Shayda

Drama | 2023-09-28 | Australia, United Kingdom

6.4 / 10

118 min.

A love letter to mothers and daughters everywhere

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.

Dirty Films

Screen Australia

Origma 45

VicScreen

MIFF Premiere Fund

HanWay Films

The 51 Fund

Parandeh Pictures