Sasha Nathwani, the British son of an Iranian mother and an Indian father, makes his feature debut with a tragicomic coming-of-age story Last swim, about an eighteen-year-old on the verge of adulthood. A dark shadow looms over her future, but on graduation day, she wants to forget it and just have fun with her friends.
Iranian-British student Ziba scores a place at University College London and will be allowed to study astrophysics, despite being the victim of some derogatory remarks at her admission interview. And she celebrated with a festive outing with three close friends and an apparent outsider. The day should culminate with the viewing of a rare meteor swarm. Secretly, however, Ziba is planning an irreversible move that - in her mind - will give her back control of her life. Uncertain about the present and the future, she struggles to balance her dreams with the bone-hard reality she can no longer keep hidden. Last Swim is a surprising coming-of-age story condensed into less than twenty-four hours. Carried by a delightful cast of youngsters, this debut from Sasha Nathwani - fronted by Deba Hekmat as Ziba - won the Crystal Bear for Best Film in the Generation 14plus competition at the Berlinale.
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Sasha Nathwani
Federico Albanese
Deba Hekmat, Narges Rashidi, Lydia Fleming, Jay Lycurgo
Sasha Nathwani, Helen Simmons
Olan Collardy
Stephen Dunne
Campbell Beaton, Nisha Mullea, Bert Hamelinck, Sorcha Shepherd, Helen Simmons, James Isilay
Pablo and Zeus, Caviar London
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English
United Kingdom
2024
