Shayda
Drama
A love letter to mothers and daughters everywhere
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.
2023-09-28
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Cast
Director
Noora Niasari
Zar Amir Ebrahimi as Shayda
Leah Purcell as Joyce
Jillian Nguyen as Vi
Osamah Sami as Hossein
Mojean Aria as Farhad
Rina Mousavi as Elly
Lucinda Armstrong Hall as Renee
Jack Bonser as Night Club Member (uncredited)
Catherine Glavicic as Miranda
Nicole Gulasekharam as Deb
Jerome Meyer as Pierre
Phillip McInnes as Police Officer
Iopu Auva'a