Foam (film)

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]

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

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]