12. August 2021
SOLDAT AHMET goes to Sarajevo
Soldat Ahmet by Jannis Lenz is going to compete in the Documentary Competition of Sarajevo Film Festival
!! Congrats and Good Luck !!
26. July 2021
Another Lenz
Jannis Lenz stayed faithful to LEMONADE FILMS and offered us another beautiful short film, this time dealing with Heidi Klum's Top Model empire: even death in my arms is beautiful.
Welcome in our arms, we'll take good care of you :-)
8. July 2021
THE WASHING MACHINE wins Austrian Film Award
THE WASHING MACHINE by Dominik Hartl has won the Austrian Film Award 2021! YEAH !!!
Also in the running was Raphaela Schmid's FISH LIKE US - - - Our lemons are golden lemons :-)
Congrats to all of the nominees and winners - the wonderful films deserve a big audience!
17. June 2021
Hello Again !
Old friends, good friends.
A new lemon by Total Refusal can be found in our mixed-media collection: the performance EVERYDAY DAYLIGHT.
Together with Ismaël Joffroy Chandoutis, the pseudo-Marxist media guerrilla strolls through the GTA V city of Los Santos, discussing real locations and deconstructing the hyperreal appearance of the video game.
Welcome Back !
14. June 2021
A sweet sound in our ears
Bum chaka chaka yeah! SOLDAT AHMET has won the award for Best Sound Design at Diagonale 2021! Congratulations to the film team and especially to Benedikt Palier!
Generally, it was great at this years' Diagonale - for all five of our films represented there! Thanks a lot to the festival team for making such a fantastic festival possible!
1. June 2021
Lemonade Films at Diagonale - Festival of Austrian Film 2021
Not one, or two, or three but five of our films will be shown at the Diagonale - Festival of Austrian Film in Graz from June 8th to 13th:
☆ Soldat Ahmet by Jannis Lenz
☆ Heart, it races by Lisa Hasenhütl
☆ Comrade Tito, I inherit by Olga Kosanović
☆ In the inner circle by Julia Reiter
... AND a new one ☆ Widow & Orphan by Niklas Pollmann
! Looking forward to seeing you all in the cinema soon !
11. May 2021
First award for Comrade Tito
Comrade Tito, I inherit by Olga Kosanović won the 3sat Emerging Talent Award at Oberhausen. What a blast!! Here's what the Jury had to say:
"A summer in the countryside, the interplay of daily chores in the house and garden and casual reflections about how best to stage the idyll. In front of and behind the camera, the filmmaker looks for answers to how we should deal with our political and material heritage. But neither the conversations with her family nor memories re-discovered on the Internet, nightly tales or the unanswered letters to her über-father help. A local inspection and an analysis of the present day."
6. May 2021
tx-mirror at Networked Nature exhibition in Santa Fee
We are happy to have tx-mirror by Martin Reinhart and Virgil Widrich included in the Networked Nature exhibition at Art Vault, a new digital art space in Santa Fe. Networked Nature is an exhibition of 21 Digital & Media artworks from the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation’s collection that connect with nature’s creative energy. It features artists’ pioneering approaches to artificial intelligence, machine learning, real-time software, custom algorithms, and virtual environments. As a group, the artworks offer a vision of humanity remade in the image of nature.
5. May 2021
Premiere at the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen
COMRADE TITO, I INHERIT by Olga Kosanovic will premiere on May 6th in the German competition of the 67th International Short Film Festival Oberhausen!
We wish good luck and many clicks !!! (unfortunately the era of online Festivals is not over yet ... :'(
29. April 2021
Nominees for the Austrian Film Award
Great news! Not one, but two of our films have been nominated for the Austrian Film Award in the category short film:
We would like to congratulate Raphaela Schmid with FISH LIKE US and Dominik Hartl with THE WASHING MACHINE and we are keeping our fingers crossed for them and their teams!!!
22. April 2021
Lemonade @ This is Short
Between April 22nd and May 6th, THIS IS SHORT is offering a LEMONADE film program with four of our films to watch online.
Have fun watching!!
