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Shayda. ABC Friends fundraiser

Name: Shayda. ABC Friends fundraiser
Start: 2023-10-08T15:00:00.000+10:00
End: 2023-10-08T17:00:00.000+10:00
Location: Thornbury Picture House

Date

Sunday 8 October 2023 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM | (UTC+10)

Location

Thornbury Picture House

802 High St, Thornbury , Victoria, 3071

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About

Cannes Best Actress winner Zar Amir-Ebrahimi (Holy Spider, MIFF 2022) anchors this Sundance Audience Award–winning portrait of a mother seeking a new life for herself and her daughter.Shayda, 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 jeopardised.

Stay for a drink after the film.