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Seafoam

Billy tumbles down the rabbit hole after visiting her mother at a psychiatric health ward and recognizing an orderly who works there. Suddenly, he is everywhere. Billy can’t escape. The fish, the cowboy, her mother... What's real? Seafoam takes you on a journey inside Billy’s unsettling experience. Is Billy ill, like her mother, or is she prey?

From award winning Australian director/actor Izzy Stevens, comes the experimental psychological thriller film Seafoam. Created by a cast and crew from over seven different nationalities, many of whom identify as female or LGBTQ+, Seafoam broaches the pervasive effects of gender roles on mental health, and the powerful trappings of our mind.

  • Izzy Stevens
    Director
    Phenomena, Leap, Placidyl, Famished.
  • Izzy Stevens
    Writer
    Phenomena, Placidyl, Famished.
  • Charles Velasquez-Witosky
    Producer
    The Connors
  • Moriah Hall
    Producer
    No Sanctuary
  • Izzy Stevens
    Key Cast
    "Billy"
    Occupation, Occupation: Rainfall, Puberty Blues, Underbelly: Razor
  • Jae Kim
    Key Cast
  • Amy Punt
    Key Cast
  • Dalia Rooni
    Key Cast
    Operation WhiteBoy
  • David Chernyavsky
    Key Cast
    Smosh
  • Pete Szijarto
    Editor
    Loving in America
  • Izzy Stevens
    Editor
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Psychological Thriller, Experimental
  • Runtime:
    6 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    August 20, 2021
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Fantastic Fest
    Austin, Texas
    Texas Premier
    Official Selection
  • HollyShorts
    Los Angeles
  • LA International Shorts
    Los Angeles
  • Women's Independent Film Awards
  • McMinnville Short Film fest

    Nominated: Best Director
Director Biography - Izzy Stevens

Australian/American actor, award winning director and producer Izzy Stevens is best known for starring alongside Ken Jeong in the Netflix sci-fi film franchise Occupation.

Izzy’s shorts: Placidyl (2016), Phenomena (2018), Leap (2018) and Operation White Boy (2021) have been screened at Cinema Australia, Tropfest, Cannes Diversity, and Redline Int. Film Fest, where she won best experimental film for Leap. In 2018, Phenomena was broadcast on National TV network ABC.

Izzy is also the founder of indie spunk, a production company and inclusive content studio offering coaching and support to emerging filmmakers so they can build their portfolios and strategize the growth of their careers.

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Director Statement

I'm fascinated by how film can elicit empathy in audiences, more than any other medium. I love to lock into a characters perspective and see through their eyes. To take the audience on a journey, but leave them with questions. It's so fascinating when people leave the theatre with different ideas of what they just watched. I'm also feverishly obsessed with sound design. Send help ;)