The Summer Book is a 2024 drama film directed by Charlie McDowell, written by Robert Jones, and starring Glenn Close, Emily Matthews, and Anders Danielsen Lie. It is based on Tove Jansson's 1972 novel of the same title. A co-production of the United Kingdom, the United States, and Finland, the film premiered at the BFI London Film Festival on 12 October 2024.

• Glenn Close as Grandmother
• Emily Matthews as Sophia
• Anders Danielsen Lie
• Ingvar Sigurdsson
• Pekka Strang
• Sophia Heikkilä

In March 2023, it was announced that Close and Lie were cast in the film.^[1] The film was shot in the summer of 2023 in Finland, for example in the archipelagos of Kotka, Porvoo and Espoo located in the Gulf of Finland.^[2]

In July that same year, it was announced that the filmmakers were granted an interim agreement by SAG-AFTRA to allow production to occur since the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike was occurring at the time.^[3][4]

The Summer Book premiered at the BFI London Film Festival on 12 October 2024.^[5][6] The North American theatrical debut was at the AFI Fest on 27 October 2024 in Hollywood, California.

Its distribution rights in the Nordic countries are held by SF Studios, which is set to release it in Finland on 31 January 2025.^[7]

• The Summer Book at AllMovie
• The Summer Book at IMDb