Zar Amir Ebrahimi as Shayda and and Selina Zahednia as Mona in Shayda Photo credit: Jane Zhang. Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics.
Shayda (Zar Amir Ebrahimi) flees her abusive husband in Iran, along with her six-year-old daughter Mona (Selina Zahednia), and goes into hiding at an international women’s shelter in Australia, in the moving, semi-autobiographical Australian drama Shayda.
Set in the 1990s, Shayda is partly based on writer/director Noora Niasari’s own childhood experiences, when her mother fled Iran. Zar Amir Ebrahimi gives a charismatic, emotionally moving performance as Shayda, in a touching, emotionally-powerful drama that follows the mother’s and daughter’s journey. Young Selina Zahednia is a charmer as cute, mischievous Mona, effectively portraying her growth in understanding and maturity as they stay in the shelter. The drama premiered at Sundance in 2023, where it won the Audience Award in the World Cinema Dramatic competition, and it...
Shayda (Zar Amir Ebrahimi) flees her abusive husband in Iran, along with her six-year-old daughter Mona (Selina Zahednia), and goes into hiding at an international women’s shelter in Australia, in the moving, semi-autobiographical Australian drama Shayda.
Set in the 1990s, Shayda is partly based on writer/director Noora Niasari’s own childhood experiences, when her mother fled Iran. Zar Amir Ebrahimi gives a charismatic, emotionally moving performance as Shayda, in a touching, emotionally-powerful drama that follows the mother’s and daughter’s journey. Young Selina Zahednia is a charmer as cute, mischievous Mona, effectively portraying her growth in understanding and maturity as they stay in the shelter. The drama premiered at Sundance in 2023, where it won the Audience Award in the World Cinema Dramatic competition, and it...
- 3/22/2024
- by Cate Marquis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Rotten Tomatoes and the Academy Awards don’t often go hand in hand. In fact, the Rt scores of Best Picture nominees/winners are a mixed bag. “Parasite” won Best Picture with a Rt score of 99% while “Green Book” emerged victorious with a score of just 77%. The site dishes out percentage scores to movie’s based on the film’s collection of critical reviews. The higher the score, the better the movie. Supposedly.
But, that’s not how it always work in tandem with the Oscars. For instance, “Black Panther,” “BlacKkKlansman,” and “Roma” all scored 96% but lost Best Picture to “Green Book.” Perhaps, if the Oscars listened to Rotten Tomatoes more, things would go a little more smoothly? Probably not but, just for fun, let’s pretend that Rotten Tomatoes are in charge of this year’s Academy Awards.
With that in mind, here are the 10 Best Picture nominees the...
But, that’s not how it always work in tandem with the Oscars. For instance, “Black Panther,” “BlacKkKlansman,” and “Roma” all scored 96% but lost Best Picture to “Green Book.” Perhaps, if the Oscars listened to Rotten Tomatoes more, things would go a little more smoothly? Probably not but, just for fun, let’s pretend that Rotten Tomatoes are in charge of this year’s Academy Awards.
With that in mind, here are the 10 Best Picture nominees the...
- 12/27/2023
- by Jacob Sarkisian
- Gold Derby
Sundance audience award winner received one-week awards-qualifying run earlier this month.
Sony Pictures Classics has set a March 1, 2024, release date for Noora Niasari’s Australian Oscar submission Shayda.
The film will open in New York and Los Angeles and expand nationwide in the following weeks. It received a one-week awards-qualifying run earlier this month.
Shayda premiered in Sundance where it won the audience award in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition.
The Origma 45 production centres on the titular Iranian woman living in Australia, who finds refuge in a women’s shelter with her six-year-old daughter, Mona, when she learns a court...
Sony Pictures Classics has set a March 1, 2024, release date for Noora Niasari’s Australian Oscar submission Shayda.
The film will open in New York and Los Angeles and expand nationwide in the following weeks. It received a one-week awards-qualifying run earlier this month.
Shayda premiered in Sundance where it won the audience award in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition.
The Origma 45 production centres on the titular Iranian woman living in Australia, who finds refuge in a women’s shelter with her six-year-old daughter, Mona, when she learns a court...
- 12/18/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Danger is never very far away in Noora Niasari’s confident debut, a deeply personal tribute to a generation torn between tradition and modernity. Focusing on the title character, Shayda hangs on a vulnerable but powerful performance from Holy Spider’s Zar Amir Ebrahimi as an Iranian divorcée hiding out from her abusive ex, who may or may not be planning to smuggle their daughter Mona (Selina Zahednia) back to Iran.
This fear is played out in the jittery opening sequence, set in 1995, when Shayda and Joyce (Leah Purcell), a social worker of sorts, scope out an airport with Mona in tow. Both women impress upon Mona what to do if she should ever end up there against her will, noting repeatedly that blue uniforms equate with safety. Back at the women’s shelter, a shared hostel in a fiercely secret suburban location, Shayda wonders how she got to this...
This fear is played out in the jittery opening sequence, set in 1995, when Shayda and Joyce (Leah Purcell), a social worker of sorts, scope out an airport with Mona in tow. Both women impress upon Mona what to do if she should ever end up there against her will, noting repeatedly that blue uniforms equate with safety. Back at the women’s shelter, a shared hostel in a fiercely secret suburban location, Shayda wonders how she got to this...
- 12/16/2023
- by Damon Wise
- Deadline Film + TV
Nicole Kidman is providing $50,000 of her own money for a TV industry award named in honor of an Australian executive who died earlier this year.
The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (Aacta) is to present the newly-created Brian Walsh Award for Emerging Talent at its annual award ceremony in February. The award aims to discover and nurture the next generation of Australian actors.
The award pays homage to the late Brian Walsh, one of Australia’s most admired screen creatives, who left a lasting impact on the entertainment industry, both in Australia and internationally. He died suddenly in March at the age of 67.
Walsh began his career in radio and later took up leadership roles at Ten in Australia and Sky in the U.K. He spent some 28 years at Australian pay-tv leader Foxtel, during which time he commissioned iconic series such as “Wentworth,” “The Twelve,” “Colin From Accounts...
The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (Aacta) is to present the newly-created Brian Walsh Award for Emerging Talent at its annual award ceremony in February. The award aims to discover and nurture the next generation of Australian actors.
The award pays homage to the late Brian Walsh, one of Australia’s most admired screen creatives, who left a lasting impact on the entertainment industry, both in Australia and internationally. He died suddenly in March at the age of 67.
Walsh began his career in radio and later took up leadership roles at Ten in Australia and Sky in the U.K. He spent some 28 years at Australian pay-tv leader Foxtel, during which time he commissioned iconic series such as “Wentworth,” “The Twelve,” “Colin From Accounts...
- 11/16/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
"I am not afraid." Sony Pictures Classics has debuted a new US trailer for the outstanding film Shayda, marking the feature directorial debut of filmmaker Noora Niasari. It first premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, winning the Audience Award in the World Cinema Dramatic section. I saw it at Sundance and it's fantastic - one of the best feature debuts of this year. A young Iranian mother named Shayda and her six-year-old daughter find refuge in an Australian women's shelter during the two weeks of the Iranian New Year. When the girl's father shows up, it takes all of her courage to fight back and stop him from taking over. The extremely talented Zahra Amir Ebrahimi (also from last year's Holy Spider) stars, with Osamah Sami, Leah Purcell, Jillian Nguyen, Mojean Aria, Selina Zahednia, Rina Mousavi. Australia has submitted Shayda as their entry for the Academy Awards...
