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As a crossmedia project, connecting film with the online video scene, WANNABE tells the story of a young YouTuber, who builds herself a fictitious world on the Internet. CROSSMEDIA PROJECT I 29´ I AUSTRIA / GERMANY I 2017 I SALES SIXPACKFILM CAST Anna Suk I Mathias Dachler I Simone Fuith I Julia Plach I Merlin Leonhardt I Markus Schleinzer CREW Director I Crossmedia Concept: JANNIS LENZ Screenplay: JANNIS LENZ I MATTHIAS WRITZE I ANDI WIDMER Director of Photography: ANDI WIDMER Editing: ALEXANDER RAUSCHER Producer: LUKAS ZWENG Co- Producer: ROLAND FISCHER Art Director: EVA ZAR FESTIVALS I AWARDS European Film Awards NOMINATION Clermont- Ferrand Int. Short Film Festival EFA AWARD VIS Vienna Shorts SPECIAL MENTION OF THE JURY Future Shorts AUDIENCE AWARD Landshuter Kurzfilmfestival GRAND PRIX I BMW SHORT FILM AWARD Filmfestival MAX OPHÜLS PREIS Sarajevo International Film Festival Helsinki International Film Festival LOVE & ANARCHY Odense International Shortfilm Festival CPH : PIX Copenhagen International Short Film Festival Oberhausen Uppsala International Short Film Festival Brest European Short Film Festival PÖFF - Talinn Black Nights International Film Festival Interfilm - Berlin International Short Film Festvial Tampere International Film Festival Sevilla European Film Festival Alcine Festival de Cine de Alcalá de Henares Leuven International Film Festival Filmfest Dresden – International Short Film Festival Krakow Film Festival Curtas Vila do Conde – International Short Film Festival Glasgow International Short Film Festival Dokufest – International Documentary and Short Film Festival International Short Film Festival in Drama ... 100+ International Festivals including 20 Awards SCREENINGS AT MUSEUMS & EXHIBITIONS mumok - Museum of Modern Art Vienna Ars Electronica Center, Linz Swedish Film Institute Stockholm Kunsthalle Mainz , exhibition "Virtual Insanity" Austrian Film Museum, Vienna International Screenings with the Goethe Institute, Germany ... Part of SHORT MATTERS! Program organised by the European Film Academy Part of FUTURE SHORTS Secret Cinema Tour 2018 Part of the Screening Tour of the Austrian Film Academy Seal of Approval HIGHLY RECOMMENDED I Filmbewertungsstelle Wiesbaden Listed in the catalogue GERMAN SHORT FILMS 2017 (AG Kurzfilm) Listed in the NEW GENERATION section of the AUSTRIAN FILM COMISSION. CONTACT www.jannislenz.com www.sixpackfilm.com/de/catalogue/2361

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WANNABE from Jannis Lenz on Vimeo.

As a crossmedia project, connecting film with the online video scene, WANNABE tells the story of a young YouTuber, who builds herself a fictitious world on the Internet.

CROSSMEDIA PROJECT I 29´ I AUSTRIA / GERMANY I 2017 I SALES SIXPACKFILM

CAST Anna Suk I Mathias Dachler I Simone Fuith I Julia Plach I Merlin Leonhardt I Markus Schleinzer

CREW Director I Crossmedia Concept: JANNIS LENZ Screenplay: JANNIS LENZ I MATTHIAS WRITZE I ANDI WIDMER Director of Photography: ANDI WIDMER Editing: ALEXANDER RAUSCHER Producer: LUKAS ZWENG Co- Producer: ROLAND FISCHER Art Director: EVA ZAR

FESTIVALS I AWARDS European Film Awards NOMINATION Clermont- Ferrand Int. Short Film Festival EFA AWARD VIS Vienna Shorts SPECIAL MENTION OF THE JURY Future Shorts AUDIENCE AWARD Landshuter Kurzfilmfestival GRAND PRIX I BMW SHORT FILM AWARD Filmfestival MAX OPHÜLS PREIS Sarajevo International Film Festival Helsinki International Film Festival LOVE & ANARCHY Odense International Shortfilm Festival CPH : PIX Copenhagen International Short Film Festival Oberhausen Uppsala International Short Film Festival Brest European Short Film Festival PÖFF - Talinn Black Nights International Film Festival Interfilm - Berlin International Short Film Festvial Tampere International Film Festival Sevilla European Film Festival Alcine Festival de Cine de Alcalá de Henares Leuven International Film Festival Filmfest Dresden – International Short Film Festival Krakow Film Festival Curtas Vila do Conde – International Short Film Festival Glasgow International Short Film Festival Dokufest – International Documentary and Short Film Festival International Short Film Festival in Drama ...