15. April 2021
It's getting crowded in our lemon basket
Just before the end of the lemon season, a particularly large lemon landed on our table and the lemon basket is getting tight... so, hand over the big box!
SOLDAT AHMET, the new film by Jannis Lenz - whose BATTLEFIELD we already sent on its way - will premiere on April 15 in the Compétition Burning Lights of the Visions du Réel Festival in French-speaking Switzerland!
Félicitations et bon voyage! (Voyage, voyage !)
16. March 2021
Easter selections
Easter is approaching and we have hidden a few fine Easter eggs at various (online) festivals!
Raphaela Schmid’s FISH LIKE US has been selected for the Vilnius International Film Festival and the Akbank Short Film Festival. Akbank will also feature BATTLEFIELD by Jannis Lenz, from whom we will soon welcome a new film to our program!
In neighboring Germany, you can watch Özgür Anil's THE VERDICT IN THE CASE OF K. at the online version of the Bamberg Short Film Festival, (+ Q&A on friday the 19th) and in Chile, THE BIRTHMARK by Pia Ilonka Schenk Jensen & Bernhard Hetzenauer has been selected for the Festival Internacional De Cine De Lebu. And finally, there is another of our films that will be screened on the American continent in April: THE WASHING MACHINE by Dominik Hartl has been selected for the Julien Dubuque International Film Festival in the USA!
Congrats & good luck with the egg hunt!
11. March 2021
A new lemon for our collection
Or rather: New horsepower for LEMONADE FILMS!
We are very happy to welcome Julia Reiter and her film IN THE INNER CIRCLE to our program and are pawing with our hooves to get started in the international festival circuit.
29. January 2021
A shower of Awards
Things can go so well!
After a bunch of selections for Festivals in January, we are happy to congratulate three of our filmmakers and their teams on their awards:
* Özgur Anil's "The Verdict in the Case of K.” was awarded the Golden Egg Award by the jury of the Kustendorf Film & Music Festival (including Alice Rohrwacher <3)!
* At the Max Ophüls Film Festival, Raphaela Schmid wins the Prize for Best Short Film with "Fish Like Us"!
* And "How to Disappear" gets an award for Best Narrative Animation at the 2 Days Animation Festival.
Congrats to all of You!
21. January 2021
Selections, Selections, Selections!
The festival season continues despite the Europewide lockdown! We are therefore very happy to announce that many of LEMONADE’S films have been selected for (online) festivals in January:
"The Verdict in the Case of K. " will run in the competitions at the Kustendorf Film & Music Festival in Serbia as well as at the Trieste Film Festival in Italia and "Battlefield" has been selected for the Jeune Création competition at the FIPADOC Festival International Documentaire in Biarritz, France!
Furthermore, a whole three of our films will be shown at the Max Ophüls Film Award: "How to Disappear" is part of the MOP-Watchlist, which is a selection of the best German-language newcomer films from the past year. "Heart It Races" takes part in the medium-length film competition and "Fish Like Us" has been selected for the short film competition! In addition, "Fish Like Us" is swimming across the channel to the London Short Film Festival, where it will be featured in the New Shorts section.
Congrats and Good Luck!!
13. January 2021
New with LEMONADE FILMS
We are happy to welcome two new films with the new year: "Comrade Tito, I Inherit" by Olga Kosanović and "Heart It Races" by Lisa Hasenhütl, which was selected for the Medium-Length Film competition of the Max Ophüls Film Award. Congratulations!
We wish you loads of success and many more selections for 2021!
11. November 2020
Some hot Lemonade for a cold winter!
Not only the cold temperatures are inviting to drink punch. Also the successes of our filmmakers give every reason to do so! "The verdict in the case K." by Özgür Anil received selections for Festival du Film Court de Villeurbanne and Poitiers Film Festival in France as well as for Camerimage in Poland. The film celebrates its Turkish premiere at the Oscar Qualifying Festival in Izmir and that's not enough! Özgür Anil also wins the team award at the Düsseldorf Film Festival.
