"What do you owe the charming disaster who raised you?"
Capsized had its world premiere in Competition at the 79th Edinburgh International Film Festival. Next screenings to be announced — join the mailing list to hear first, or show us your charming disaster.
A family's "vacation" spirals into a turbulent journey as they grapple with lost homes, fractured identities, and the grip of a troubled patriarch.
When foreclosure strips the O'Briens of their home, their erratic patriarch launches one last grand plan: a nautical escape and a high-stakes fishing tournament to win it all back. In the close quarters of the boat, the family's fragile equilibrium, long organized around his volatility, begins to crack. As Nicole refuses the role she's been taught to play, her mother is forced to confront the cost of building a life around a man who demands devotion but can't offer safety. What was meant to save them becomes the moment they must choose whether to finally let him fall.
Capsized began with a contradiction I couldn't stop thinking about: the person who teaches you to love the world can also be the person who distorts your understanding of it.
This film examines the impossibility of separating what someone gave you from what they cost you, living in the tension between gratitude and grief. I wanted to explore how love and damage get so knotted together that you can't pull one free without unraveling the rest, and I wanted to do it without simplifying anyone into a villain because that's not how it works. The moments of tenderness and the moments of turbulence coexist, as they always do.
They say you can't choose your family, but you can choose what you build from what they gave you. I took the salt, the restlessness, the stubborn belief that the horizon is worth chasing and I made this film. That feels like the most honest answer I have.
— Lindsey Ryan
World premiere in Competition at the 79th Edinburgh International Film Festival — one of ten films nominated for the Sean Connery Prize for Feature Filmmaking Excellence.
“An American indie humming with humor, heart and nuance — so richly textured you can almost taste the sea salt.”
“Rhys Ifans and Lily Rabe deliver precise, layered performances as a husband and wife who have stuck it out through thick and thin.”
“Capsized stays afloat through the terrific performances and a script that emphasises community not as a magical solution but a wry, loving, often difficult forum in which to negotiate life’s ups and downs.”
“Lovable ensemble cast stun in dysfunctional family story.”
Screening dates, ticket drops, and first looks from Lost at Sea Films — Capsized and everything we make next.
See it on the big screen at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, 15–18 August 2026.
Screenings & tickets →This is home base — follow @lostatseafilms on Instagram for first looks, ticket news, and everything we make next.
Follow on Instagram →Pop Capsized on your watchlist and help us build buzz before the premiere.
Add to watchlist →Everybody's family is a little bit shipwrecked. Pick a format, drop in your chaos, tag @lostatseafilms — and we'll reshare the most unhinged ones.
Start calm and posed — everybody lined up, everything fine. On the beat, flip the camera so the whole video tips over… and somebody goes overboard.
⭐ Do this oneLay "Southern Nights" — or Osei's fish-catch theme — over your family's most deranged footage. The sweeter the song, the funnier the disaster.
Build the sticker pack for your one chaotic relative: the catchphrase, the sunglasses, the "one last big idea," the boat they cannot afford.
Coming soon: a one-tap CapCut template for The Capsize · the sound (Southern Nights / Osei's fish-catch theme) · and search "Capsized" stickers right inside your IG & TikTok Stories.
