Shayda review – tense Australian-Iranian domestic abuse drama A woman is determined to create joy for her daughter while struggling to escape her violent husband in Noora Niasari’s assured debut The Guardian - UK · Jul 21, 2024
Boy Swallows Universe, The Tourist season two and Expats: what’s new to streaming in Australia in January Plus Jodie Foster in new True Detective, a documentary about the machinations of the Liberal party and big-budget war series Masters of the Air The Guardian - AU · Jan 1, 2024
From dystopian drama to heart-rending documentary: the 10 best Australian films of 2023 The punk horror of Talk to Me, the beauty of Shayda and the heartbreak of Man on Earth – it has been a cracker year The Guardian - AU · Dec 14, 2023
Shayda director Noora Niasari on family violence, Iranian liberation and taking her first film to the Oscars As a child, the Australian director fled family violence with her mother. Now she’s storming the global festival circuit with a movie about their past The Guardian - AU · Oct 1, 2023
Shayda review – an exciting new voice in Australian cinema has arrived Opening this year’s Melbourne international film festival, the Iranian-Australian director’s debut follows an Iranian mother and daughter as they seek refuge in an Australian women’s shelter The Guardian - AU · Aug 4, 2023
Melbourne international film festival 2023: 10 things to see and do, from BlackBerry to new Kelly Reichardt Plus Josh O’Connor as a grumpy archaeologist, Hugo Weaving as a scabby hermit, and a queer noir – all part of Miff’s 71st edition The Guardian - AU · Jul 11, 2023
Iranian Women Take Center Stage at Sundance Film Festival Movies by and about Iranian women took center stage at the Sundance film festival this weekend, as diaspora filmmakers reflected on female-led protests and the deadly challenges of censorship and resistance in their ancestral home. "Joonam," a documentary about a three-generation family of Iranian women now living in Vermont, and… Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 23, 2023