"The Birthmark" by Pia Ilonka Schenk Jensen and Bernhard Hetzenauer celebrates its US premiere at the St. Louis International Film Festival and last but not least: "How to Disappear" by Total Refusal (Robin Klengel, Leonhard Müllner, Michael Stumpf) is selected for short film competition of the New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival and wins the Silver Hugo Award for the best short documentary at the Chicago International Film Festival. Cheers to that!
31. October 2020
A successful autumn
Autumn has started very positively for the films of LEMONADE FILMS. "The Washing Machine" by Dominik Hartl celebrates its German premiere at the Hofer Filmtage, "Battlefield" by Jannis Lenz and "The Birthmark" by Pia Ilonka Schenk Jensen and Bernhard Hetzenauer were selected for the International Film Festival Braunschweig and it is also a successful month for Raphaela Schmid. Her film ENE MENE wins the main prize at the first Kurz.Film.Zuckerl at the Filmbühne Waidhofen an der Ybbs. Her new film "FISCHE" is presented at the Viennale as part of the collection Diagonale'20 - "Die Unvollendete". Finally films on the big screen again!
1. October 2020
Highlights with Total Refusal
The successful series of the artists' collective Total Refusal (Robin Klengel, Leonhard Müllner, Michael Stumpf) will be continued in October. Their film "How to Disappear" has been selected from 13 festivals worldwide this month and has won prizes at the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma in Canada, the Sedicicorto International Film Festival in Italy and the Chicago International Film Festival in the USA. Congratulations to the film team! Robin Klengel and Leonhard Müllner have also been performing "Operation Jane Walk" at the Vancouver International Film Festival and the Pitchlab Digital Art Festival.
1. September 2020
August at a glance
As we’re on our way into fall-festival season, here’s a quick look back on the month of August. We’re really happy to have been able to celebrate no less than 20 selections for our short films last month. It was our great pleasure to be part of Sarajevo Film Festival, Dokufest, FIDBA, São Paulo International Short Film Festival, and Beijing IFF, just to name a few.
Also, we had the honor to be part of two panels at FEKK Ljubljana Short Film Festival & Short Waves and look forward to many more to come.
19. August 2020
August Industry Talks
Together with Wouter Jansen from Square Eyes Distribution Company, we will be talking about how to approach festival strategy for your film, discussing what to keep in mind, best practices, but also what mistakes to avoid. The talk is presented at the FeKK Ljubljana in front of a live audience on Thursday, the 20th of August, starting 13:00.
We are also invited to Short Waves Festival in Poland, to take part in the panel about the potential of short film in education and community building in times of COVID-19. We’re looking forward to the discussion with curator and film educator Suzy Gillett, Kino Otok program coordinator Ana Cerar and Short Waves festival director Emilia. The panel takes place online Friday, the 21st of August, at 13:00.
8. August 2020
KO:SH Film Festival gets Refreshing
Double trouble: “Life Between the Exit Signs” by Nicolas Pindeus and “Guy Proposes to His Girlfriend on a Mountain” by Bernhard Wenger were both selected for the competition at the 9th edition of the KO:SH International Short Film Festival! The event will take place in the city of Korça, Albania between the 8th and the 12th of September. Thank you for the lovely news, KO:SH Fes, and our warmest congratulations to the two directors and their teams!
24. July 2020
All roads lead to Sarajevo
Some excellent news from Bosnia-Herzegovina: three of our short films got selected for the student and short film competitions at the Sarajevo Film Festival, to be held 14-25 of August 2020.
“Battlefield” by Jannis Lenz was selected for the Short Film Competition, where only 9 other short films have made the cut. They are competing for the Oscar® qualifying Heart of Sarajevo Award for Best Short Film. “Fish Like Us” by Raphaela Schmid and “The Verdict in the Case of K.” in turn got selected for the student competition, along with 13 other short films.
Congratulations to all three directors and their teams, we’re keeping our fingers crossed for you!
25. June 2020
May & June Highlights
Slow but steady wins the race. While the cultural sector in general and film festivals in particular have had to slow down their pace, they did not halt to a standstill. And neither did we for that matter. Apart from the 8 short films we presented as part of the Online Edition of Vienna Shorts (5 in the official Austrian Competition and 3 in curated programs), in May we also celebrated the Polish premiere of “The Verdict in the Case of K.” at the Krakow Film Festival.
