“I Opted for a Low-key Chiaroscuro Look”: DP Sherwin Akbarzadeh on Shayda

Shayda courtesy of Sundance Institute. Writer-director Noora Niasari’s debut feature, Shayda, is a deeply personal tale of trauma and tenacity. With a script mining from Niasari’s lived experiences, the film centers on the titular character Shayda (Zar Amir Ebrahimi), an…