Soft Leaves

Miwako Van Weyenberg / Japan

Screening

Cinemes Girona

05-11-2025 / 20:30 h.

Film Information

Year: 2025

Duration: 94

Language: VOSE

Genre: Drama

Synopsis

Yuna’s parents separated when she was a child. Her mother returned to Japan to remarry and start a new family, leaving her in Belgium with her father. When her father suffers a serious accident, Yuna’s life takes a radical turn. Faced with her mother’s visit following these events, she fears a drastic change in her life that she is unwilling to confront.

Director

Miwako Van Weyenberg is a Belgian-Japanese screenwriter and director who graduated from the Royal Institute for Theatre, Cinema and Sound (RITCS) in 2014, where her final year project, Hitorikko, received the VAF Wildcard. Her master’s final project, Il faisait noir (2015), was recognized at international festivals where it was screened, as was her short film Summer Rain (2017). Her first feature film, Soft Leaves (2025), premiered at the International Film Festival of Rotterdam (IFFR) 2025.