100+ International Festivals including 20 Awards

SCREENINGS AT MUSEUMS & EXHIBITIONS mumok - Museum of Modern Art Vienna Ars Electronica Center, Linz Swedish Film Institute Stockholm Kunsthalle Mainz , exhibition "Virtual Insanity" Austrian Film Museum, Vienna International Screenings with the Goethe Institute, Germany ...

Part of SHORT MATTERS! Program organised by the European Film Academy Part of FUTURE SHORTS Secret Cinema Tour 2018 Part of the Screening Tour of the Austrian Film Academy

Seal of Approval HIGHLY RECOMMENDED I Filmbewertungsstelle Wiesbaden Listed in the catalogue GERMAN SHORT FILMS 2017 (AG Kurzfilm) Listed in the NEW GENERATION section of the AUSTRIAN FILM COMISSION.

CONTACT jannislenz.com sixpackfilm.com/de/catalogue/2361

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listingmovies · 7 years

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TOP 5 LEBANESE MOVIES

So, I realize you can just google « Best Lebanese Movies » and have the internet sort them out for you, by box-office entries, prizes, notoriety etc. But see, these lists will probably be written by a very objective hand. I’m part Lebanese and as I have lived most of my life there, I know what movies are the most representative of that very special country, and are able to show its uniqueness (Trust me, I’m a film student). You see – and I’m not saying that only because I’m from there – Lebanon has an amazing artistic potential that is unfortunately not yet put forward. Plus, it’s marked by a complicated culture, a mix between an European influence, an Americanized Society and a very encrypted Arab identity. Lebanon has often been called the Switzerland of the Middle East. I don’t know how true that is, but what I do know is that it’s a complex country. Very lovable, yet hard to understand and to capture. The movie business in Lebanon is only now flourishing and in a very shy way. But I guess movies are a way to represent its tangled history. So, if you’re interested in discovering a new culture, here’s my top 5 to help you out.

Top 5 – Blind intersections, Lara Saba, 2012

Three protagonists, one city. Coming from different backgrounds, they pass each other but they never meet, though, the effect of one incident will drastically alter the lives of the three of them in just a matter of seconds. Unfortunately, this movie did not get the audience or the critical response it should have received. Therefore, you won’t find it in any other top Lebanese movies list (See? I turned out to be useful). The Lebanese public was so conditioned to either war movies or cheap comedies that they hardly accept any other style. However, the young generation of filmmakers claims that we’ve all had enough of these two genres and that it is time to try out different styles and stories. That is what Lara Saba tried to do with this very script-based movie. It might not be perfect, and maybe you’ll find it boring or think – what did I just get into? But in any case, it surely helped widen the Lebanese artistic scene to more diverse subjects.

Here’s a trailer. AND it’s well done for once (who’s working for ya?)

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Top 4 – Bosta, Philippe Aractingi, 2005

Bosta is a story of young Lebanese artists who meet again, after being separated, and tour different cities of Lebanon in an old bus (Bosta in Arabic), performing a techno version of the dabkeh (the traditional Lebanese dance) that shocks conservatives, but moves forward towards the future. Being a Lebanese version of a Bollywood film, it tends to deliver an atmosphere rather than a real script. Even though I’m a script fan, and I realize we still haven’t really achieved good scriptwriting skills in Lebanon, I still believe this movie is essential because feeling the Dabke mood is a must when trying to understand Lebanese traditions. The amount of craziness Lebanese people put into that dance is completely out of proportions and a vital part of our identity. And trust me, even the gloomiest man in the world (Putin…?) would want to visit our country after this movie, as it conveys such joy and spirit that it eventually gets to you.

