Shayda

Shayda Movie Details:

Country	Australia
Language	English, Persian
Genre	Drama
Release date	19 January 2023 (Sundance) 5 October 2023 (Australia)
Running time	1hr 57min
Age rating	PG-13
Starring	Zar Amir Ebrahimi Osamah Sami Mojean Aria Jillian Nguyen Rina Mousavi Selina Zahednia Leah Purcell
Directed by	Noora Niasari
Written by	Noora Niasari
Produced by	Vincent Sheehan Noora Niasari
Cinematography by	Sherwin Akbarzadeh
Edited by	Elika Rezaee
Production Company	Origma 45 The 51 Fund HanWay Films Dirty Films Parandeh Pictures
Distributor	Madman Films

Shayda Movie Cast & Characters:

• Zar Amir Ebrahimi as Shayda
• Selina Zahednia as Mona
• Osamah Sami as Hossein
• Leah Purcell as Joyce
• Mojean Aria as Farhad
• Jillian Nguyen as Vi
• Rina Mousavi as Elly
• Eve Morey as Lara
• Lucinda Armstrong Hall as Renee
• Bev Killick as Cathy
• Jerome Meyer as Pierre

Storyline:

It is the story of a young Iranian mother and her six-year-old daughter who find refuge in an Australian women’s shelter during the two weeks of Iranian New Year (Nowrooz) which is celebrated as a time of renewal and rebirth. Aided by the strong community of women at the refuge they seek their freedom in this new world of possibilities, only to find themselves facing the violence they tried so hard to escape.

Shayda Movie Budget & Box Office Collection:

Worldwide Collection

$286,496

About Shayda Movie:

Shayda is an Australian drama film written, directed, and co-produced by Noora Niasari. The film stars Zar Amir Ebrahimi, Osamah Sami, Mojean Aria, Jillian Nguyen, Rina Mousavi, Selina Zahednia, and Leah Purcell.

Shayda had its World Premiere at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival on 19 January 2023, where it won the Audience Award in the World Cinema Dramatic competition.

In August 2023, it was screened as the opening film in the Melbourne International Film Festival for its Australian premiere, and it closed the Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland. It is also scheduled for screening at the Toronto International Film Festival in September.

It was also invited at the 28th Busan International Film Festival in ‘Flash Forward’ section and was screened on 8 October 2023.

It was scheduled to be released in cinemas in Australia by Madman Films on 28 September 2023, before it was released by a week later on 5 October 2023.

Shayda won the CinefestOZ Film Prize Western Australia in September 2023, worth A$100,000. The prize is the largest cash film prize in Australia, and one of the largest in the world.