Cocon
TITLE
Cocon
DIRECTOR
Lisette Vlassak
COUNTRY
Denmark
YEAR
2021
DURATION
20′
GENRE
Fiction
Overview

Cocon
"Cocon" is a film about a boy who enters puberty and begins to struggle with his sprouting sexuality and masculine identity. Sonny’s environment does not provide a safe space for his vulnerable self. He loses sight of who he really is, when he gets sucked into what he thinks he must be, in order to get the girl of his dreams.

DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Lisette Vlassak
Her first hbo-study CO IEMES (Communication - International, Event, Music & Entertainment Studies) brought Lisette into an excellence trajectory Film, where a select group of students were allowed to work on short films. She went on an internship at the Eindhoven-based film platform BROET and her internship supervisor Ramon Etman got her a video-assist position on ‘The Fury’ by director André van Duren. By working on several large film sets she knew that this was what she wanted to do. After her internship Lisette made several short films and gained a lot of experience by working on several film sets. More and more commercial projects presented themselves for which she directed and as a result she established herself as a freelancer in 2017. Among other things, she directed several TV commercials and numerous other projects including a music video for Davina Michelle. This period brought her a lot of knowledge, but Lisette wanted more and especially she wanted to learn how to really tell stories. In 2017 she was admitted to the Dutch Film Academy where she graduated this year (2021) in directing fiction with her graduation film ‘Cocon’.
Credits
- Director Lisette Vlassak
- Screenplay Melvin Stewart, Gregory Martina
- Cinematography Evert Bazuin
- Editing Gijs Hummelink
- CastNoël van Kruysdijk, Bart Slegers, Kris Hutten
- Producer/s Leilany Sanz, Naduah Zahradnik, Ivo Siebum
- Production Company Nederlandse Filmacademie
- Distributor/sNederlandse Filmacademie
Specifications
- Project Title Cocon
- Project Type Fiction
- Completion Date October 1, 2021
- Country of origin Netherlands
- Country of filming Netherlands
- Language Dutch
- First-time Filmmaker Yes
- Student Project Yes

Lisette Vlassak
Her first hbo-study CO IEMES (Communication - International, Event, Music & Entertainment Studies) brought Lisette into an excellence trajectory Film, where a select group of students were allowed to work on short films. She went on an internship at the Eindhoven-based film platform BROET and her internship supervisor Ramon Etman got her a video-assist position on ‘The Fury’ by director André van Duren. By working on several large film sets she knew that this was what she wanted to do. After her internship Lisette made several short films and gained a lot of experience by working on several film sets. More and more commercial projects presented themselves for which she directed and as a result she established herself as a freelancer in 2017. Among other things, she directed several TV commercials and numerous other projects including a music video for Davina Michelle. This period brought her a lot of knowledge, but Lisette wanted more and especially she wanted to learn how to really tell stories. In 2017 she was admitted to the Dutch Film Academy where she graduated this year (2021) in directing fiction with her graduation film ‘Cocon’.
SELECTIONS & AWARDS

Tirana International Film Festival
GENERATIONs, Panorama Competition, 2022