Filmography

I write and direct genre films about connection and transformation. Two Vimeo Staff Picks, 40+ festival selections and Best Short Film at the Oscar-qualifying Rhode Island IFF.

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IN DEVELOPMENT

BLACK EGG

Writer Director: Tom Gera
Type: Feature Film
Status: In development
Genre: Psychological Horror

Feature film, in development with producer Hannah Padding (Bandit Amsterdam). Selected for TorinoFilmLab NEXT 2026 and the Brussels CoProMarket 2026 (UP: Up-and-Coming Producers). Supported by the Limburg Film Fund.

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Juno & Sensei

Type: Short Film
Length: 7:10 minutes
Year of release: 2024
Genre: Experimental & Dance

Directed by: Tom Gera
Cinematography: Stef Kwinten
Actors: Jorge Nozal, Masao Dae Parris
Festival Selections & Nominations: 9 worldwide

Logline: When an aging dancer's mentorship turns to jealousy, his young protégé's talent for mirroring ignites a dazzling duel of reality-bending choreography, blurring the line between creation and destruction.

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ZWART

Type: Short Film
Length: 7:20 minutes
Year of release: 2020
Genre: Grounded sci-fi

Directed by: Tom Gera
Cinematography: Maxime Desmet
Actors: Rienus Krul, Julia van de Graaff, Belle Venema
Festival Selections: 34 worldwide
Awards: 7

Logline: When a slightly naive Manga fan gives up a tad too much personal information during verification questions, he receives a fully customized invitation from his OS in return.

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OUT O FOCUS

Type: Short Film
Length: 14 minutes
Year of release: 2014
Genre: Drama

Directed by: Tom Gera & Judith Knubben
Cinematography: Eva Nijsten
Actors: Anneke Sluiters, Tamara van Sprundel
Festival Selections: 4
Awards: 1

Logline: A psychology student's attempt to clinically analyze her troubled houseguest destroys the very human connection they both desperately need.

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EROS

Type: Short Film
Length: 2:43 minutes
Graduation Film
Genre: Experimental

Directed by: Tom Gera

Logline: When a blind man suddenly becomes aware of a woman nearby through senses beyond sight, he must navigate uncharted territory between connection and obsession.

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