Easy Girl

Local title
Lihtne tüdruk
Director
Hille Norden
Country
Year
2025
Festival
29th Black Nights Film Festival
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Trauma emerges as two friends explore desire, intimacy and question the meaning of true freedom.

Two childhood friends reconnect in their twenties: one was once the irresistible beauty of the schoolyard; the other was the shy, kind shadow. On a whim, they decide to move in together, and what begins as an impulsive decision soon turns into a luminous adventure of love, desire and discovery. Nights blur into mornings, laughter into intimacy, and new romances unfold with all the excitement of newly found freedom. However, this joyous and spicy celebration of friendship and desire gradually reveals deeper scars, as echoes of a hidden trauma resurface and shift the meaning of every sexual and romantic encounter.

In her debut film, director Hille Norden dares to ask what it means to refuse to be afraid, to reject the label of victim, and to search for freedom while inhabiting a body that is both powerful and vulnerable, desired and endangered. This talented first-time director crafts this journey with a sensual eye, creating lush costumes, lavish art design, and a strong erotic flair that is both flamboyant and deeply unsettling. “Easy Girl” enchants even as it disturbs – a bittersweet ode to youth, friendship, and the fragile strength of being a woman in a world that still all too often sees you as prey.

Malaika Bova

Director
Hille Norden
Screenwriter
Hille Norden
Cast
Dana Herfurth, Luna Jordan, Vera Fay, Jakob Gessner
Producer
Anette Unger, Sven Rudat, Paula Lichte
Co-producer
Matthias Greving
Cinematographer
Bine Jankowski
Production Design
Max Josef Schoenborn
Editing
Sarah Guggolz
Composer
Lennart Saathoff
Sound
Giacomo Goldbecker
Production
Leitwolf Filmproduktion
Co production
Kinescope Film
World sales
Reason8
Distribution
Neue Visionen
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Director
Hille Norden

Hille Norden (1998) is a Kiel-based filmmaker, poetry slam artist and actress. In 2019, she made her directorial debut with the documentary “Khello Brüder.” Her next documentary was titled “Heimat sucht Seele” (2022). She is also a co-author of the ZDF series “Mandat Für Mai”, which premiered in Germany in March 2024. “Easy Girl” is her fiction feature debut.
Filmography:
Khello Brüder (2019, doc), Heimat sucht Seele (2022), Easy Girl (2025)

The film is presented by:

Goethe Instituut

Screenings

Screening120220 / Lihtne tüdruk
SubtitlesEnglish, Estonian
Q&A guestsHille Norden (Director, Screenwriter), Paula Lichte (Producer)
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