- 10/4/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Screen is profiling every submission for best international feature at the 96th Academy Awards.
Entries for the 2024 Oscar for best international feature are underway, and Screen is profiling each one on this page.
The 96th Academy Awards is set to take place on March 10, 2024 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
An international feature film is defined as a feature-length motion picture (over 40 minutes) produced outside the US with a predominantly (more than 50%) non-English dialogue track and can include animated and documentary features.
Submitted films must have been released theatrically in their respective countries between December 1, 2022, and October 31, 2023. The deadline...
Entries for the 2024 Oscar for best international feature are underway, and Screen is profiling each one on this page.
The 96th Academy Awards is set to take place on March 10, 2024 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
An international feature film is defined as a feature-length motion picture (over 40 minutes) produced outside the US with a predominantly (more than 50%) non-English dialogue track and can include animated and documentary features.
Submitted films must have been released theatrically in their respective countries between December 1, 2022, and October 31, 2023. The deadline...
- 9/8/2023
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
Screen is profiling every submission for best international feature at the 96th Academy Awards.
Entries for the 2024 Oscar for best international feature are underway, and Screen is profiling each one on this page.
The 96th Academy Awards is set to take place on March 10, 2024 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
An international feature film is defined as a feature-length motion picture (over 40 minutes) produced outside the US with a predominantly (more than 50%) non-English dialogue track and can include animated and documentary features.
Submitted films must have been released theatrically in their respective countries between December 1, 2022, and October 31, 2023. The deadline...
Entries for the 2024 Oscar for best international feature are underway, and Screen is profiling each one on this page.
The 96th Academy Awards is set to take place on March 10, 2024 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
An international feature film is defined as a feature-length motion picture (over 40 minutes) produced outside the US with a predominantly (more than 50%) non-English dialogue track and can include animated and documentary features.
Submitted films must have been released theatrically in their respective countries between December 1, 2022, and October 31, 2023. The deadline...
- 9/8/2023
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
Screen is profiling every submission for best international feature at the 96th Academy Awards.
Entries for the 2024 Oscar for best international feature are underway, and Screen is profiling each one on this page.
The 96th Academy Awards is set to take place on March 10, 2024 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
An international feature film is defined as a feature-length motion picture (over 40 minutes) produced outside the US with a predominantly (more than 50%) non-English dialogue track and can include animated and documentary features.
Submitted films must have been released theatrically in their respective countries between December 1, 2022, and October 31, 2023. The deadline...
Entries for the 2024 Oscar for best international feature are underway, and Screen is profiling each one on this page.
The 96th Academy Awards is set to take place on March 10, 2024 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
An international feature film is defined as a feature-length motion picture (over 40 minutes) produced outside the US with a predominantly (more than 50%) non-English dialogue track and can include animated and documentary features.
Submitted films must have been released theatrically in their respective countries between December 1, 2022, and October 31, 2023. The deadline...
- 9/6/2023
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
Fire brings “The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart” full circle, but had it not been for director Glendyn Ivin, the Prime Video series’ final scene may not have been there.
The Prime Video series, adapted from the best-selling book by Holly Ringland, follows younger and older versions of Alice Hart, whose parents Agnes (Tilda Cobham-Hervey) and Clem (Charlie Vickers) died in a fire, as she reconnects with the place her parents met — Thornfield Flower Farm — run by her paternal grandmother June (Sigourney Weaver).
After June dies of cancer, Alice (Alycia Debnam-Carey), June’s lover Twig (Leah Purcell) and Candy (Frankie Adams) set fire to one of Clem’s wood carvings of June that he made in the greenhouse where he violated Candy. Director Glendyn Ivin fought for that final fire scene, which wasn’t in the original script.
Sigourney Weaver as June in “The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart” (Prime...
The Prime Video series, adapted from the best-selling book by Holly Ringland, follows younger and older versions of Alice Hart, whose parents Agnes (Tilda Cobham-Hervey) and Clem (Charlie Vickers) died in a fire, as she reconnects with the place her parents met — Thornfield Flower Farm — run by her paternal grandmother June (Sigourney Weaver).
After June dies of cancer, Alice (Alycia Debnam-Carey), June’s lover Twig (Leah Purcell) and Candy (Frankie Adams) set fire to one of Clem’s wood carvings of June that he made in the greenhouse where he violated Candy. Director Glendyn Ivin fought for that final fire scene, which wasn’t in the original script.
Sigourney Weaver as June in “The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart” (Prime...
- 9/2/2023
- by Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
Screen is profiling every submission for best international feature at the 96th Academy Awards.
Entries for the 2024 Oscar for best international feature are underway, and Screen is profiling each one on this page.
The 96th Academy Awards is set to take place on March 10, 2024 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
An international feature film is defined as a feature-length motion picture (over 40 minutes) produced outside the US with a predominantly (more than 50%) non-English dialogue track and can include animated and documentary features.
Submitted films must have been released theatrically in their respective countries between December 1, 2022, and October 31, 2023. The deadline...
Entries for the 2024 Oscar for best international feature are underway, and Screen is profiling each one on this page.
The 96th Academy Awards is set to take place on March 10, 2024 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
An international feature film is defined as a feature-length motion picture (over 40 minutes) produced outside the US with a predominantly (more than 50%) non-English dialogue track and can include animated and documentary features.
Submitted films must have been released theatrically in their respective countries between December 1, 2022, and October 31, 2023. The deadline...
- 9/1/2023
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
Screen is profiling every submission for best international feature at the 96th Academy Awards.
Entries for the 2024 Oscar for best international feature are underway, and Screen is profiling each one on this page.
The 96th Academy Awards is set to take place on March 10, 2024 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
An international feature film is defined as a feature-length motion picture (over 40 minutes) produced outside the US with a predominantly (more than 50%) non-English dialogue track and can include animated and documentary features.
Submitted films must have been released theatrically in their respective countries between December 1, 2022, and October 31, 2023. The deadline...
Entries for the 2024 Oscar for best international feature are underway, and Screen is profiling each one on this page.
The 96th Academy Awards is set to take place on March 10, 2024 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
An international feature film is defined as a feature-length motion picture (over 40 minutes) produced outside the US with a predominantly (more than 50%) non-English dialogue track and can include animated and documentary features.
Submitted films must have been released theatrically in their respective countries between December 1, 2022, and October 31, 2023. The deadline...
- 8/30/2023
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
Screen is profiling every submission for best international feature at the 96th Academy Awards.
Entries for the 2024 Oscar for best international feature are underway, and Screen is profiling each one on this page.
The 96th Academy Awards is set to take place on March 10, 2024 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
An international feature film is defined as a feature-length motion picture (over 40 minutes) produced outside the US with a predominantly (more than 50%) non-English dialogue track and can include animated and documentary features.
Submitted films must have been released theatrically in their respective countries between December 1, 2022, and October 31, 2023. The deadline...
Entries for the 2024 Oscar for best international feature are underway, and Screen is profiling each one on this page.
The 96th Academy Awards is set to take place on March 10, 2024 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
An international feature film is defined as a feature-length motion picture (over 40 minutes) produced outside the US with a predominantly (more than 50%) non-English dialogue track and can include animated and documentary features.
Submitted films must have been released theatrically in their respective countries between December 1, 2022, and October 31, 2023. The deadline...
