Kevin Koch

Kevin is a writer and director based in Berlin and Ludwigsburg. Since 2020 he studies directing at Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, including an exchange at La Fémis in Paris. His French-German co-production PRINCE DE LA VILLE (2024), co-directed with Amina Krami, premiered at the Sarajevo Film Festival and later screened at Uppsala IFF among others. OUT OF THE BLUE (2025), co-produced by SWR and ARTE, was shown at Palm Springs ShortFest and Odense IFF 2026. His latest short, MOTHER OF A SON (2026), co-produced with SWR, premiered in the International Competition at Clermont-Ferrand 2026 and played Cinemajove Valencia, Odense IFF and Drama IFF afterwards. Kevin is currently writing his first feature film, DOGWHISTLE (WT), selected for the Cutting Edge Talent Camp 2025 and Le Groupe Ouests’ lim² | Less is More 2026.

Dogwhistle

lim² 2026

Set in present time against a backdrop of a rural town in southwest Germany, where the land grows drier by the day and the threat of wildfire hangs over the summer, Andrea (55), a nurse and member of her village council, is so busy pushing her traditional community toward tolerance that she fails to see her younger son Erik (16) slipping away. What seems to be teenage bravado, a burned rainbow flag, a piece of anonymous graffiti, eventually pulls Erik deeper into a group of far-right friends. Andrea covers for him, tells herself it’s just a phase, sure she can still reach him. But the signs pile up: a video of Erik fighting alongside his friends, a growing silence at the dinner table, until one night his anger turns physical against her. As Andrea keeps fighting for her town’s progress against rising resentment, she must confront how far her own son has drifted from the boy she raised, right under her nose. As the drought tightens its grip, it begins to feel as if a single spark of hatred could set the entire village on fire.