Cinetrā
Cinetrā
Cinetrā
A love letter to mothers and daughters everywhere
Shayda, a young Iranian woman living in Australia, finds refuge in a women’s shelter with her 6-year-old daughter, Mona. Having fled her husband, Hossein, and filed for divorce, Shayda struggles to maintain normalcy for Mona. Buoyed by the approach of Nowruz, she tries to forge a fresh start with new and unfettered freedoms. But when a judge grants Hossein visitation rights, he reenters their life, stoking Shayda’s fear that he’ll attempt to take Mona back to Iran.
Melbourne International Film Festival 2023
Locarno International Film Festival 2023
Toronto International Film Festival 2023
Cast: Zar Amir Ebrahimi, Selina Zahednia, Leah Purcell, Jillian Nguyen, Osamah Sami, Mojean Aria, Rina Mousavi, Lucinda Armstrong Hall, Bev Killick, Jack Bonser, Eve Morey, Alanna Ha Quach, Avina Ha Quach, Luka Sero, Shayan Askari, Zohreh Farid, Tina Khabazian, Asal Daram, Catherine Glavicic, Nicole Gulasekharam
Writer: Noora Niasari (Writer)
Cinematographer: Sherwin Akbarzadeh
Production Designer: Mandi Bialek-Wester, Josephine Wagstaff
Editor: Elika Rezaee
Sound Designer: Livia Ruzic
Costume Designer: Zohie Castellano
Casting Director: Anousha Zarkesh
Direction team: Matthew Rooke (Second Assistant Director), James Short (First Assistant Director), Guy Strachan (Script Supervisor), Keiran Watson-Bonnice (Second Unit Director)
Producers: Vincent Sheehan, Cate Blanchett, Andrew Upton
Production: Dirty Films, Screen Australia, Origma 45, VicScreen
