Directing

Jannis Lenz

Born January 1, 1983 · Filderstadt, Germany (age 43)

Jannis Lenz studied Directing in the Masters Programme of Jessica Hausner at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, where he also worked as an assistant for Michael Haneke. Grown up in Germany, he collected his first camera and directing experiences by filming his friends and himself practising Le Parkour. His video installations, which explore dance and performing bodies in public…

Known For

Concrete Whisper

Concrete Whisper · 2024

Concrete Whisper

A medieval saga and the surreal game in a chat group gradually give shape to a creature that makes its tracks through the big city. As the plot develops, the urban environment increasingly gains significance, with social and political themes influencing the progress of the story.

Oasis

MovieDramaThriller

When a viral video of a student threatening his classmates surfaces online, the school spirals into escalating violence. Crushed by the pressure of teachers and parents, three outcasts take refuge in a nearby forest. There, play hardens into ritual and pain becomes an escape, until old wounds surface and the boundaries between them are redrawn.

Soldier Ahmet

Soldier Ahmet · 2021

MovieDocumentary

Ahmet has not cried anymore since he was 13 years old. Out of the need to deal with his emotions, the 29 year old professional soldier and boxer takes acting lessons. The desire to combine his everyday life with the increasingly important passion for acting, threatens to fail in the prejudices of the people around him - in the familiar environment with its tight structures as well as in the seemingly liberal world that has opening up to him.

Wannabe

Wannabe · 2017

MovieComedyDrama

17-year-old Coco wants to become famous. She goes to each audition, but is rejected time and again. On her YouTube channel, she creates a fictional world in which everything is perfect and her self-confidence is based on likes and followers.

Battlefield

Battlefield · 2020

MovieDocumentary

A story of the inner life of a military base as a microcosm that seems to have been plucked out of another time. Soldiers focus meticulously on gardening instead of preparing themselves for war.

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Concrete Whisper

Concrete Whisper · 2024

Concrete Whisper

A medieval saga and the surreal game in a chat group gradually give shape to a creature that makes its tracks through the big city. As the plot develops, the urban environment increasingly gains significance, with social and political themes influencing the progress of the story.

Producer

Oasis

MovieDramaThriller

When a viral video of a student threatening his classmates surfaces online, the school spirals into escalating violence. Crushed by the pressure of teachers and parents, three outcasts take refuge in a nearby forest. There, play hardens into ritual and pain becomes an escape, until old wounds surface and the boundaries between them are redrawn.

Director

Soldier Ahmet

Soldier Ahmet · 2021

MovieDocumentary

Ahmet has not cried anymore since he was 13 years old. Out of the need to deal with his emotions, the 29 year old professional soldier and boxer takes acting lessons. The desire to combine his everyday life with the increasingly important passion for acting, threatens to fail in the prejudices of the people around him - in the familiar environment with its tight structures as well as in the seemingly liberal world that has opening up to him.

Director

Wannabe

Wannabe · 2017

MovieComedyDrama

17-year-old Coco wants to become famous. She goes to each audition, but is rejected time and again. On her YouTube channel, she creates a fictional world in which everything is perfect and her self-confidence is based on likes and followers.

Director

Battlefield

Battlefield · 2020

MovieDocumentary

A story of the inner life of a military base as a microcosm that seems to have been plucked out of another time. Soldiers focus meticulously on gardening instead of preparing themselves for war.

Director