Wet Bum

Wet Bum, retitled Surfacing in some international markets, is a Canadian drama film, directed by Lindsay MacKay and released in 2014.[1] The film stars Julia Sarah Stone as Sam, a shy and self-conscious teenage girl struggling to assert herself with those around her, including her older swimming teammates who make fun of her because she has not yet fully developed into womanhood and the residents of a nursing home where she has a part-time job as a cleaner.[2]

Wet Bum
Film poster
Directed byLindsay MacKay
Produced byPaula Devonshire
Lauren Grant
Written byLindsay MacKay
StarringJulia Sarah Stone
Leah Pinsent
Kenneth Welsh
Music byOhad Benchetrit
Brendan Canning
CinematographyGuy Godfree
Edited byJorge Weisz
Production
company
Clique Pictures
Devonshire Productions
BUCK Productions
Distributed bySearch Engine Films
Release date
  • September 7, 2014 (2014-09-07) (TIFF)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

The film's cast also includes Leah Pinsent as Sam's mother Mary Ellen, Jamie Johnston as her older brother Nate, Craig Arnold as her swimming coach Lukas, and Kenneth Welsh as Ed, a crotchety resident of the nursing home.

The film premiered at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.[3]

The film received two Vancouver Film Critics Circle awards at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2015, for Best Actress in a Canadian Film (Stone) and Best First Film by a Canadian Director.[4] The film's visual effects team (Ian Britton, Robert Crowther, Steve Elliott, Oleksiy Golovchenko, Matt Philip, Jiang Shuming, Jay Stanners, Rob Tasker, Perunika Yorgova and Lexi Young) received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Visual Effects at the 3rd Canadian Screen Awards.

References
  1. Julia Cooper, "Wet Bum, reviewed: Head above water". National Post, May 14, 2015.
  2. Justin Lowe, "'Wet Bum': SBIFF Review". The Hollywood Reporter, February 17, 2015.
  3. Victoria Ahearn, "Lights, camera, crunch time for TIFF movie-makers with world premieres". Canadian Press, August 28, 2014.
  4. Jordan Pinto, "Vancouver Film Critics Circle announces nominations". Playback, December 15, 2015.


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