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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