A young Iranian mother and her six-year-old daughter find refuge in an Australian women’s shelter in Shayda. Winner of the Audience Award for World Cinema (Dramatic) at Sundance 2023, the film opens in cinemas nationwide 26 October—and we’ve got in-season double passes to give away.
Here’s what it’s all about: An Iranian woman living in Australia, Shayda (Zar Amir Ebrahimi) finds refuge in a women’s shelter with her frightened six 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 (Persian New Year), she tries to forge a fresh start with new and unfettered freedoms. But when a judge grants Hossein visitation rights, he re-enters their life, stoking Shayda’s fear that he’ll attempt to take Mona back to Iran.
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