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Films // Coming up // Shayda (15)
22 August
Thursday
7:30pm

Shayda (15)

Dir. Noora Niasari | 2024 | 118 Mins | Persian with English Subtiles

An Iranian woman living in Australia, Shayda finds refuge in a women’s shelter with her frightened 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 (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.

Drawn from personal experiences, Iranian-Australian filmmaker Noora Niasari’s powerful debut feature is a beautifully crafted, poetic vérité portrayal of courage and compassion, anchored by a heart-rending performance by Zar Amir Ebrahimi (2022 Cannes’ best actress award winner for Holy Spider). Ebrahimi captures the vulnerability and confliction, but also the radiant soul of an Iranian woman who boldly reclaims her human rights: to divorce her husband, keep her child, and dress as she chooses.

This film is screened in collaboration with Falmouth & Penryn Welcome Refugees, see more information about them here: https://falmouthandpenrynwelcome.org/

Shayda (15)

Thursday 22nd August 7.30pm

Tickets: £8.00/£6.50/£6.00

A £1 Poly Fund payment is added to each ticket sold.

Please be aware films will start at the advertised time, we do not show adverts and usually show under 5 minutes of trailers. 

 

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