Foam (film)

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Foam
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Film poster
Directed by Omar Elhamy
Produced by Paul Chotel
Jonathan Beaulieu-Cyr
Written by Omar Elhamy
Paul Chotel
Jonathan Beaulieu-Cyr
Starring Hakim Loudyi
Abdelghafour Elaaziz
Papedame Diongue
Music by Melody McKiver
Cinematography Casper Wolski
Edited by Omar Elhamy
Production
company
Les Films Rôdeurs
Distributed by Les Films du 3 mars
Release dates
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  • 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]

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