Foam | |
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French | Écume |
Directed by | Omar Elhamy |
Written by | Omar Elhamy Paul Chotel Jonathan Beaulieu-Cyr |
Produced by | Paul Chotel Jonathan Beaulieu-Cyr |
Starring | Hakim Loudyi Abdelghafour Elaaziz Papedame Diongue |
Cinematography | Casper Wolski |
Edited by | Omar Elhamy |
Music by | Melody McKiver |
Production company | Les Films Rôdeurs |
Distributed by | Les Films du 3 mars |
Release date |
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Running time | 28 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | French |
Foam (French: Écume) is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Omar Elhamy and released in 2020.[1] The film stars Hakim Loudyi as Hakim, a man whose return to work at a car wash following a stint in jail does not go as expected, when his boss announces that the car wash is closing.[2]
The film premiered at the 70th Berlin Film Festival in February 2020.[3] It had its Canadian premiere at the Festival du nouveau cinéma in October 2020, where it won the National Short Film Competition.[4]
It was subsequently named to the Toronto International Film Festival's year-end Canada's Top Ten list for short films in 2020.[5]
The film won the Prix Iris for Best Live Action Short Film at the 23rd Quebec Cinema Awards in 2021.[6]