Seagrass
SYNOPSIS
Set a decade or so in the past, Meredith Hama-Brown’s debut feature tells the story of a family on the verge of coming closer together — or drifting further apart.
Judith (Ally Maki) is Japanese Canadian; her husband Steve (Luke Roberts) is white. They’re having some problems communicating with each other, so they’ve found a family retreat on the Pacific coast where kids can hang out while their parents confront one another in group-therapy sessions. But the time together exposes new fractures in the family’s internal dynamic: 11-year-old Stephanie (Nyha Breitkreuz) starts acting out, while six-year-old Emmy (Remy Marthaller) insists she can feel Judith’s recently departed mother watching over them all.
Whether or not Emmy is right, something is certainly hanging over this family — a cloud of tension and dissatisfaction between Judith and Steve that neither can fully articulate, but both recognize. And the more time Judith spends around another couple, Carol (Sarah Gadon) and Pat (Chris Pang), the more she worries that saving her marriage might not be the best move.
Cast
Judith
Ally Maki
Steve
Luke Roberts
Stephanie
Nyha Huang Breitkreuz
Emmy
Remy Marthaller
Carol
Sarah Gadon
Pat
Chris Pang
Sam
Hannah Bos
John
Gabriel Carter
Jeremiah Miles
Phoenix Foley
Newscaster
Kate Gajdosik
Matt
Benjamin Goas
Jessica
Ava Kelders
Jenny
Milania Kerr
Leanne
Danielle Klaudt
Tyler
Nathan Parrott
Justin
Sawyer Proulx
Karaoke Host
Kane Stewart
Vicky
Stella Watson
crew
Directed by
Meredith Hama-Brown
Writing Credits
Meredith Hama-Brown
Produced by
Sara Blake, Tyler Hagan, Meredith Hama-Brown, Kathleen Hepburn, Norm Li, Ally Maki, Chad Shields, Tony Yang
Music by
Oscar Vargas
Cinematography by
Norm Li
Editing by
Shun Ando, Kane Stewart
Casting By
Jenny Jue
Production Design by
Louisa Birkin
Art Direction by
Claudia Tyzo
Costume Design by
Athena Theny
Makeup Department
Abby Collver, Piper Kinnear, Cassandra Kleinschroth, Isabel Paganine
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jade Blair, Aurore Dupont-Sagorin, Anthony Epp,
Helena Thom
Sound Department
David Daoud, Matt Drake, Matias Gibbs, Alex Lara, Oscar Vargas
Visual Effects by
Antonio Gallardo
Stunts
Roberta Cenedese, Jennifer Clarke, Grant Smith
Camera and Electrical Department
Jared Boyce, Norm Li, Tin-Chun Liu, Yannie Yu
Casting Department
Jacqui Kaese
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Leta Cushing-Woodcock, Aurore Dupont-Sagorin
Editorial Department
Ryan Mance, Jeremiah Reyes, David Tomiak
Location Management
John P. Alviz
Music Department
Cody Partridge
Script and Continuity Department
Julie Zhu
Additional Crew
Nic Altobelli, Shaylen Anita, Tolmie Greaves, Caryl J. Horan, Nicola Pender,
Ahmed Seedat, Tessa Tamura, Carmel Tanaka
Awards
Canadian Screen Awards, CA
Achievement in Costume Design
Achievement in Hair
Vancouver Film Critics Circle
Best Screenplay for a Canadian Film
Best Supporting Male Actor in a Canadian Film
Best Supporting Female Actor in a Canadian Film
One to Watch
Best British Columbia Film
Young Artist Awards
Best Performance in a Feature Film: Leading Young Actress
International Film Critics Association
FIPRESCI Prize
Canada’s TIFF
Top Ten Showcase
Festival du nouveau cinéma
National Competition
Winner - National Competition - Feature Films
Cinéfest Sudbury
Winner - Outstanding Canadian Feature Film Award
Toronto International Film Festival
Winner - FIPRESCI Prize
São Paulo International Film Festival
Best Fiction
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