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Original name: Last Swim
English name: Last Swim
Year: 2024
Run time: 100 minutes
Language: English, Farsi
Type (Colour/ Black & white): Colour
Country: United Kingdom
Director: Sasha Nathwani
Producer: Campbell Beaton, Nisha Mullea, Helen Simmons, Bert Hamelinck, Sorcha Shephard, James Isilay
Cast: Deba Hekmat, Narges Rashidi, Jay Lycurgo, Solly McLeod, Lydia Fleming, Denzel Baidoo, Michelle Greenidge
Screenplay: Sasha Nathwani, Helen Simmons
Cinematographer: Olan Collardy
Editor: Stephen Dunne
Sound Designer: George Castle
Music Composer: Federico Albanese
Costume Designer: Natalie Wilkins
Production Designer: Julija Fricsone Gavriss
Production Company: Caviar, Pablo & Zeus
World Sales: Indiesales
The director was born in London to an Iranian mother and Indian father. He has a degree from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. Last Swim is his debut feature film. His short film Raj’s Story was a recipient of a One Point Four Award and a Channel 4 Diversity Award. He has also directed various music videos and has twice been nominated for Best Video at the Brit Awards.
Ziba is an ambitious and brainy young Londoner. Proud of her Iranian heritage, she is conscientious and sensible but also indulges in a certain romantic nihilism. Perhaps this is because of her passion for astronomy, or perhaps because she longs for happier times. Although she is the only member of her close-knit friendship group to attain good results in the end-of-school exams, she is struggling to remain optimistic. She and her friends want to spend the day together in the hot summer London and witness a unique celestial event. Secretly, Ziba is planning an irreversible step that – in her mind – will give her back control over her life. Caught between a deep passion for being alive and an overwhelming desire to end the pain and fear of her current reality, Ziba must learn to let go of her adolescent dreams and cope with uncertainty.
