LEAF

DIRECTED BY THOM LUNSHOF

Sci-Fi

Netherlands

20′

2023

SYNOPSYS

 

LEAF TELLS THE STORY OF NORA AND HER SON SIL WHO SET OUT TO FIND ONE OF THE LAST GREEN HABITATS IN A FUTURE PARCHED EARTH. BUT WHEN SIL UNDERGOES A STRANGE PHYSICAL CHANGE DURING THEIR JOURNEY THROUGH THE MERCILESS HEAT, NORA’S FEAR GROWS OF WHAT THEY WILL FIND ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DESERT.
DIRECTED BY THOM LUNSHOF PRODUCED BY ISABELLA DEPEWEG AND MONIQUE VAN KESSEL WITH MONIC HENDRICKX AND NINO VAN GINKEL

AWARDS AND SELECTIONS

21. Bogoshorts Festival
WORLD PREMIERE
2023 - OSCAR ® QUALIFYING
24. Izmir Kisa Film Festivali
TURKISH PREMIERE
2023 - OSCAR ® QUALIFYING
28. VERS Film Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTION
2024
13. ShortCutz Amsterdam
OFFICIAL SELECTION
2024
27. Festival Européen du Court Métrage de Bordeaux
OFFICIAL SELECTION
2024
12. Les Intergalactiques Sci-Fi Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTION
2024
7. Indy Shorts
OFFICIAL SELECTION
2024 - OSCAR ® QUALIFYING
10. Quarantine Film Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTION
2024
2. Fine Line Film Fest
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
2024
3. Corrosivo Film Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTION
2024
20. Lucca Film Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTION
2024
16. Razor Reel Flanders Film Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTION
2024
16. Festival international Signes de Nuit - Paris
OFFICIAL SELECTION
2024
38. LEEDS FILM FESTIVAL
OFFICIAL SELECTION
2024 - OSCAR/BAFTA ® QUALIFYING
13. Feratum Film Fest
OFFICIAL SELECTION
2024
7. Phenomena
OFFICIAL SELECTION
2024

THOM LUNSHOF

BIO

 

THOM LUNSHOF GRADUATED WITH THE SHORT FILM HARMONIA (2020), A FILM ABOUT A MASS BURN-OUT EVENT AT A PRESTIGIOUS UNIVERSITY. HE ALSO CO-WROTE THE SCREENPLAY, A ROLE HE ALSO TOOK ON FOR HIS FUTURE PROJECTS. HE IS CURRENTLY IN THE PRE-PRODUCTION OF HIS FIRST FEATURE FLOWER STONE (2024).
2023
LEAF (Sci-fi, 20', NL)
2020
HARMONIA (Drama, 20', NL)