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Shayda

Noora Niasari, Australia, 2023

Shayda, a brave Iranian mother, finds refuge in an Australian women’s shelter with her six-year-old daughter. Over Persian New Year, they take solace in Nowruz rituals and new beginnings, but when her estranged husband re-enters their lives, Shayda’s path to freedom is jeopardised.

Authentic, captivating, moving: based on her own childhood experiences, Iranian-Australian director Noora Niasari has created a powerful debut film, winning the Audience Award at the renowned Sundance Film Festival in 2023. Actress Zar Amir Ebrahimi, who gained international acclaim with her role in "Holy Spider", shines in the lead role.
Shayda, a brave Iranian mother, finds refuge in an Australian women’s shelter with her six-year-old daughter. Over Persian New Year, they take solace in Nowruz rituals and new beginnings, but when her estranged husband re-enters their lives, Shayda’s path to freedom is jeopardised.

Authentic, captivating, moving: based on her own childhood experiences, Iranian-Australian director Noora Niasari has created a powerful debut film, winning the Audience Award at the renowned Sundance Film Festival in 2023. Actress Zar Amir Ebrahimi, who gained international acclaim with her role in "Holy Spider", shines in the lead role.
Duration
117 minutes
Language
OV English/Farsi
Subtitles
German, French, English
Video Quality
1080p
Available in
Switzerland, Liechtenstein
Sweet Country
Warwick Thornton
Australia
113′
It’s 1929 on the vast, desert-like, Eastern Arrernte Nation lands that are now known as the Central Australian outback. Sam Kelly, a middle-aged Aboriginal man, works the land of a kind preacher, Fred Smith. After an ill-tempered bully arrives in town and Kelly kills him in self-defence, he and his wife go on the run as a posse gathers to hunt him down.
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