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Summer with Hope

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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
Alireza Kamali
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

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.

Premise

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

Release

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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

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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]

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