SCREENING WEDNESDAY JANUARY 10 at the AMC ROLLING HILLS (7:00 p.m. and 7:15 p.m.)

SOLD OUT.

7 weeks before it opens in N.Y. and L.A.

Rated 98% on Rotten Tomatoes

Winner Sundance Grand Jury Prize, World Cinema and winner of Sundance Audience Award

Australia’s official selection for the 2024 Oscars

SHAYDA, a brave Iranian mother, finds refuge in an Australian women’s shelter with her six-year-old daughter. When her estranged husband re-enters their lives, Shayda’s path to freedom is jeopardized.

“Noora Niasari’s drama slowly builds into a thriller, and Ebrahimi’s enthralling performance coaxes us to lean in.” – Alissa Wilkinson, Vox

“One of the most masterful debuts of a filmmaker that I’ve seen in a long time.” – Claudia Puig, Filmweek (KPCC-NPR)

“Tension is skilfully sustained throughout and the drama has a pressurising effect, the air intensifying in a long, slow rise towards crescendo, Niasari never quite releasing the pressure valve and never taking the easy route.” – Luke Buckmaster, Guardian

Language: Persian (English subtitles)

Length: 1 hr. 55 min.