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  • 2023
  • PG-13
  • Sony Pictures Classics
  • 1 h 57 m
  • 2023
  • PG-13
  • Sony Pictures Classics
  • 1 h 57 m

Summary Shayda (Zar Amir Ebrahimi), 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 jeopardized.

Directed By: Noora Niasari

Written By: Noora Niasari

  • 2023
  • PG-13
  • Sony Pictures Classics
  • 1 h 57 m
  • 2023
  • PG-13
  • Sony Pictures Classics
  • 1 h 57 m

Shayda

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 16 Critic Reviews
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Summary Shayda (Zar Amir Ebrahimi), 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 jeopardized.

Directed By: Noora Niasari

Written By: Noora Niasari

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100
Mar 21, 2024
Both a horror story about domestic abuse and a love-letter to the mother-daughter relationship, Shayda is an award-winning first feature about female agency from writer-director Noora Niasari.
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83
Feb 9, 2023
Throughout all of it, Ebrahimi gives a performance that, even in immense isolation, tells a whole story on its own and leaves a lingering impression long after the film itself comes to a close.
By Chase Hutchinson FULL REVIEW
80
Jan 19, 2024
Amir Ebrahimi gives a remarkable performance that’s a smart mixture of fiery and openhearted.
By Tim Grierson FULL REVIEW
78
Mar 25, 2024
It’s an understated performance in many ways, but in those quiet moments, whether it be a new haircut or a tapping foot, Ebrahimi provides an astonishing education of what it means to be a woman fleeing an abusive relationship.
By Richard Whittaker FULL REVIEW
75
Mar 6, 2024
Shayda could have been a horror story. Instead, it’s a survivor’s tale, and it’s suffused with gratitude and love.
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63
Mar 25, 2024
Ebrahimi, dogged and fierce in “Holy Spider,” carries the picture by simply humanizing a character who could be Anywoman facing this sort of crisis in a foreign land, or a home country that disregards women’s rights.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
50
Dec 1, 2023
Sensitive as the film is, it might be most effective to those who haven’t sat through scores of iterations of what has come to be known as the Sundance Film.
By Kyle Smith FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Dirty Films, HanWay Films, Screen Australia, The 51 Fund
Release Date Dec 1, 2023
Duration 1 h 57 m
Rating PG-13
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Awards

Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards
• 1 Win & 9 Nominations
Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards
• 2 Wins & 5 Nominations
Sundance Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

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