- 8/30/2023
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
Australia has selected Shayda, from Iranian-Australian debut writer and director Noora Niasari, as its submission for the Best International Feature Film Oscar race.
The drama, which counts Cate Blanchett among its executive producers and was acquired by Sony Pictures Classics for North America among other markets, world premiered at Sundance in January where it won the World Cinema Audience Award.
It went on to open the Melbourne International Film Festival and was the closing-night screening at Locarno. It is next set for TIFF and will be released in Oz on October 5 via Madman.
The story follows a young Iranian mother and her 6-year-old daughter who find refuge in an Australian women’s shelter during the two weeks of Iranian New Year (Nowruz), which is celebrated as a time of renewal and rebirth. Aided by the strong community of women at the shelter, they seek their freedom in this new world of possibilities,...
The drama, which counts Cate Blanchett among its executive producers and was acquired by Sony Pictures Classics for North America among other markets, world premiered at Sundance in January where it won the World Cinema Audience Award.
It went on to open the Melbourne International Film Festival and was the closing-night screening at Locarno. It is next set for TIFF and will be released in Oz on October 5 via Madman.
The story follows a young Iranian mother and her 6-year-old daughter who find refuge in an Australian women’s shelter during the two weeks of Iranian New Year (Nowruz), which is celebrated as a time of renewal and rebirth. Aided by the strong community of women at the shelter, they seek their freedom in this new world of possibilities,...
- 8/30/2023
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Alycia Debnam-Carey is delivering her best work in Prime Video's The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart.
The 100 and Fear the Walking Dead alum plays the titular character in the adaptation of Holly Ringland's novel.
As you'll recall if you've been watching the show on Fridays as it unspools on the streaming service, Alice is living with her grandmother after becoming an orphan.
Throughout the first four episodes, the series touched upon Alice's violent upbringing, and Friday's new episode, The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart, sends things in an emotional direction.
Twig (Leah Purcell) is trying to find Alice in the episode while Alice is off trying to piece together her past.
Alice is hiding a significant burden in the form of setting the fire that got her into her current predicament, but she was driven by the abuse at the hands of her father.
Her fateful decision changed her life forever,...
The 100 and Fear the Walking Dead alum plays the titular character in the adaptation of Holly Ringland's novel.
As you'll recall if you've been watching the show on Fridays as it unspools on the streaming service, Alice is living with her grandmother after becoming an orphan.
Throughout the first four episodes, the series touched upon Alice's violent upbringing, and Friday's new episode, The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart, sends things in an emotional direction.
Twig (Leah Purcell) is trying to find Alice in the episode while Alice is off trying to piece together her past.
Alice is hiding a significant burden in the form of setting the fire that got her into her current predicament, but she was driven by the abuse at the hands of her father.
Her fateful decision changed her life forever,...
- 8/17/2023
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Renewal
World Productions is producing a new season of hit series “Showtrial” for BBC One and iPlayer. Writer and creator Ben Richards (“The Diplomat”) returns for the series.
In the show, when high-profile climate activist Marcus Calderwood is left for dead in a violent hit and run, he uses his dying moments to identify his killer – a serving policeman. From the victim’s last breath to the jury’s final verdict, “Showtrial” delves into the worlds of cocky officer Justin Mitchell; Sam Gill, an anxious defense solicitor with a reputation for winning lost causes; and Leila Hassoun-Kenny, a rigorous lawyer leading the case against the accused.
The first season aired on the BBC in the U.K. in 2021 and found a U.S. home in Sundance Now.
“Showtrial” (5 x 60′) is directed by Julia Ford (“Everything I Know About Love”) and produced by Ken Horn (“Line of Duty”). Executive producers are...
World Productions is producing a new season of hit series “Showtrial” for BBC One and iPlayer. Writer and creator Ben Richards (“The Diplomat”) returns for the series.
In the show, when high-profile climate activist Marcus Calderwood is left for dead in a violent hit and run, he uses his dying moments to identify his killer – a serving policeman. From the victim’s last breath to the jury’s final verdict, “Showtrial” delves into the worlds of cocky officer Justin Mitchell; Sam Gill, an anxious defense solicitor with a reputation for winning lost causes; and Leila Hassoun-Kenny, a rigorous lawyer leading the case against the accused.
The first season aired on the BBC in the U.K. in 2021 and found a U.S. home in Sundance Now.
“Showtrial” (5 x 60′) is directed by Julia Ford (“Everything I Know About Love”) and produced by Ken Horn (“Line of Duty”). Executive producers are...
- 8/16/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Sigourney Weaver reminds us of her unfailing instincts as an actor about halfway through “The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart,” the coiled, atmosphere-rich limited series based on Holly Ringland’s bestselling novel.
Weaver plays June, battle-hardened matriarch of a wild flower farm in Australia that doubles as a refuge for battered women. She’s also a master manipulator and control freak, and when her partner, Twig (Leah Purcell), discovers a particularly nasty deception, Twig takes an ax and goes to work on a tree that means a lot to both women. With each resonant “thwack,” June cringes, buckles and winces, a look of soul-deep pain written across her face. For these few moments, she is the human embodiment of that tree.
It’s easy to take Weaver for granted; she doesn’t work much anymore outside of the “Avatar” franchise, and to a certain segment of viewers she will always...
Weaver plays June, battle-hardened matriarch of a wild flower farm in Australia that doubles as a refuge for battered women. She’s also a master manipulator and control freak, and when her partner, Twig (Leah Purcell), discovers a particularly nasty deception, Twig takes an ax and goes to work on a tree that means a lot to both women. With each resonant “thwack,” June cringes, buckles and winces, a look of soul-deep pain written across her face. For these few moments, she is the human embodiment of that tree.
It’s easy to take Weaver for granted; she doesn’t work much anymore outside of the “Avatar” franchise, and to a certain segment of viewers she will always...
- 8/2/2023
- by Chris Vognar
- The Wrap
It’s been quite a year for Prime Video already. The service is seeing huge success with its second season of “The Summer I Turned Pretty,” and its international espionage thriller “Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan” turned in its fourth and final season earlier this summer.
Unfortunately for Tolkien fans, there’s no new season of “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” to dive into this August, but there are some fantastic titles coming to Prime Video all throughout the month. From Prime Video originals to hot new movies, here are the top five titles The Streamable is most excited about on the service in August 2023.
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Alice Hart has to endure a tragedy no child should have to face, losing her parents...
Unfortunately for Tolkien fans, there’s no new season of “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” to dive into this August, but there are some fantastic titles coming to Prime Video all throughout the month. From Prime Video originals to hot new movies, here are the top five titles The Streamable is most excited about on the service in August 2023.
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Alice Hart has to endure a tragedy no child should have to face, losing her parents...
- 7/27/2023
- by David Satin
- The Streamable
"How do you plan on surviving there all alone?" Madman Films in Australia has revealed an official trailer for a wonderful film titled Shayda, marking the feature directorial debut of a talented filmmaker named Noora Niasari. This is screening soon at the 2023 Melbourne Film Festival before it opens in Australia this September. It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, winning the Audience Award in the World Cinema Dramatic section. I saw it during Sundance and it's fantastic - one of the best feature debuts of the entire year. A young Iranian mother named Shayda and her six-year-old daughter find refuge in an Australian women's shelter during the two weeks of the Iranian New Year. When the girl's father shows up, it takes all of her courage to fight back and stop him from taking over. The extremely talented Zahra Amir Ebrahimi (also from last year's Holy Spider) stars,...
