Searing Summer
By Ebrahim Irajzad
Original title – Tabestan-e dagh
International title – Searing Summer
First Feature
Synopsis
Nasrin wants to divorce her husband, but knows she won’t be able to get custody of her six-year-old daughter if she does. So, unbeknown to her husband, she and her daughter move to another part of town where Nasrin finds a job at a hospital crèche. One day her husband catches up with her and their lives take an unexpected turn.
Cast
Parinaz Izadyar
Ali Mosaffa
Mina Sadati
Yasna Mirtahmasb
And
Saber Abar
Crew
Director – Ebrahim Irajzad
Screenplay – Payam karami
Director of Photography – Hooman Behmanesh
Editing – Sohrab Khosravi
Original Music – Hamed Sabet
Sound Designer – Amir-Hossein Ghassemi
Sound Recordists – Dariush Sadeghpour & Mahmoud Kashani
Set Designer – Keyvan Moghadam
Costume Designer – Nazanin Khazaei
Make-Up Artist – Iman Omidvari
Visual Effects – Javad Matoori
Production Manager – Kamran Hejazi
Executive Producer – Hooman Behmanesh
Producer – Javad Norouzbeigi
Production Company – Ghabe Aseman Institute
Awards & Festivals
- Winner of: ‘Best Performance by an Actress’ ex-aequo to ‘Parinaz Izadyar and Mina Sadati’ – 16th Dhaka International Film Festival (DIFF), Bangladesh, January 2018.
- Winner of: ‘Best Supporting Actress Award – Mina Sadati’ – 8th Beijing International Film Festival, China, April 2018.
- Winner of: ‘Special Mention Award’ – 4th Zurich Iranian Film Festival, Switzerland, 2018.
- Winner of: ‘Sepanta Award’ for the ‘Best Screenplay’ – 11th Iranian Film Festival, San Francisco, USA, 2018.
- 28th Stockholm International Film Festival, Sweden. November 8-19, 2017. ‘Stockholm Impact Competitive’ section.
- 16th Dhaka International Film Festival (DIFF), Bangladesh. January 12-20, 2018. ‘Asian Competitive’ section.
- 8th Beijing International Film Festival, China. April 15-22, 2018. ‘Competitive’ section – Tiantan Award.
- 5th Köln Iranian Film Festival, Germany. May 17-21, 2018. ‘Competitive’ section.
- 4th Zurich Iranian Film Festival (IFFZ), Switzerland. May 24-30, 2018. ‘Competitive’ section.
- 11th Iranian Film Festival, San Francisco, USA. September 22-23, 2018. ‘Competitive’ section.
