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 Bl…
, 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.
The film, which is described as a “love letter to mothers and daughters everywhere,” sees Amir-Ebrahimi star as Shayda, a brave Iranian mother who finds refuge in an Australian women’s shelter with her six-year-old daughter after fleeing an abusive relationship.
The film also stars Leah Purcell, Jillian Nguyen, Mojean Aria, Selina Zahednia, and Rina Mousavi. Producers are Vincent Sheehan and Noora Niasari. Exec Producers alongside Blanchett, Upton, and Francini are Caitlin Gold, Lindsay Lanzillotta, Lois Scott, Naomi McDougall Jones, Nivedita Kulkarni, Gabrielle Stewart, and Tom Grievson. HanWay Films are on international sales.
The full program of the 76th Locarno Film Festival will be unveiled on July 5 as part of a press conference in Bern. Organizers have already announced Taiwanese Director Tsai Ming-Liang as the recipient of this year’s Honorary Career Leopard Award.
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