As puberty begins, Benni is overwhelmed by nightmares in which his body transforms into something monstrous. The changes he feels are frightening, lonely and impossible to explain. Then Falk, the father who disappeared from his life years ago, suddenly returns. Benni is afraid of him, but also drawn to him: maybe Falk understands what is happening, and maybe he can offer the answers no one else can.

Caught between fear and longing, Benni follows the bond between them into darker and stranger territory. Himmelskörper is an intimate coming-of-age horror story about the terror of becoming someone new, the ache of needing a role model, and the dangerous pull of belonging. Sensual, atmospheric and emotionally charged, it turns puberty into a haunting genre experience where family, identity and transformation become inseparable.

Henry Han Ming Kho is a German filmmaker, director and producer based in Berlin, whose work explores identity, belonging, adolescence and alienation through the lens of genre cinema.

Born in Hamburg in 1996 and raised near Frankfurt, he studied Media Design and Film at Mainz University of Applied Sciences before continuing his studies at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin. Alongside his own filmmaking, he has worked across the German film industry as a production assistant, assistant director, gaffer and cinematographer, including at Komplizen Film.

Following several short films, Himmelskörper marks his feature film debut and his most ambitious project to date.

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