''Summer with Hope'' ( fa, Tabestan Ba Omid) is a 2022 Canadian- Iranian drama film, directed, written and co-produced by Sadaf Foroughi. The film premiered on July 7, 2022 at the

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival ( cs, Mezinárodní filmový festival Karlovy Vary) is a film festival held annually in July in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. The Karlovy Vary Festival is one of the oldest in the world and has become ...

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 Leyli Rashidi ( fa, لیلی رشیدی; born 2 February 1973) is an Iranian actress. As the daughter of Iranian actor and film director Davoud Rashidi, she started acting from early ages of childhood. She received a Canadian Screen Award nomina ...

) 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.

Release

The film premiered on July 7, 2022 at the

, where it won the

Crystal Globe A Crystal Globe is a trophy given to the winners of various international competitions: In media * Crystal Globe (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival), for films * Globe de Cristal Awards, for art and culture In sport Given to the season st ...

for Best Feature Film.

Awards

The film received three Canadian Screen Award nominations at the

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in 2023, for Best Motion Picture, Best Supporting Performance in a Film (Rashidi) and Best Original Screenplay (Foroughi).Etan Vlessing
"Canadian Screen Awards: TV Drama ‘The Porter’ Leads With 19 Nominations"
'' The Hollywood Reporter'', February 22, 2023.

References

External links

* 2022 films 2022 drama films 2022 LGBT-related films Iranian drama films Iranian LGBT-related films Canadian sports drama films Canadian LGBT-related films LGBT-related sports drama films 2020s Persian-language films Films about Asian Canadians Crystal Globe winners Swimming films 2020s Canadian films {{Iran-film-stub