screening format
DCP
aspect ratio
1.66:1
sound format
7.1 Audiomix
original-language
German
subtitles
English
A year after her son's act of violence, a mother comes to terms with his actions, caught between unconditional love and the weight of his terrible legacy.
director
Kevin Koch
Production
Michael Uchenik, Anton Fischer-Appelt
Script
Kevin Koch
Editing
Emma Holzapfel
DOP
Anian Krone
Cast
Karoline Eichhorn, Luka Omoto, Petra Mott, Frederik Krischer, Carl Benzschawel, Levi Tounkara
Szenenbild / Production Design
Milena Schieber
Original Score
Giovanni Berg
Sound Design
Elias Gürtler
film school
Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Festivals
2026
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, France
2026
Landshuter Kurzfilmfestival, Germany
2026
SHORTS Trinationales Filmfestival Offenburg, Germany
2026
Sehsuechte – Internationales Studierendenfilmfestival Sehsüchte, Potsdam-Babelsberg, Germany
2026
Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival, Tel-Aviv, Israel
School
- Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
- Akademiehof 10
- 71638 Ludwigsburg
- Germany
- http://www.filmakademie.de
Production
- Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
- Katharina Schreiner
- Akademiehof 10
- 71638 Ludwigsburg
- Germany
- +49 7141 96982179
- http://www.filmakademie.de
Distribution
- interfilm Berlin Management GmbH
- Straßburger Str. 55
- interfilm Berlin
- 10405 Berlin
- Germany
- +49 30 25291320
- http://www.interfilm.de
Distribution
- Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
- Katharina Schreiner
- Akademiehof 10
- 71638 Ludwigsburg
- Germany
- +49 7141 96982179
- http://www.filmakademie.de
Sales
- interfilm Berlin Management GmbH
- Straßburger Str. 55
- interfilm Berlin
- 10405 Berlin
- Germany
- +49 30 25291320
- http://www.interfilm.de
Sales
- Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
- Sigrid Gairing
- Akademiehof 10
- 71638 Ludwigsburg
- +49 7141 96982193
- http://www.filmakademie.de
Kevin Koch
Kevin Koch, born 1995 in Munich, has studied directing at the Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg since 2020, including an exchange semester at La Fémis in Paris. His short films have been screened and awarded at numerous festivals worldwide, including Sarajevo, Uppsala, and Clermont-Ferrand.
Filmography
2021 Girl Who Cried Wolf
2022 Stille Wasser
2023 HAZE
2024 Prince de la ville
2025 Out of the Blue
2026 Mother of a son