- 7/25/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart is coming soon to Prime Video, and the streaming service has released a teaser for the mystery series starring Sigourney Weaver. The story will be told over seven episodes.
Asher Keddie, Leah Purcell, and Alycia Debnam-Carey also star in the Australian series based on the novel by Holly Ringwald. The series tells the story of young Alice after she goes to live with her grandmother following the death of her parents. While there, she learns secrets are buried in her family’s past.
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Asher Keddie, Leah Purcell, and Alycia Debnam-Carey also star in the Australian series based on the novel by Holly Ringwald. The series tells the story of young Alice after she goes to live with her grandmother following the death of her parents. While there, she learns secrets are buried in her family’s past.
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- 7/8/2023
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
One of the most highly anticipated films of the year released its trailer this week. “Killers of the Flower Moon” is currently slated for an Oct. 6 release before eventually streaming exclusively on Apple TV+. The film, directed by Martin Scorsese, is based on the 2017 true crime book “Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI” by David Grann. It tells the story of murders that took place in the 1920s in Osage Country, Oklahoma. After oil was found on the land of wealthy Osage people, they were brutally killed, presumably for access to their land and oil. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone, Robert De Niro, Jesse Plemons, Brendan Fraser, John Lithgow, and more.
Watch the “Killer of the Flower Moon” trailer:
Netflix has announced that the fourth and last season of “Sex Education” will premiere Sept. 21. The British series has become an...
Watch the “Killer of the Flower Moon” trailer:
Netflix has announced that the fourth and last season of “Sex Education” will premiere Sept. 21. The British series has become an...
- 7/7/2023
- by Fern Siegel
- The Streamable
FX has released the first official trailer for the third and final season of its comedy “Reservation Dogs,” which will premiere on August 2.
The series follows the stories of Elora Danan (Devery Jacobs), Bear Smallhill (D’Pharaoh Woon-a-Tai), Willie Jack (Paulina Alexis) and Cheese (Lane Factor), four Indigenous teenagers in rural Oklahoma. Following the death of their dear friend Daniel, the Reservation Dogs “took to stealing, scheming and saving in order to fulfill his dream of getting to California.” The group embarks on a wild journey of self-discovery, rumors, revenge and healing.
The critically acclaimed series has accumulated honors as an AFI Television Program of the Year while winning two Independent Spirit Awards, a Gotham Award and Peabody Award.
“Reservation Dogs” is a first-of-its-kind series, with every writer, director and series regular on the show being Indigenous. Sterlin Harjo co-created the series with Taika Waititi. Harjo, Waititi and Garrett Basch serve...
The series follows the stories of Elora Danan (Devery Jacobs), Bear Smallhill (D’Pharaoh Woon-a-Tai), Willie Jack (Paulina Alexis) and Cheese (Lane Factor), four Indigenous teenagers in rural Oklahoma. Following the death of their dear friend Daniel, the Reservation Dogs “took to stealing, scheming and saving in order to fulfill his dream of getting to California.” The group embarks on a wild journey of self-discovery, rumors, revenge and healing.
The critically acclaimed series has accumulated honors as an AFI Television Program of the Year while winning two Independent Spirit Awards, a Gotham Award and Peabody Award.
“Reservation Dogs” is a first-of-its-kind series, with every writer, director and series regular on the show being Indigenous. Sterlin Harjo co-created the series with Taika Waititi. Harjo, Waititi and Garrett Basch serve...
- 7/6/2023
- by Charna Flam and McKinley Franklin
- Variety Film + TV
"Are we still going to run away?" Amazon's Prime Video has revealed the full-length official trailer for the series The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart, based on the novel of the same name written by Holly Ringland. The Australian suspense-drama-mystery series is about a young girl who moves in with her grandmother on a beautiful flower farm... The focus is on Alice, whose violent childhood casts a dark shadow over her adult life, along with her family secrets. Set against Australia's breath-taking, natural landscape, and with native wildflowers & plants also playing characters in the series. Sigourney Weaver stars as her grandmother June Hart, with Alycia Debnam-Carey as Alice. The cast features Alyla Browne, Asher Keddie, Leah Purcell, Frankie Adams, Alexander England, and Charlie Vickers as Clem. This looks really, really good. Not only the mystery of it, but the look and feel, with the magic of the flowers and nature...
- 7/6/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
How does nature mirror our emotions? Prime Video‘s “The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart” utilizes Australia’s well-known landscape to illustrate one person’s fascinating journey. Its story follows a young girl, Alice, struck by a tragic event — her adult life marred by equally dramatic circumstances. Directed by Glendyn Ivin and from the producers of “Big Little Lies,” “Nine Perfect Strangers,” and “Anatomy Of A Scandal,” the project features renowned actress Sigourney Weaver in the role of June Hart, a grandmother reluctantly tasked with becoming the central figure in Alice’s story. Alycia Debnam-Carey portrays the series’ central figure, Alice; “Fear the Walking Dead” fans will instantly recognize the actress from her long run on the series. Asher Keddie, Leah Purcell, Frankie Adams, Alexander England, Charlie Vickers, Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Sebastián Zurita, Alyla Browne, and Xavier Samuel also star in the project.
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- 7/6/2023
- by Valerie Thompson
- The Playlist
Prime Video has debuted the trailer for the upcoming series starring Sigourney Weaver, ‘The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart.’
Based on Holly Ringland’s 2018 debut novel, the story begins when Alice Hart, aged 9, tragically loses her parents in a mysterious fire and she is taken to live with her grandmother June (Weaver) at Thornfield flower farm in the Australian outback.
She learns that there are secrets within secrets about her and her family’s past. As she grows, her journey builds to an emotional climax when she finds herself fighting for her life against a man she loves.
Alycia Debnam-Carey (“The 100”), Frankie Adams (“The Expanse”), Asher Keddie (“Nine Perfect Strangers”), Charlie Vickers (“The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power”), Leah Purcell (“Wentworth”) and Xavier Samuel (“Blonde”) star alongside Weaver.
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Based on Holly Ringland’s 2018 debut novel, the story begins when Alice Hart, aged 9, tragically loses her parents in a mysterious fire and she is taken to live with her grandmother June (Weaver) at Thornfield flower farm in the Australian outback.
She learns that there are secrets within secrets about her and her family’s past. As she grows, her journey builds to an emotional climax when she finds herself fighting for her life against a man she loves.
Alycia Debnam-Carey (“The 100”), Frankie Adams (“The Expanse”), Asher Keddie (“Nine Perfect Strangers”), Charlie Vickers (“The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power”), Leah Purcell (“Wentworth”) and Xavier Samuel (“Blonde”) star alongside Weaver.
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- 7/6/2023
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
If the official trailer for The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart doesn't make you want to watch Prime Video's upcoming drama series, I don't know what will.
The trailer for the new series, starring and executive-produced by the incomparable Sigourney Weaver, dropped today.
The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart launches on the streaming service exclusively in over 240 countries and territories on August 4.
Three episodes will be released on August 4, with one episode rolling out weekly until the series finale on September 1.
Going into a series knowing when you'll have all the answers is always interesting.
Thankfully, Amazon Prime Video has already announced The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart will be one-and-done, telling a complete story over the first season.
