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.
