Shayda
A love letter to mothers and daughters everywhere
118 mins
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.
Selina Zahednia
Mona
Bev Killick
Cathy
Eve Morey
Lara
Alanna Ha Quach
Jill
Avina Ha Quach
Jenny
Luka Sero
Tobias
Shayan Askari
Parviz
Zohreh Farid
Maryam
Tina Khabazian
Mrs Bagheri
Asal Daram
Roya
Lindsay Lanzillotta
Executive Producer
Vincent Sheehan
Producer
Nivedita Kulkarni
Executive Producer
Andrew Upton
Executive Producer
Coco Francini
Executive Producer
Lois Scott
Executive Producer
Kate Dean
Music Supervisor
Mandi Bialek-Wester
Art Direction
James Short
First Assistant Director
Selena Pertzel
Hair Department Head
Matthew Rooke
Second Assistant Director
Selena Pertzel
Makeup Department Head
Lynne Vincent McCarthy
Script Editor
Guy Strachan
Script Supervisor
Livia Ruzic
Sound Designer
Josephine Wagstaff
Production Design
Keith Thomas
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Zohie Castellano
Costume Designer
Peter J. Bennett
Assistant Editor
Lynne Butler
Sound Recordist
Keiran Watson-Bonnice
Second Unit Director
Helen Magelaki
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Justin Lloyd
Dialogue Editor
Elika Rezaee
Editor
Sherwin Akbarzadeh
Director of Photography