Many limited series on streaming services get a binge release from the jump, but it's good to know the series will benefit from the weekly conversation that comes with weekly series.
The trailer for the new series, starring and executive-produced by the incomparable Sigourney Weaver, dropped today.
The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart launches on the streaming service exclusively in over 240 countries and territories on August 4.
Three episodes will be released on August 4, with one episode rolling out weekly until the series finale on September 1.
Going into a series knowing when you'll have all the answers is always interesting.
Thankfully, Amazon Prime Video has already announced The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart will be one-and-done, telling a complete story over the first season.
Many limited series on streaming services get a binge release from the jump, but it's good to know the series will benefit from the weekly conversation that comes with weekly series.
- 7/5/2023
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Amazon’s Prime Video released the trailer for its television adaptation of Holly Ringland’s “The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart” on Wednesday. Starring Sigourney Weaver and Alycia Debnam-Carey, the limited series hails from the producers behind “Big Little Lies” and “Nine Perfect Strangers.”
The seven-episode show will tell the story of Alice Hart (Debnam-Carey) as she digs deep into the secrets of her family history at Thornfield flower farm, a refuge for traumatized women run by her grandmother June (Weaver). Alice goes to live there after losing her family in a tragic fire.
“When I was little, I used to dream about fire,” Debnam-Carey’s grownup version of Alice whispers at the beginning of the trailer before her younger counterpart (Alyla Browne) takes over. “Fire is an element that requires friction, fuel and oxygen. Then one day, everything went up in flames.”
Set to Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams, Alice...
The seven-episode show will tell the story of Alice Hart (Debnam-Carey) as she digs deep into the secrets of her family history at Thornfield flower farm, a refuge for traumatized women run by her grandmother June (Weaver). Alice goes to live there after losing her family in a tragic fire.
“When I was little, I used to dream about fire,” Debnam-Carey’s grownup version of Alice whispers at the beginning of the trailer before her younger counterpart (Alyla Browne) takes over. “Fire is an element that requires friction, fuel and oxygen. Then one day, everything went up in flames.”
Set to Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams, Alice...
- 7/5/2023
- by Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
Prime Video has dropped the official trailer for the Amazon Original series The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart starring Sigourney Weaver.
Based on Holly Ringland’s best-selling debut novel, the seven-part series tells the story of Alice Hart, who at 9, loses her parents in a mysterious fire and is taken to live with her grandmother June (Weaver) at Thornfield flower farm. There, Alice learns that there are secrets within secrets about her and her family’s past.
Alycia Debnam-Carey plays Alice, while Asher Keddie plays Sally Morgan, Leah Purcell is Twig North, and Frankie Adams plays Candy Blue.
The Lost Flowers will launch exclusively on Prime Video in over 240 countries and territories on Aug. 4. It’s directed by Glendyn Ivin.
The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart is produced by Amazon Studios, Made Up Stories, and Fifth Season. The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart is executive produced by Jodi Matterson,...
Based on Holly Ringland’s best-selling debut novel, the seven-part series tells the story of Alice Hart, who at 9, loses her parents in a mysterious fire and is taken to live with her grandmother June (Weaver) at Thornfield flower farm. There, Alice learns that there are secrets within secrets about her and her family’s past.
Alycia Debnam-Carey plays Alice, while Asher Keddie plays Sally Morgan, Leah Purcell is Twig North, and Frankie Adams plays Candy Blue.
The Lost Flowers will launch exclusively on Prime Video in over 240 countries and territories on Aug. 4. It’s directed by Glendyn Ivin.
The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart is produced by Amazon Studios, Made Up Stories, and Fifth Season. The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart is executive produced by Jodi Matterson,...
- 7/5/2023
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
The 76th edition of the Locarno Film Festival will close with a screening of the Sundance Competiton pic Shayda attended by the film’s star Zar Amir Ebrahimi (Holy Spider) and Exec Producer Cate Blanchett.
Directed by Iranian-Australian filmmaker Noora Niasari, Shayda, which won the Audience Award at Sundance 2023, will close out the final evening of the Festival alongside a free second screening of a surprise title that touches on the history of cinema and the Locarno Film Festival, chosen by Marco Solari, President of the Locarno Film Festival. This year will be Solari’s final year at the helm.
Blanchett is an exec producer on the pic through Dirty Films, the production company she runs with her husband, Andrew Upton, and Coco Francini. On August 12, the two-time Oscar winner will moderate a discussion between Niasari and Ebrahimi at the festival on the theme of Iranian women and Iranian cinema...
Directed by Iranian-Australian filmmaker Noora Niasari, Shayda, which won the Audience Award at Sundance 2023, will close out the final evening of the Festival alongside a free second screening of a surprise title that touches on the history of cinema and the Locarno Film Festival, chosen by Marco Solari, President of the Locarno Film Festival. This year will be Solari’s final year at the helm.
Blanchett is an exec producer on the pic through Dirty Films, the production company she runs with her husband, Andrew Upton, and Coco Francini. On August 12, the two-time Oscar winner will moderate a discussion between Niasari and Ebrahimi at the festival on the theme of Iranian women and Iranian cinema...
- 6/23/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Bonnie Langford will reprise her role as Melanie Bush in the forthcoming season of “Doctor Who,” starring alongside Ncuti Gatwa as the Fifteenth Doctor, the BBC announced Wednesday.
Langford joined the “Doctor Who” universe in 1986 when she played the companion to the Sixth and Seventh Doctors as portrayed by Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy. She then went on to appear in a cameo role in Jodie Whittaker’s final episode as the Thirteenth Doctor.
“I am absolutely thrilled to be bringing Melanie Bush back. To be part of the exceptional cast, crew and production team led by the force of nature that is Russell T Davies is a career highlight,” said Langford. “I’m so privileged and proud to have been a member of the Doctor Who family since the classic era and to be included in the new generation is phenomenal.”
Langford kicked made her West End debut at...
Langford joined the “Doctor Who” universe in 1986 when she played the companion to the Sixth and Seventh Doctors as portrayed by Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy. She then went on to appear in a cameo role in Jodie Whittaker’s final episode as the Thirteenth Doctor.
“I am absolutely thrilled to be bringing Melanie Bush back. To be part of the exceptional cast, crew and production team led by the force of nature that is Russell T Davies is a career highlight,” said Langford. “I’m so privileged and proud to have been a member of the Doctor Who family since the classic era and to be included in the new generation is phenomenal.”
Langford kicked made her West End debut at...
- 6/8/2023
- by McKinley Franklin, Sophia Scorziello and Charna Flam
- Variety Film + TV
A sweet, straight-laced bank manager meets his future in-laws for the first time in “The Out-Laws” — and it’s the week of his wedding. They seem a bit skeptical of him but friendly — until he realizes they have just robbed his bank! Adam Devine, Pierce Brosnan, and Ellen Barkin co-star in this wacky family comedy, which hits Netflix on July 7. The streaming service released a trailer for the new comedy this week.
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In 2018, “Bird Box” — which starred Sandra Bullock — was a massive international hit for Netflix. Now, the streamer has announced that a Spanish-language version is coming next month. “Barcelona Bird Box” will arrive on Netflix on July 14. In the film, fears are twisted and survival depends on escaping the Spanish city as a sinister threat destroys humanity and people commit suicide. To survive, residents have to keep their eyes shut!
