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Shayda
Title:
Shayda
NFSA ID
1712762
Year
2023
Courtesy
Origma 45 Pty Limited
Featuring a semi-autobiographical script from writer and director Noor Niasari, the Australian feature film Shayda (2023) recounts the story of an Iranian immigrant, finding refuge from domestic violence in a suburban Melbourne women’s shelter.
Executively produced by Cate Blanchett, Shadya premiered at Sundance, opened the Melbourne International Film Festival and was selected as Australia’s International entry to the Academy Awards.
The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia acknowledges Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live and gives respect to their Elders both past and present.