Zar Amir Ebrahimi

After fleeing her husband, a young Iranian mother, Shayda, and her six-year-old daughter find refuge in an Australian women's shelter. During the two weeks of the Iranian New Year, Shayda tries to embrace her fresh start - but when her husband gains visitation rights, she fears for her daughter's safety.

In this gorgeously animated drama, the lives of several women and a young musician intersect in the bustling metropolis of Tehran, where breaking taboos can be a means of personal emancipation. Making use of rotoscope animation, expat Iranian filmmaker Ali Soozandeh creates a portrait of contemporary Tehran that would be impossible by any other means.

Inside the protests that have rocked Iran since the death of a young woman in police custody. With a trove of footage filmed by protestors, much of it previously unseen, the film sheds new light on a regime under unprecedented pressure.