Kevin Koch

Kevin Koch is a German writer and director based in Berlin and Ludwigsburg. After completing his Media Studies at University of Bayreuth in 2020, he has been studying directing at Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg. During his studies, he attended the film school La Fémis in Paris as part of an exchange. His French-German co-production PRINCE DE LA VILLE (2024) premiered at the 30th Sarajevo Film Festival and has since screened at many national and international film festivals. His latest short film MOTHER OF A SON (2026), celebrated its world premiere at 48th Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival in the International Competition in 2026. Kevin is currently writing his first feature film DOGWHISTLE (WT), which has been selected at Cutting Edge Talent Camp 2025 and LIM (less is more) 2026 for early-stage script development.

Dogwhistle

LIM² 2026

Set in present time, against the backdrop of a quiet rural small town in the southwest of Germany, 19-year-old Erik struggles to find his place while most of his peers move away. When his former best friend Theo, also 19, returns from the army to care for his dying father, Erik slips back into old patterns, drawn to Theo’s force and confidence. As progressive voices in town call for a memorial to a boy murdered years earlier and a rainbow flag is raised at city hall, old resentments surface and the community itself begins to fracture. Erik, unable to show tenderness where he can only perform toughness, turns away from those closest to him and follows Theo into escalating acts of defiance. The spiral culminates in an attack on the local Pride march, where his world collapses and the divisions tearing through the village erupt into open conflict. In the end, Erik remains a follower, driven by loyalty and rage, until his search for belonging tips into something darker, hinting at a transformation that unleashes the beast within him.