Now I couldn’t find a trailer with English subtitles, but if you want to give the atmosphere a try before you watch it, here it is:

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Top 3 – West Beirut, Ziad Doueiri, 1998

Now I know all these names sound strange, almost barbaric to you. What if I told you that Ziad Doueiri was the director of Baron Noir, the Canal + French series that was critically acclaimed? There, now that I got your attention and you feel less a stranger in all this, you must know that Doueiri talked about the Lebanese war in the most sensible way. As I said before, we Lebanese people have been so obsessed with our big tragedy that you will mostly find, in our film catalogue, movies about this period of time. Under the bombs, Zozo, In the battlefield or Where do we go now are a few of the best examples (in case you don’t give a damn about my list and you just want to harm yourself with dramatic war movies). But Doueiri’s version of our tragedy is, for me, the most elaborate one. In April 1975, civil war breaks out; Beirut is divided along a Muslim-Christian line and is segregated into East and West Beirut. After the line was created, Tarek, a Muslim, is now considered to live in West Beirut (the Muslim part) and is in high school, making Super 8 movies with his friend, Omar. At first the war is a game for them, as the school gets closed; the violence is fascinating, and getting from West to East is a joke. Tarek starts spending time with May, a Christian, orphaned and living in his building. Later on, and as he comes of age, the war inevitably stops being an adventure and becomes a nationwide tragedy. As I said, Lebanon has been badly hurt by the 1975-1990 war, it has affected its people so much that we can’t ignore it in our process to discover the local culture. And West Beirut will probably be your best ally for that. Encrypted in the West-East division of the capital, the story of these 3 youngsters is harsh, touching and yet full of humor. A mix that Doueiri managed to cook in the wittiest way possible, away from useless melodrama.

Again, couldn’t find a proper trailer. Sorry, I realize I’m not really encouraging you to watch these. Anyway here’s an extract that you might like:

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Top 2 – Caramel, Nadine Labaki, 2007

This is the movie that will describe best to you what living in Lebanon feels like. The film premiered at the 2007 Cannes Festival, in the Directors' Fortnight section and it ran for the Caméra d'Or. It was distributed in over 40 countries, easily becoming the most internationally acclaimed and exposed Lebanese film to date. The story focuses on the lives of five Lebanese women dealing with issues such as forbidden love, binding traditions, repressed sexuality, the struggle to accept the natural process of age, and duty versus desire. Labaki's film is unique for not showcasing a war-ravaged Beirut but rather a warm and inviting place where people deal with universal issues. The title Caramel refers to an epilation method that consists of heating sugar, water and lemon juice. Labaki obviously was inspired by an Almodovar touch, but also managed to put her story in a typical Lebanese frame. The movie is in every bit representative of our daily routines in Lebanon, dominated by the over presence of religion, the scare of getting old, the struggles of an unmarried couple and the fear of affirming one’s sexual orientation. In a mix between humor and a more dramatic tone, it managed to give a truthful spectrum of different women and their struggles in a conservative yet rebellious society.

YAS! A proper trailer with English subtitles! Who’s your favourite Lebanese movie blogger?

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Top 1 – Very Big Shot, Mir-Jean Bou Chaaya, 2015

Listen to me. This movie is really worth watching. Because when I watched it, I found it very good and for the first time ever, not only compared to Lebanese standards. It was just plain good. Still not convinced? Well, it was screened in the Discovery section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival and was selected as the Lebanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards even though it was not nominated in the end. But it tells the story of brothers Ziad and Joe who run a small but lucrative drug-dealing business out of their takeout pizzeria in one of Beirut’s working-class districts. Ziad’s supplier, a powerful drug lord convinces the brothers who wanted to retire to take on one last job: smuggling a million-dollar shipment of amphetamine to Syria, where the drug is wildly popular with militia fighters. To succeed in it, they decide to hide it in cans of exposed film reels and to avoid raising doubts around them, the three brothers become the producers of a feature film directed by Charbel, a talentless filmmaker and customer in debt of their pizzeria. The script is smooth, the actors amazing, it is embedded in a very Lebanese nature but without overdoing it. And it’s just very smart. The very young filmmaker actually made a short version of it with the same story as his senior project in film school. And no, I didn’t get that information from the internet; believe it or not, everybody knows everybody in Lebanon, and I have met the filmmaker in person as we are both graduates from the same film school (very small country). Anyway, he approached the very common subject of drug-dealing in his own way. The film is so well-built that it drags you down to its very special atmosphere, and dishonest reckless characters. The whole is located in a third-world country where scam and cheat are the way to avoid authorities and get what you want.

Very good trailer. Why ? When did I ever give you bad ones?

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