Foam (film)

Foam
Film poster
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	February 24, 2020 (2020-02-24) (Berlin)
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]

References

1. "ÉCUME de Omar Elhamy – En compétition officielle à la 70e Berlinale". L'Initiative, February 10, 2020.
2. Charlie Cliche, "FNC: Les courts-métrages d'ici à ne pas manquer". Atuvu, October 15, 2020.
3. Marc-André Lussier [fr], "Hommage à la grande Helen Mirren à la Berlinale". La Presse, February 28, 2020.
4. "La Louve d’or remise à Atlantis". La Presse, October 19, 2020.
5. Victoria Ahearn, "Toronto International Film Festival releases Top Ten lists for 2020" Archived 2021-01-04 at the Wayback Machine. Squamish Chief, December 9, 2020.
6. André Duchesne, "La déesse des mouches à feu grand gagnant". La Presse, June 6, 2021.

External links

• Foam at IMDb