We’ve also enjoyed our very own Midsommar celebration (the peaceful kind, not the Ari Astrid kind), as “The Verdict in the Case of K.” had its Spanish premiere at Festival Internacional de Cine de Huesca while “How to Disappear” had Asian premiere at Pyeongchang International Peace Film Festival in South Korea.
2. June 2020
The Verdict is in!
Although during the past few months time seemed to have been suspended, director Özgür Anil has certainly not been slowing down. In May his short film “The Verdict in the Case of K.” celebrated its Polish premiere at the Krakow Film Festival, while also being featured in a curated programme at Vienna Shorts. June brought its own festivities, as the film had its Spanish premiere at Festival Internacional de Cine de Huesca. Congratulations to the director and the whole team, a big cin-cin for more selections to come!
14. April 2020
Vienna Shorts Online Edition, we're part of it!
We're excited to have no less than five of our short films selected for the Austrian Competition at Vienna Shorts! "Battlefield" by Jannis Lenz, "Fish Like Us" by Raphaela Schmid, "How to Disappear" by Total Refusal, "The Birthmark" by Pia Ilonka Schenk Jensen & Bernhard Hetzenauer & "The Washing Machine" by Dominik Hartl. Congratulations to the film teams and to all others selected for the festival! The short films will digitally come to you this end of May so stay tuned to find out how you can join the watchparty!
10. April 2020
We Are Short Film - Go Short ISFF Nijmegen online
We’re very happy to have several LEMONADE FILMS titles represented in the competitions and supporting program of the Go Short International Short Film Festival Nijmegen: The Birthmark by Pia Ilonka Schenk Jensen and Bernhard Hetzenauer, How to Disappear by Total Refusal (Michael Stumpf, Leonhard Müllner, Robin Klengel), The Verdict in the Case of K. by Özgür Anil, Battlefield by Jannis Lenz and Guy proposes to his girlfriend on a mountain by Bernhard Wenger. Find out more here!
8. April 2020
Canceled, But Active!
Canceled, But Active! is the slogan for this year's Crossing Europe Film Festival. Fish Like Us by Raphaela Schmid, How to Disappear by Total Refusal (Leonhard Müllner, Robin Klengen, Michael Sumpf) and The Birthmark by Pia Ilonka Schenk Jensen and Bernhard Hetzenauer have been selected for the Local Artist Competition. After the official date in April had to be cancelled due to Covid-19, the festival is presenting Crossing Europe: EXTRACTS, an alternative program. More information here.
9. March 2020
Diagonale'20 - Festival of Austrian Film cancelled
Sometimes things don't turn out the way you expect. There would have been many reasons for us to celebrate at this years Diagonale - Festival of Austrian Film! Our brand-new films The Washing Machine by Dominik Hartl, Fish Like Us by Raphaela Schmid, Battlefield by Jannis Lenz, The Birthmark by Pia Ilonka Schenk Jensen and Bernhard Hetzenauer and The Verdict in the Case of K. by Özgür Anil would have had their Austrian permiere in Graz. Unfortunately, due to the government's prescribed measures to contain the coronavirus, the festival had to be cancelled for this year.
You can find out more about the full program here.
24. February 2020
Pop the corks
Crew and cast are already very excited! Tonight we’re celebrating the world premiere of “How to Disappear” in Berlin as part of Berlinale Shorts.
14. January 2020
"How to Disappear" selected for the international competition of the Berlinale
We can "bearely" believe it! “How to Disappear” by Total Refusal (Robin Klengel, Leonhard Müllner, Michael Stumpf) will celebrate it's world premiere at the Berlinale - Berlin International Film Festival, as part of the international competition for short film!
You can find the full list of selected films here.
