Summer with Hope

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 conditional on Omid's performance in the competition, he begins to train in open-water swimming under the coaching of Mani, with their increasingly close friendship leading to community rumours and allegations they are engaging in a gay sexual relationship with each other.

Cast

Leili Rashidi

Mother

Mahdi Ghorbani

Omid

Alireza Kamali

Saadi

Benyamin Peyrovani

Mani

Kiarash Anvari

Arash

Milad Mirzaei

Kamran

Sanaz Najafi

Mani's Wife

Crew

Sadaf Foroughi

Director

Sadaf Foroughi

Writer

Kiarash Anvari

Editor

Soheil Peyghambari

Original Music Composer

Sadaf Foroughi

Producer

Christina Piovesan

Producer

Justine Whyte

Executive Producer

Serkan Köseoğlu

Sound Designer

Kiarash Anvari

Producer

Amin Jafari

Director of Photography

Clips & Videos

Summer with Hope Trailer | SGIFF 2022