Short Film

The Leap

Directed by Zoe Loftowski

AFIN 2022 Honorable Mention

  • 2022
  • 10m
  • USA
  • English

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Synopsis

A man drops a woman off after a romantic night together -- planning never to see her again - but gets a talking-to from the sweater she's left behind in the car. DCP File available. French subtitles available.

What makes this one special

  • 2 awards at other festivalsIndependent Short Awards · IndieX Film Festival
  • Programmed at 4 other festivalsAcross 2 countries

Also selected at

2 awards, 1 finalist placing, 1 official selection across 4 other festivals

  1. WinnerIndependent Short AwardsAward Winner · Independent Shorts Awards, United States
  2. WinnerIndieX Film FestivalAward Winner · Los Angeles, California, United States
  3. FinalistUSA Film FestivalFinalist · Dallas, Texas, United States
  4. SelectionCarmarthen Bay Film FestivalOfficial Selection · Llanelli, United Kingdom

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Director's Biography

Zoe Loftowski, filmmaker portrait provided to AFIN. Zoe Loftowski Director

Zoe Loftowski is the pen name of Gretchen Somerfeld, a writer-director-producer of five award-winning short films (P.A., Café, Hair, Careful What You Wish For and The Leap), several of which have sold to Arté, the BBC, and the A&E Network. A graduate of NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Gretchen has worked in the film industry in Hollywood, New York, and Paris in various capacities, from executive producer to script supervisor to still photographer. She was recently the recipient of The Writers Lab/Meryl Streep honor, as well as two Alfred P. Sloan grants, for her feature screenplay on actress/inventor Hedy Lamarr entitled Secret Weapon - to be financed by Goldcrest Films.

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