Shayda
An Iranian woman living in Australia, Shayda 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.
Genre: Drama
Director: Noora Niasari
Actors: Bev Killick, Jack Bonser, Jillian Nguyen, Leah Purcell, Lucinda Armstrong Hall, Mojean Aria, Osamah Sami, Rina Mousavi, Selina Zahednia, Zar Amir Ebrahimi