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In 2018, “Bird Box” — which starred Sandra Bullock — was a massive international hit for Netflix. Now, the streamer has announced that a Spanish-language version is coming next month. “Barcelona Bird Box” will arrive on Netflix on July 14. In the film, fears are twisted and survival depends on escaping the Spanish city as a sinister threat destroys humanity and people commit suicide. To survive, residents have to keep their eyes shut!
- 6/7/2023
- by Fern Siegel
- The Streamable
Prime Video has released the teaser trailer for Amazon Original series The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart, launching exclusively on Prime Video in over 240 countries and territories on August 4. Three episodes will be released on August 4, with one episode rolling out weekly until the series finale on September 1. The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart is the latest addition to the Prime membership. Based on Holly Ringland’s best-selling debut novel, the seven-part series tells the emotionally compelling story of Alice Hart. When Alice, aged 9, tragically loses her parents in a mysterious fire, she is taken to live with her grandmother June at Thornfield flower farm, where she learns that there are secrets within secrets about her and her family’s past. Set against Australia’s breathtaking natural landscape, and with native wildflowers and plants providing a way to express the inexpressible, this enthralling family drama spans decades. As she grows from her complicated past,...
- 6/6/2023
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
"I just promised I'd keep her safe... Can we do that, Twig?" Amazon's Prime Video has unveiled a first look teaser trailer for a new streaming series titled The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart, based on the novel of the same name written by Holly Ringland. The Australian suspense-drama series is about a young girl from a violent upbringing who is orphaned and moves in with her grandmother on a beautiful flower farm... The focus is on Alice Hart, whose violent childhood casts a dark shadow over her adult life, while uncovering family secrets. Sigourney Weaver stars as her grandmother June Hart, with Alycia Debnam-Carey as Alice. The cast features Alyla Browne, Asher Keddie, Leah Purcell, Frankie Adams, Alexander England, and Charlie Vickers as Clem. Set against Australia's breath-taking, natural landscape, and with native wildflowers & plants also playing characters in the series. This looks quite good, I'm intrigued so far.
- 6/6/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Prime Video is adding another A-list star to its programming roster this summer.
The streaming service has revealed The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart, launching exclusively in over 240 countries and territories on August 4.
Three episodes will be released on August 4, with one episode rolling out weekly until the series finale on September 1.
Yes, you read that right. The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart is a limited series, so you'll have all the answers by the end of the season.
Based on Holly Ringland's best-selling debut novel, the seven-part series tells the emotionally compelling story of Alice Hart.
"When Alice, aged 9, tragically loses her parents in a mysterious fire, she is taken to live with her grandmother June at Thornfield flower farm, where she learns that there are secrets within secrets about her and her family's past," the official logline teases.
"Set against Australia's breathtaking natural landscape, and with native...
The streaming service has revealed The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart, launching exclusively in over 240 countries and territories on August 4.
Three episodes will be released on August 4, with one episode rolling out weekly until the series finale on September 1.
Yes, you read that right. The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart is a limited series, so you'll have all the answers by the end of the season.
Based on Holly Ringland's best-selling debut novel, the seven-part series tells the emotionally compelling story of Alice Hart.
"When Alice, aged 9, tragically loses her parents in a mysterious fire, she is taken to live with her grandmother June at Thornfield flower farm, where she learns that there are secrets within secrets about her and her family's past," the official logline teases.
"Set against Australia's breathtaking natural landscape, and with native...
- 6/6/2023
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Today, Prime Video released the teaser trailer for Amazon Original series The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart. Three episodes will be released on August 4, with one episode rolling out weekly until the series finale on September 1.
Based on Holly Ringland’s best-selling debut novel, the seven-part series tells the emotionally compelling story of Alice Hart. When Alice, aged 9, tragically loses her parents in a mysterious fire, she is taken to live with her grandmother June at Thornfield flower farm, where she learns that there are secrets within secrets about her and her family’s past.
Set against Australia’s breathtaking natural landscape, and with native wildflowers and plants providing a way to express the inexpressible, this enthralling family drama spans decades. As she grows from her complicated past, Alice’s journey builds to an emotional climax when she finds herself fighting for her life against a man she loves.
The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart...
Based on Holly Ringland’s best-selling debut novel, the seven-part series tells the emotionally compelling story of Alice Hart. When Alice, aged 9, tragically loses her parents in a mysterious fire, she is taken to live with her grandmother June at Thornfield flower farm, where she learns that there are secrets within secrets about her and her family’s past.
Set against Australia’s breathtaking natural landscape, and with native wildflowers and plants providing a way to express the inexpressible, this enthralling family drama spans decades. As she grows from her complicated past, Alice’s journey builds to an emotional climax when she finds herself fighting for her life against a man she loves.
The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart...
- 6/6/2023
- by Editorial Desk
- GlamSham
Prime Video launched a teaser trailer of “The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart,” starring and executive produced by Sigourney Weaver, on Monday.
Based on the best-selling debut novel by Holly Ringland, the seven-part television adaptation follows Alice Hart (Alicia Debnam-Carey), who lost her parents at age 9 in an unexpected fire. Alice goes to live with her grandmother June (Weaver) at Thornfield flower farm in Australia, where she unearths several family secrets from her past. The native flora and fauna of the Australian landscape becomes a character in the show. Alice eventually finds her life threatened by a man she loves.
A collage of memories of the fire mixed with mystical garden encounters leads to someone opening a card that reads “You lied!”
“I just promised I’d keep her safe,” Weaver’s June says at the end of the teaser. “Can we do that?”
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Based on the best-selling debut novel by Holly Ringland, the seven-part television adaptation follows Alice Hart (Alicia Debnam-Carey), who lost her parents at age 9 in an unexpected fire. Alice goes to live with her grandmother June (Weaver) at Thornfield flower farm in Australia, where she unearths several family secrets from her past. The native flora and fauna of the Australian landscape becomes a character in the show. Alice eventually finds her life threatened by a man she loves.
A collage of memories of the fire mixed with mystical garden encounters leads to someone opening a card that reads “You lied!”
“I just promised I’d keep her safe,” Weaver’s June says at the end of the teaser. “Can we do that?”
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- 6/5/2023
- by Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
A family’s long-standing mystery puts forth new roots in the trailer for Sigourney Weaver’s new drama The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart, which Prime Video released Monday.
The drama is an adaptation of Holly Ringland’s 2018 novel, which tells the story of Alice, who is brought to her grandmother June’s flower farm at age 9 after her parents die in a mysterious fire. Weaver, whose lengthy resumé includes the Alien and Avatar films, plays June.
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The drama is an adaptation of Holly Ringland’s 2018 novel, which tells the story of Alice, who is brought to her grandmother June’s flower farm at age 9 after her parents die in a mysterious fire. Weaver, whose lengthy resumé includes the Alien and Avatar films, plays June.
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- 6/5/2023
- by Kimberly Roots
- TVLine.com
The teaser trailer for Prime Video’s The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart flashes between past and present. With Alycia Debnam-Carey starring as Alice Hart, and Sigourney Weaver as he grandmother June, the series explores the onset of childhood trauma and the unraveling of a family. The seven-part series based on Holly Ringland’s best-selling novel of the same name will premiere Aug. 4.
In the preview, Alice recounts the way her life went up in flames — literally — when both of her parents died in a mysterious fire when she was nine.
In the preview, Alice recounts the way her life went up in flames — literally — when both of her parents died in a mysterious fire when she was nine.
