
    • Duration
    • 117 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Noora NIASARI
    • Synopsis
    • An Iranian woman living in Australia, Shayda finds refuge in a women’s shelter with her frightened six-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 (Persian New Year), 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.