Kokon
Cocoon

Berlin-Kreuzberg is Leonie Krippendorff's home turf, as well as that of her Talents alumni-studded crew. In their film, young Nora drifts amid the neighbourhood's monotonous housing blocks with her elder sister and friends, witnessing events that seem to cross-fade into the summer light. Girls who want to be slim and pretty, boys who say dumb things because they're bored or in love. This is a world of frail teenagers and their pervasive smartphone cameras. But Nora has her own way of looking at things, and when she meets Romy, she realizes why. Nora's body is changing; caterpillars spin their cocoons. Taking on the protagonist’s perspective in a realist vein, this film captures a summer of change.