Film
Rocca Changes the World

2019 German Film Award for Best Children’s Film

Sat, 02/17/2024
3:00 PM Goethe-Institut Montreal

KidsKino, the new film series for our young viewers and film fans!
Starting now, once a month, on Saturdays at 3 pm at the Goethe-Institut. Films are always shown in the original version (mainly German) with subtitles (English or French).

Rocca changes the world

Rocca verändert die Welt
Dir. Katja Benrath
Germany, 2019
101 minutes
With Luna Maxeiner, Fahri Yardim, Barbara Sukowa, Mina Tander, Volker Bruch, Luise Richter, Leo Knizka, Caspar Fischer-Ortmann, Detlev Buck

Recommended from age 8 and up.

Brave, adventurous, caring, funny, and one of a kind; that’s Rocca. Although she is only 11 years old, Rocca has already led an extraordinary life. When her father, an astronaut, is sent to the International Space Station, Rocca must leave her home at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in far-off Kazakhstan, and go live with her grouchy grandmother Dodo in Germany. Having never attended a regular school before, Rocca, with her carefree and non-conformist attitude does more than stand out in class; she stands up for justice. Along with her pet squirrel Klitschko, she confronts skeptical teachers, tames the school’s bullies, and befriends the homeless Casper. All the while, she tries to win over her grandmother’s heart. With never-ending optimism, together with her friends, Rocca proves that even a child has the power to change the world.

Rocca Changes the World won a German Film Award for Best Children’s Film in 2019 and was nominated for the European Film Academy’s Young Audience Award in 2020.