- 6/5/2023
- by Larisha Paul
- Rollingstone.com
Shayda Review — Shayda (2023) Film Review from the 45th Annual Sundance Film Festival, a movie directed by Noora Niasari, starring Zar Amir-Ebrahami, Mojean Aria, Leah Purcell, Osamah Sami, Jillian Nguyen, Lucinda Armstrong Hall, Eve Morey, Luka Sero, Selina Zahednia, and Rina Mousavi. Writer/director Noora Niasari takes a fresh spin on an all too [...]
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- 3/1/2023
- by David McDonald
- Film-Book
Sony Pictures Classics has secured distribution rights to “Shayda,” which won the Audience Award at Sundance’s World Cinema Dramatic Competition last month.
The distributor holds all media rights in North America, Latin America, Benelux, Eastern Europe, Portugal, the Middle East, and Turkey.
Executive produced by Cate Blanchett’s Dirty Films, the first feature by writer-director Noora Niasari follows Shayda and her six-year-old daughter Mona, two Iranians living in Australia. After divorcing her husband Hossein, Shayda moves them into a women’s shelter, where she struggles to adjust to her new life while trying to create one for Mona. Encouraged by the start of the Persian New Year, Nowruz, to embrace her newfound freedom, Shayda is thrown off when Hossein wins visitation rights, raising the possibility that he’ll attempt to take his daughter back to Iran.
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The distributor holds all media rights in North America, Latin America, Benelux, Eastern Europe, Portugal, the Middle East, and Turkey.
Executive produced by Cate Blanchett’s Dirty Films, the first feature by writer-director Noora Niasari follows Shayda and her six-year-old daughter Mona, two Iranians living in Australia. After divorcing her husband Hossein, Shayda moves them into a women’s shelter, where she struggles to adjust to her new life while trying to create one for Mona. Encouraged by the start of the Persian New Year, Nowruz, to embrace her newfound freedom, Shayda is thrown off when Hossein wins visitation rights, raising the possibility that he’ll attempt to take his daughter back to Iran.
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- 2/14/2023
- by Harper Lambert
- The Wrap
The Audience Award goes to SPC for North America and bundle of international markets.
Sony Pictures Classics (SPC) has acquired all media rights to Sundance Audience Award winner Shayda for North America, Latin America, Benelux, Eastern Europe, Portugal, the Middle East and Turkey.
Written and directed by Iranian-Australian filmmaker Noora Niasari as her feature debut, the film had its world premiere in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at Sundance and is currently being offered for remaining territories by HanWay Films at Berlin’s European Film Market.
Shayda stars Zar Amir Ebrahimi, Osamah Sami and Leah Purcell in the story of...
Sony Pictures Classics (SPC) has acquired all media rights to Sundance Audience Award winner Shayda for North America, Latin America, Benelux, Eastern Europe, Portugal, the Middle East and Turkey.
Written and directed by Iranian-Australian filmmaker Noora Niasari as her feature debut, the film had its world premiere in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at Sundance and is currently being offered for remaining territories by HanWay Films at Berlin’s European Film Market.
Shayda stars Zar Amir Ebrahimi, Osamah Sami and Leah Purcell in the story of...
- 2/14/2023
- by John Hazelton
- ScreenDaily
It’s a Sunday evening in London in early February and two-time Oscar winner Cate Blanchett is freshly changed from an award show when she logs onto a Zoom with Noora Niasari, the writer and director behind “Shayda,” the powerful Sundance award-winning film executive produced by Dirty Films, the production company co-founded by Blanchett.
“I’m so happy. It’s fantastic. It’s great for Todd [Field], it’s so great for the film,” Blanchett says as she fields congratulations on accepting the London Critics Circle’s best actress prize. “And I just read that Viola Davis became an Egot!”
The topic of awards is the conversation du jour this time of year because awards are capital in the entertainment business — and Blanchett knows a thing or two about this topic, with eight Oscar nominations to her name. Ultimately, the accolades help a film reach audiences far and wide. In the case of “Shayda,...
“I’m so happy. It’s fantastic. It’s great for Todd [Field], it’s so great for the film,” Blanchett says as she fields congratulations on accepting the London Critics Circle’s best actress prize. “And I just read that Viola Davis became an Egot!”
The topic of awards is the conversation du jour this time of year because awards are capital in the entertainment business — and Blanchett knows a thing or two about this topic, with eight Oscar nominations to her name. Ultimately, the accolades help a film reach audiences far and wide. In the case of “Shayda,...
- 2/14/2023
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
Editor’s Note: This review was originally published at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. Sony Pictures Classics will release “Shayda” in select U.S. theaters on March 1, 2024.
The actress Zar Amir Ebrahimi’s eyes are an arresting contradiction. In “Shayda,” dark circles hang heavy below them, contributing to her world-weary, anxious gaze. But if you look deeper into her uneasy stare and almost translucently hazel irises, there lurks a bit of light, and a sense of hope that hasn’t been completely stamped out.
In Noora Niasari’s debut feature, Ebrahimi is cast as the eponymous Shayda, an Iranian woman living in Australia in 1995, trying to break free of her abusive husband Hossein (Osamah Sami), who’s finishing his medical studies in Brisbane. Her immense exhaustion is visible from the film’s first scene, in which she instructs her six-year-old daughter Mona (Selina Zahednia) what to do if Hossein tries to kidnap her.
The actress Zar Amir Ebrahimi’s eyes are an arresting contradiction. In “Shayda,” dark circles hang heavy below them, contributing to her world-weary, anxious gaze. But if you look deeper into her uneasy stare and almost translucently hazel irises, there lurks a bit of light, and a sense of hope that hasn’t been completely stamped out.
In Noora Niasari’s debut feature, Ebrahimi is cast as the eponymous Shayda, an Iranian woman living in Australia in 1995, trying to break free of her abusive husband Hossein (Osamah Sami), who’s finishing his medical studies in Brisbane. Her immense exhaustion is visible from the film’s first scene, in which she instructs her six-year-old daughter Mona (Selina Zahednia) what to do if Hossein tries to kidnap her.
- 1/24/2023
- by Susannah Gruder
- Indiewire
‘Shayda’ Review: Powerful Debut Feature Shines a Timely Light on an Iranian Woman’s Resilient Spirit
In resiliently fighting for their human rights and dignity, Iranian women were deservedly named Time magazine’s Heroes of the Year in 2022. Their fierce uprising erupted last fall, after 22-year-old Mahsa Amini was arrested by the morality police for not fully complying with the government’s antiquated dress code, and died three days later in police custody. Set in the ’90s in an Australian city, writer-director Noora Niasari’s quietly powerful “Shayda” doesn’t, on the surface, have a direct connection to these recent events. But one can’t help but detect the same strength and heroic spirit in the film’s eponymous protagonist, a young Iranian woman who demands a free life on her own terms, away from the shadow of her abusive husband, and the patriarchal norms and codes of conduct that suffocate her existence.
If “Shayda” (with Cate Blanchett among its executive producers) skews too predictable at...
If “Shayda” (with Cate Blanchett among its executive producers) skews too predictable at...
- 1/20/2023
- by Tomris Laffly
- Variety Film + TV
Within the unassuming exterior of a suburban house, the central setting in Shayda, a handful of women are working to reclaim their lives. The title character is one of them, determined to leave an abusive marriage with her young daughter and not return to their native Iran. Unfolding in 1995 Australia, Noora Niasari’s debut feature is drawn from her experiences as a child in such a shelter and is at its core a tribute to the writer-director’s mother. Fueling the drama is the quiet ferocity of Zar Amir Ebrahimi’s performance and her tender chemistry with Selina Zahednia as 6-year-old Mona.
