Shayda

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.

• Noora NiasariWriter
• Noora NiasariDirector

• 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