Coming Soon
Event Calendar
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Challengers (15)
Summer Term ’24: Parents & Wobblers (Monday)
Summer Term ’24: Chance to Dance
Summer Term ’24: Chance to Dance Flow
Summer Term ’24: Translucent Junior Dance
Event Search
- This event has passed.
Shayda (15) PREVIEW
March 16th 1:30 pm
Event Navigation
An Iranian woman in Australia attempts to cut her abusive husband out of her life and retain custody of their daughter.
At the start of Noora Niasari’s compelling drama, Nowruz, Persian New Year, 1995 is approaching. Shayda is trying to make it special for her daughter Mona, but it’s not easy – they are living in a women’s refuge. Shayda’s husband Hossein is due to finish his medical studies and return to Iran; she fears he will try to take Mona with him. With a quiet but powerful central performance by Zar Amir Ebrahimi, Shayda maintains tension throughout and there is personal resonance to this interrogation of domestic violence.
DIRECTOR: Noora Niasari
STARRING: Zar Amir Ebrahimi, Osamah Sami, Leah Purcell
AUSTRALIA
2023
1 HOUR 57 MINUTES
ENGLISH/PERSIAN + ENGLISH SUBTITLES
Preview courtesy of Vertigo Releasing
