| Foam | |
| Native Name: | |
| Director: | Omar Elhamy |
| Producer: | Paul Chotel Jonathan Beaulieu-Cyr |
| Starring: | Hakim Loudyi Abdelghafour Elaaziz Papedame Diongue |
| Music: | Melody McKiver |
| Cinematography: | Casper Wolski |
| Editing: | Omar Elhamy |
| Studio: | Les Films Rôdeurs |
| Distributor: | Les Films du 3 mars |
| Runtime: | 28 minutes |
| Country: | Canada |
| Language: | French |
Foam (fr|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]