13. December 2019
“tx-reverse 360°” selected for Sundance "New Frontier" section
We are excited to announce the selection of "tx-reverse 360°" by Martin Reinhart and Virgil Widrich for the New Frontier section of Sundance Film Festival 2020! Since 2007 the New Frontier exhibition has been the ultimate platform for outstanding and innovative artworks. Its focus lies on hybrid projects, new forms of media storytelling, multimedia installations, performances and film.
"tx-reverse 360°" will play between the 23rd of January until the 2nd of February at New Frontier Central in Park City. Warmest congratulations to the whole team!
31. October 2019
No tricks, just treats!
We’re excited to be expanding our selection of refreshing films with three new projects: the short film “The verdict in the Case of K.” by Özgür Anil, the online video performance “Operation Jane Walk” by Robin Klengel and Leonhard Müllner, and the VR experience "Inside Lieutenant Gustl" by Sebastian Brauneis. We’ll soon be announcing the first festival selections, so stay tuned!
7. October 2019
Talks Talks Talks...
Several networking events are planned for October!
The XR Vienna meetup is the optimal networking platform for all those, who're working with XR. Among other great speakers, we're invited to present our work as a distributor for innovative projects. At the International Music, Arts & Business Forum, hosted by WKO in cooperation with the Danube University Krems, Center for Applied Music Research, we talk about "The Netflix Model: What can the Music Business learn from the Film and Interactive media businesses? And last but not least, there is the possibility to meet us at the Uppsala International Short Film Festival (Sweden). Together with Some Shorts we dedicate ourselves to the topic "Strategy for Shorts in the Long Run".
See you there!
4. September 2019
Double Feature @ Ars Electronica
We are very happy to present both, tx-reverse 360° and tx-mirror by Martin Reinhart and Virgil Widrich at this years Ars Electronica Festival!
tx-reverse 360°
Deep Space 8K, Ars Electronica Center
5.9.2019, 5.30 pm - 6 pm
7.9.2019, 3 pm - 4 pm (Artist talk Martin Reinhart, Virgil Widrich)
8.9.2019, 8 pm - 8.30 pm
tx-mirror
European Platform for Digital Humanism
5.9. – 8.9.2019, 10 am – 7.30 pm
9.9.2019, 10 am – 6 pm
POSTCITY, Bahnhofplatz 12, 4020 Linz
3. August 2019
Higlights in August
"Guy proposes to his girlfriend on a mountain" by Bernhard Wenger at DokuFest (Kosovo) and Shortynale Klosterneuburg (Austria), "ENE MENE" by Raphaela Schmid at Filmfestival Kitzbühel (Austria) and "Eigentlich vergangen" by Nicole Foelsterl at dotdotdot Open Air Shortfilm Festival!
18. July 2019
Sarajevo calling...
YEAH YEAH YEAH! "Zufall & Notwendigkeit" (Life Between the Exit Signs) is selected for the student competition at Sarajevo Film Festival. Congratulations to Nicolas Pindeus & his team!
21. June 2019
Hot summer days & refreshing films!
Nicole Foelsterl’s film „Eigentlich vergangen“ is part of the international competition at Palm Springs ShortFest!Raphaela Schmid, the director of „ENE MENE“, and Bernhard Wenger, the director of „Guy proposes to his girlfriend on a mountain“, are selected for FEST - New Directors New Films Festival which starts next week!
23. May 2019
Virtual Reality Check
The hype is great, as is the potential: While VR and 360° film are already being used intensively internationally in both the artistic and economic fields, the general conditions in Austria are still inadequate. With the “Virtual Reality Check” we, together with VIS Vienna Shorts, sound:frame and XR Vienna, are entering into a discussion with Austrian and international experts within the framework of the VIENNA BIENNALE FOR CHANGE 2019 at the MAK – Museum of Applied Arts in order to develop a strategy for the emerging (future) market in the course of the digitisation offensive in Austria.
Click here to see the top-class programm!
