Noora Niasari

Directing

Noora Niasari

Place of birth

Iran

Known for

Directing

Credits

14 titles

Noora Niasari is an Iranian-Australian film director based in Australia. Born in Iran and raised in Australia, she initially studied architecture at the University of Technology Sydney, before turning to filmmaking, later receiving a Masters of Film & Television from the Victorian College of the Arts (Melbourne University). Niasari's debut feature film SHAYDA, starring Zar Amir Ebrahimi and executive produced by Cate Blanchett, had its world premiere at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award in the World Dramatic Competition and was acquired by Sony Pictures Classics for North American distribution. It went on to be selected as Australia's official submission for …

Known for

Shayda poster
6.8

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.

Shayda

2023

Waterfall poster
NR

While on a family road trip, the tension builds as 14-year-old Zahra struggles to accept her mother’s fiancé.

Waterfall

2017

17 Years and a Day poster
NR

Reality and expectation collide as Mona delves into her past and prepares to meet her estranged Iranian father.

17 Years and a Day

2013

Simorgh poster
5.0

In 1979, acclaimed Iranian actor Manouchehr Farid fled his country, turning his back on the stage. Inside an Australian detention center, he finds new purpose.

Simorgh

2015

Tâm poster
6.0

Tâm wakes up in a strange hotel room. As she pieces together the night before, she realizes she is not alone.

Tâm

2020

Antúnez House poster
NR

The devastating Chilean earthquake of 2010 damaged over 370,000 homes. The city of Talca was near its epicentre, leaving many historic neighbourhoods in ruins. CASA ANTÚNEZ is an intimate portrait of one beloved home in Talca, and how its destruction reveals a divided family. When the mother sells the adobe ruins to her architect son José Luis, his brothers and cousins are sceptical about his intentions. Over three years, we witness their psychological process of losing a childhood home as they confront the future of its land. CASA ANTÚNEZ is a poetic homage to the very notion of ‘home’ after a disaster.

Antúnez House

2017

Behind the camera

Shayda poster
6.8

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.

Shayda

2023

Shayda poster
6.8

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.

Shayda

2023

Shayda poster
6.8

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.

Shayda

2023

Waterfall poster
NR

While on a family road trip, the tension builds as 14-year-old Zahra struggles to accept her mother’s fiancé.

Waterfall

2017

Waterfall poster
NR

While on a family road trip, the tension builds as 14-year-old Zahra struggles to accept her mother’s fiancé.

Waterfall

2017

17 Years and a Day poster
NR

Reality and expectation collide as Mona delves into her past and prepares to meet her estranged Iranian father.

17 Years and a Day

2013

17 Years and a Day poster
NR

Reality and expectation collide as Mona delves into her past and prepares to meet her estranged Iranian father.

17 Years and a Day

2013

17 Years and a Day poster
NR

Reality and expectation collide as Mona delves into her past and prepares to meet her estranged Iranian father.

17 Years and a Day

2013

Simorgh poster
5.0

In 1979, acclaimed Iranian actor Manouchehr Farid fled his country, turning his back on the stage. Inside an Australian detention center, he finds new purpose.

Simorgh

2015

Tâm poster
6.0

Tâm wakes up in a strange hotel room. As she pieces together the night before, she realizes she is not alone.

Tâm

2020

Tâm poster
6.0

Tâm wakes up in a strange hotel room. As she pieces together the night before, she realizes she is not alone.

Tâm

2020

Tâm poster
6.0

Tâm wakes up in a strange hotel room. As she pieces together the night before, she realizes she is not alone.

Tâm

2020

Antúnez House poster
NR

The devastating Chilean earthquake of 2010 damaged over 370,000 homes. The city of Talca was near its epicentre, leaving many historic neighbourhoods in ruins. CASA ANTÚNEZ is an intimate portrait of one beloved home in Talca, and how its destruction reveals a divided family. When the mother sells the adobe ruins to her architect son José Luis, his brothers and cousins are sceptical about his intentions. Over three years, we witness their psychological process of losing a childhood home as they confront the future of its land. CASA ANTÚNEZ is a poetic homage to the very notion of ‘home’ after a disaster.

Antúnez House

2017

Antúnez House poster
NR

The devastating Chilean earthquake of 2010 damaged over 370,000 homes. The city of Talca was near its epicentre, leaving many historic neighbourhoods in ruins. CASA ANTÚNEZ is an intimate portrait of one beloved home in Talca, and how its destruction reveals a divided family. When the mother sells the adobe ruins to her architect son José Luis, his brothers and cousins are sceptical about his intentions. Over three years, we witness their psychological process of losing a childhood home as they confront the future of its land. CASA ANTÚNEZ is a poetic homage to the very notion of ‘home’ after a disaster.

Antúnez House

2017