Films by Matteo Cocco

Germany 2018, 65 min
by Rosa Hannah Ziegler

Family Life shows every day life of Biggi (50), her teenage daughters Saskia and Denise and Biggis violent ex-spouse Alfred (55) as well as their 5 horses, their 6 dogs, the cats. They live isolated in an old farm house in a small village in eastern Germany. Each of them has troubles to getting along with life. They love to sing songs to express themselves, especially Biggi and Alfred. Both don’t have jobs and the two girls find always reasons to stay at home. They need each other and care for e

Germany 2017, 89 min
by Diego Pascal Panarello

After years drifting, Diego returns to Sicily. His dream of becoming a musician has not worked out. He has no job and no plans for the future but the sound of an ancient musical instrument, the mouth harp, points the way. From the torrid coasts of Sicily, Diego journeys to the frozen flatlands of Yakutia in Siberia where he becomes part of a prophecy from a century ago. The ‘sound of happiness’ is at last there.––––––––––––––––––––––––––After twenty years, the failed musician Diego returns to hi

2014, 15 min
by Rosa Hannah Ziegler

An emotional and strongly subjective movie about the question of what “happiness” is. At 19, Yasmin is in search of her own happiness and trying to understand her life, as well as the difficult relationship with her mother, a former heroin addict.