Event supported by Wirtschaftskammer Wien
Program in collaboration with: VIS Vienna Shorts, sound:frame, XR Vienna, MAK – Museum of Applied Arts, VIENNA BIENNALE FOR CHANGE 2019, Poesie Media, GO! Pictures , Amilux Film, SAE Institute Vienna, Blautöne, Junge Römer
2. May 2019
LEMONADE FILMS festival tour May
We will participate in the Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen from 2nd - 5th of May 2019 and you can also meet us at the Cannes Film Festival from 19th - 22nd of May 2019. Write us an E-Mail if you want to know more about our films: info(at)refreshingfilms.com
Four "Young Austrian Talents" were presented at the Cannes Film Festival on 22 May 2019. The event was organised by the Austrian Film Commission & Funds (Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Österreichischen Filmcommissions) in collaboration with the Austrian Cultural Forum Paris. We're very happy, that besides the producer Lena Weiss, also three LEMONADE FILMMAKERS have been invited to participate: Raphaela Schmid (EENY MEENY), Bernhard Wenger (Guy proposes to his girlfriend) and Nicolas Pindeus (Life Between the Exit Signs).
1. May 2019
tx-reverse 360° in Annecy!
The audience of the Annecy Festival will be transformed into a new time and space reality! We're very happy about the selection of "tx-rverse 360°" by Martin Reinhart and Virgil Widrich for the VR-competition at Annecy International Animation Film Festival. Check out the whole line-up here!
17. April 2019
LEMONADE FILMS @ VIS Vienna Shorts
We're very happy about the selection of "Zufall & Notwendigkeit" (Life Between the Exit Signs) by Nicolas Pindeus, "Guy proposes to his girlfriend on a mountain" by Bernhard Wenger and "Eigentlich vergangen" (Far from past) by Nicole Foelsterl for the Austrian Competition at VIS Vienna Shorts!
22. March 2019
LEMONADE FILMS part of VR CONFERENCE at Diagonale'19
We're very happy to participate in this years VR-focus at Diagonale - Festival of Austrian Film. Together with Sascha Mann (Poesie Media), Sebastian Sorg (FFF Bayern) and Eva Fischer (sound:frame & host) we we will talk about financing and distributing VR. If you're around, join us and don't miss out on the great VR-projects, discussions and presentations at designforum Steiermark!
-> Link to programme!
VR CONFERENCE
Diagonale - Festival of Austrian Film & sound:frame
@designforum Styria (Andreas-Hofer-Platz 17, 8010 Graz)
10am - 7 pm
7. March 2019
LEMONADE FILMS at Diagonale
Happy to see four LEMONADE FILMS titles selected for the competition of Diagonale - Festival of Austrian Film! Congrats „Far from past" (Nicole Foelsterl), „Guy proposes to his girlfriend on a mountain" (Bernhard Wenger), „EENY MEENY" (Raphaela Schmid) & „Life Between the Exit Signs" (Nicolas Pindeus)! See you in Graz!
3. February 2019
LEMONADE FILMS on festival tour
Three weeks, three countries...
After an eventful week at the IFFR (International Film Festival Rotterdam), the journey continues to the Festival du Court Métrage Clermont-Ferrand, where you can find us at the cinema and film market from 3 to 6 February 2019. The last festival trip in February goes to Germany, where we will participate in the Berlinale (10-12th of February 2019).
13. December 2018
New Film Distributor in Vienna
With the establishment of LEMONADE FILMS, Austria gained a new film distribution service, which aims to contribute to the public perception, media attention, quality presentation and utilization of Austrian filmmaking.
Currently the focus is on short movies and short documentaries up to a length of 30 minutes. The medium-term goal is to add the distribution of debut feature films by Austrian newcomers. In addition LEMONADE FILMS plans to distribute Virtual Reality Films worldwide.
30. November 2018
"If life gives you a lemon, make lemonade out of it!"
...was literally the motto of the year, after hard work, struggling and months of intense prep-work. But starting in December 2018, Marija Milovanovic and Julia Fabrick are fully dedicating themselves to their new tasks as managing directors of the newly founded LEMONADE FILMS association. As cultural managers and curators, Marija and Julia have worked for the past ten years with film festivals and film distributors in Vienna, Linz, Berlin and Nijmegen (including Berlinale, Crossing Europe, Diagonals, Filmdelights, / Slash Film Festival, Some Shorts) and are very well connected in this business worldwide.