Early scenes are thick with shadows, a sense of danger lurking. Four years earlier, Shayda moved to Australia with Hossein (Osamah Sami) and their toddler daughter so that he could attend medical school. A student too, she has stopped wearing the hijab and embraced the relative freedoms of a Western woman,...
Early scenes are thick with shadows, a sense of danger lurking. Four years earlier, Shayda moved to Australia with Hossein (Osamah Sami) and their toddler daughter so that he could attend medical school. A student too, she has stopped wearing the hijab and embraced the relative freedoms of a Western woman,...
- 1/20/2023
- by Sheri Linden
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here.
First Love (A.J. Edwards)
Following The Better Angels and Age Out, A.J. Edwards’ third feature, First Love, is both a tender tale of blossoming romance and nuanced depiction of the pride and human frailties that can disrupt a decades-long bond. The writer-director, who got his start working with Terrence Malick on The Tree of Life, The New World, To the Wonder, Knight of Cups, and Song to Song, displays an immense amount of grace in this recession-era portrait of family and romance. Led by Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Diane Kruger, Jeffrey Donovan, and Sydney Park, the film got a quiet release earlier this summer, but certainly deserves to find an audience in coming years.
Where to Stream: Hulu
The Legend of Molly Johnson...
First Love (A.J. Edwards)
Following The Better Angels and Age Out, A.J. Edwards’ third feature, First Love, is both a tender tale of blossoming romance and nuanced depiction of the pride and human frailties that can disrupt a decades-long bond. The writer-director, who got his start working with Terrence Malick on The Tree of Life, The New World, To the Wonder, Knight of Cups, and Song to Song, displays an immense amount of grace in this recession-era portrait of family and romance. Led by Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Diane Kruger, Jeffrey Donovan, and Sydney Park, the film got a quiet release earlier this summer, but certainly deserves to find an audience in coming years.
Where to Stream: Hulu
The Legend of Molly Johnson...
- 12/30/2022
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
The 12th annual Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (Aacta) Awards was held at The Hordern in Sydney’s iconic Entertainment Quarter on Wednesday, December 7, where Baz Luhrmann‘s “Elvis” dominated the star-studded ceremony, with four wins: Best Picture, Luhrmann for Best Direction, Austin Butler for Best Actor and Olivia DeJonge for Best Supporting Actress. Add in its lucky seven wins at the creative arts ceremony, and its haul totals a whopping 11 awards.
The musical biopic triumphed in the top category of the night over George Miller’s “Three Thousand Years of Longing,” starring nominees Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton, actor/director Leah Purcell’s “The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson” (for which Purcell took home the Best Lead Actress prize), anthology film “Here Out West” and horror comedy “Sissy.”
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The musical biopic triumphed in the top category of the night over George Miller’s “Three Thousand Years of Longing,” starring nominees Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton, actor/director Leah Purcell’s “The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson” (for which Purcell took home the Best Lead Actress prize), anthology film “Here Out West” and horror comedy “Sissy.”
Sean Harris took home Best Supporting Actor for Netflix’s psychological drama “The Stranger” (in a...
- 12/7/2022
- by Rob Licuria
- Gold Derby
‘Elvis’, which earlier this week dominated the craft prizes at Aacta (Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts) awards, added four more prizes to kitty, including ‘best film’ and ‘best director’ for Baz Luhrmann.
The film also bagged the best lead actor (Austin Butler) and best supporting actress (Olivia DeJonge) awards, ‘Variety’ reported.
‘Elvis’ had already won seven previous prizes at Monday night’s Aacta Industry awards, which makes its overall tally 11.
‘Elvis’ also received the Aacta Audience Choice award for best film.
Aacta best lead actress in films award went to Leah Purcell for her directorial debut, ‘The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson’.
In television, the Bunya-ABC produced ‘Mystery Road: Origin’ received an additional three Aacta awards, including best drama series, best lead actor (Mark Coles Smith) and best lead actress (Tuuli Narkle). After receiving four Aacta Industry awards, ‘Mystery Road: Origin’ leads the TV...
The film also bagged the best lead actor (Austin Butler) and best supporting actress (Olivia DeJonge) awards, ‘Variety’ reported.
‘Elvis’ had already won seven previous prizes at Monday night’s Aacta Industry awards, which makes its overall tally 11.
‘Elvis’ also received the Aacta Audience Choice award for best film.
Aacta best lead actress in films award went to Leah Purcell for her directorial debut, ‘The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson’.
In television, the Bunya-ABC produced ‘Mystery Road: Origin’ received an additional three Aacta awards, including best drama series, best lead actor (Mark Coles Smith) and best lead actress (Tuuli Narkle). After receiving four Aacta Industry awards, ‘Mystery Road: Origin’ leads the TV...
- 12/7/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Director Baz Luhrmann and actor Austin Butler were among 11 winners for Elvis.
Elvis won 11 awards including best film at the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards (AACTAs), held over two days (December 5 and 7) in Sydney.
Director Baz Luhrmann and actor Austin Butler were among the Elvis winners, along with cinematographer Mandy Walker – who is reportedly the first woman to win the category at the AACTAs.
Catherine Martin won for costume design and for being part of the production design team. Like actor Chris Hemsworth, she was honoured more generally for her career and her impact on the Australian industry.
Elvis won 11 awards including best film at the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards (AACTAs), held over two days (December 5 and 7) in Sydney.
Director Baz Luhrmann and actor Austin Butler were among the Elvis winners, along with cinematographer Mandy Walker – who is reportedly the first woman to win the category at the AACTAs.
Catherine Martin won for costume design and for being part of the production design team. Like actor Chris Hemsworth, she was honoured more generally for her career and her impact on the Australian industry.
- 12/7/2022
- by Sandy George
- ScreenDaily
The 12th annual Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (Aacta) Awards unveiled its Industry Awards in Sydney on Monday, celebrating the best of the Australian film and television industry across a spectrum of creative arts categories. It will be followed by the star-studded main ceremony, which will take place at The Hordern in Sydney’s iconic Entertainment Quarter on Wednesday, December 7, hosted by acclaimed Aussie comedian and actress Amanda Keller.
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Oscar-nominated director Baz Luhrmann (“Moulin Rouge!”) and his team behind musical biopic “Elvis” cleaned up at the creative arts event, taking home seven trophies, including for 2022 Aacta Longford Lyell Award recipient (and two-time Oscar winner) Catherine Martin, who claimed the awards for Best Costume Design and Best Production Design. “Elvis” Dp Mandy Walker also shattered records Monday when she became the first woman ever to win the Best Cinematography award.
“Elvis” is...
See dozens of interviews with 2023 awards contenders
Oscar-nominated director Baz Luhrmann (“Moulin Rouge!”) and his team behind musical biopic “Elvis” cleaned up at the creative arts event, taking home seven trophies, including for 2022 Aacta Longford Lyell Award recipient (and two-time Oscar winner) Catherine Martin, who claimed the awards for Best Costume Design and Best Production Design. “Elvis” Dp Mandy Walker also shattered records Monday when she became the first woman ever to win the Best Cinematography award.
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- 12/6/2022
- by Rob Licuria
- Gold Derby
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