Shooting wrapped at the end of August on ROCCA – VERÄNDERT DIE WELT, the feature film debut by Katja Benrath whose graduation project WATU WOTE: ALL OF US won a Student Academy Award® last year and was then nominated for the Academy Award® as Best Live Action Short Film.
Hilly Martinek’s (HONIG IM KOPF) screenplay tells the story of the 11-year-old Rocca, a clever, creative and brave girl who lives all by herself in defiance of her teachers and the authorities. Rocca – played by Luna Maxeiner who previously appeared in episodes of the RED BRACELETS and SANKT MAIK TV series – has to fight to keep her independence and prove to everyone that a child also has the power to change the world...