Summer with Hope

Summer with Hope (Persian: Tabestan Ba Omid) is a 2022 Canadian-Iranian drama film, directed, written and co-produced by Sadaf Foroughi.[1] The film premiered on July 7, 2022 at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.

Summer with Hope
Theatrical release poster
PersianTabestan Ba Omid
Directed bySadaf Foroughi
Written bySadaf Foroughi
Produced bySadaf Foroughi
Kiarash Anvari
Christina Piovesan
StarringMehdi Ghorbani
Leili Rashidi
Benyamin Peyrovani
CinematographyAmin Jafari
Edited byKiarash Anvari
Music bySoheil Peyghambari
Production
companies
First Generation Films
Sweet Delight Pictures
Release date
  • July 7, 2022 (2022-07-07) (KVIFF)
Running time
99 minutes
CountriesCanada
Iran
LanguagePersian

Premise

Omid, a teenage athlete who is barred for bureaucratic reasons from a swimming competition; however, as his estranged father has made his consent to a divorce from his mother (Leili Rashidi) conditional on Omid's performance in the competition, he begins to train in open-water swimming under the coaching of Mani (Benyamin Peyrovani), with their increasingly close friendship leading to community rumours and allegations they are engaging in a gay sexual relationship with each other.[2]

Release

The film premiered on July 7, 2022 at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival,[3] where it won the Crystal Globe for Best Feature Film.[4]

Awards

The film received three Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023, for Best Motion Picture, Best Supporting Performance in a Film (Rashidi) and Best Original Screenplay (Foroughi).[5]

References
  1. Guy Lodge, "‘Summer With Hope’ Review: Lyrical Iranian Tragedy is Initially Cryptic, Slowly Revealing and Finally Wrenching". Variety, July 8, 2022.
  2. Neil Young, "‘Summer With Hope’: Karlovy Vary Review". Screen Daily, July 11, 2022.
  3. Scott Roxborough, "Karlovy Vary Fest Adds Documentary ‘Lynch/Oz,’ Three World Premieres to Complete Lineup". The Hollywood Reporter, June 17, 2022.
  4. Steve Pond, "‘Summer With Hope,’ ‘Word’ Win Top Prizes at Karlovy Vary Film Festival". TheWrap, July 9, 2022.
  5. Etan Vlessing, "Canadian Screen Awards: TV Drama ‘The Porter’ Leads With 19 Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter, February 22, 2023.


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