Co-presented with Telescope Film

KINO! Film Salon is a monthly online club to discuss films from Germany.
 
How it works: Each month we choose a German film currently available to stream on U.S. platforms, watch it independently, and come together for a hosted conversation with other fans of German cinema.

The focus of our February session is Leonie Krippendorff’s queer coming-of-age comedy Cocoon. Lena Urzendowsky plays Nora, a shy 14-year-old Berlin girl who has a summer of firsts: She gets her first period, falls in love with a girl for the first time, and survives her first heartbreak. KINO! Film Salon host Jim Kolmar says, “Though narratively straightforward, Krippendorff’s film reveals a great deal of emotional nuance. Set against a subtle backdrop of the social and cultural complexities that make Berlin such a dynamic modern city, Cocoon is a low-key gem. A brace of naturalistic performances from an impressive young cast—particularly Urzendowsky as Nora—make this sensitive take on the coming-of-age genre a must-see.”
Cocoon premiered in the Generation 14plus section of the 2020 Berlin International Film Festival. At the 2021 Bavarian Film Awards, Lena Urzendowsky and Leonie Krippendorff took home prizes for Best Young Actress and Best Direction—Young Film.

Hosted by Jim Kolmar

Jim programs for SXSW and Trinidad & Tobago Film Festival and was a founding committee member of Festival Internacional de Cine Tulum (FICTU). He has participated in numerous international festival juries, panels, and committees.
 
KINO! Film Salon is a production of Telescope Film, in partnership with the German Film Office.

Cocoon
Dir. Leonie Krippendorff
Germany, 2020
95 minutes
With Lena Urzendowsky, Jella Haase, Lena Klenke, Elina Vildanova, Anja Schneider