One of our most anticipated titles out of Sundance 2023 has found a home following its world premiere at the fest, where it took home the Audience Award in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition. Sony Pictures Classics has landed rights to “Shayda,” Noora Niasari’s feature debut. A press release announced the news.
Counting Cate Blanchett among its exec producers, “Shayda” follows an Iranian woman living in Australia who “finds refuge in a women’s shelter with her six-year-old daughter, Mona. Having fled her husband, Hossein, and filed for divorce, Shayda struggles to maintain normalcy and create a new home for Mona. Buoyed by the approach of Nowruz (Persian New Year), Shayda