Venice Film Festival 2026 | Busan Film Festival 2026 | Tallin Black Nights Film Festival 2026
When a video of a student threatening his classmates goes viral, violence spreads through the school. Under pressure from teachers and parents, three lonely students find shelter in a nearby forest. Their games become strange rituals, and they use pain to escape their problems. But as past hurts come to the surface, their relationships change and the distance between them grows.
A graduate of the Vienna Film Academy, Jannis Lenz studied under Jessica Hausner and worked as an assistant to Michael Haneke. Drawing on his background in parkour and freerunning, his films explore physical limits, urban spaces, control, vulnerability and the complexities of masculinity. Moving between fiction and documentary, Lenz combines observation and staging to examine the fragile and often contradictory nature of human experience.
Totem Films
