SUMMER WITH HOPE

TABESTAN BA OMID

By Sadaf FOROUGHI

SWEET DELIGHT PICTURES - as PROD

Drama - Completed 2022

...the sea is filled with irretrievable consequences

A prestigious competition sets the stage for a conspiracy of collusion between two young swimmers, family members, and their communities.

Festivals
& Awards

Karlovy Vary IFF 2022
Official Selection - Competition
Karlovy Vary IFF 2022
Crystal Globe Competition / Winner of the Crystal Globe Grand Prix for the Best Film
Hamptons International film festival 2022
Narrative Feature Competition
Haifa Film Festival 2022
Golden Anchor Competition
BFI London Film Festival 2022
Journey
Singapore International Film Festival 2022
Asian Feature Film Competition
Tbilisi International Film Festival 2022
Horizons
Outfest Fusion QTBIPOC Film Festival 2023
    • Year of production
    • 2022
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • CANADA, IRAN
    • Languages
    • PERSIAN
    • Budget
    • N/A
    • Duration
    • 100 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Sadaf FOROUGHI
    • Writer(s)
    • Sadaf FOROUGHI
    • Producer(s)
    • Christina PIOVESAN (FIRST GENERATION FILMS), Kiarash ANVARI (SWEET DELIGHT PICTURES), Sadaf FOROUGHI (SWEET DELIGHT PICTURES)
    • Synopsis
    • Young swimmer, Omid (whose name means “Hope” in Persian), along with his mother, Leili, and uncle, Saadi, have each placed their individual fates on one vital upcoming swimming competition. In the days and hours before the meet, however, the consequences of failure become clear for each – all of which falls heavily on Omid’s shoulders as a responsibility he refuses to bear.
      As their community jealously and steadily erodes the family’s façade, layer by layer, to find whatever weakness they can, the family itself also begins to crumble like sand under the weight of the encroaching tide.
      The second film in Sadaf Foroughi’s planned trilogy, SUMMER WITH HOPE examines the pressure-filled expectations of a new generation, for both themselves and their families, as they explore beckoning horizons and newly discovered freedoms. Set against the backdrop of a traditional patriarchal society where tendencies that contradict accepted norms are met with fierce-yet-cloaked resistance, SUMMER WITH HOPE is a classic tragedy of real-world proportions.