Date: June 4, 2024 (Tue) - June 17, 2024 (Mon), Online venue: April 25, 2024 (Thu) - June 30, 2024 (Sun)

Sweet Like Lemons

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Sweet Like Lemons is a visual reflection on getting out of a harmful relationship and moving on. The title is a play on the saying “when life gives you lemons make lemonade”, only in this case there is no lemonade to be made but the lemons still taste sweeter than what you left behind.

Director
Jenny Jokela
Time
0:05:31
Country
UK, Finland
Genre
Animation
Year
2023

Awards Nominations

Annecy International Animation Festival 2023 (France)
Guanajuato International Film Festival 2023 (Mexico)
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2023 (UK)
Ottawa International Animation Festival 2023 (Canada)
SITGES International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia 2023 (Spain)
Animest International Animation Film Festival 2023 (Romania)
Bucheon International Animation Festival 2023 (South Korea)
AFI Fest 2023 (USA)
Leeds International Film Festival 2023 (UK)
Cinanima International Animated Film Festival 2023 (Portugal)
Anima Brussels International Animation Film Festival 2024 (Belgium)
Tricky Women/Tricky Realities Animation Festival 2023 (Austria)
Monstra Lisbon Animated Film Festival 2024 (Portugal)
Glasgow Short Film Festival 2024 (UK)
Athens International Film and Video Festival 2024 (USA)

Director

Jenny Jokela

Jenny Jokela (1990) is a Finnish animation director and artist based in Edinburgh, UK. She graduated from MA Animation at Royal College of Art, London, in 2017. Her graduation film Barbeque (2017) won multiple awards including Cristal for best graduation film at Annecy 2018. Jenny works as self-employed animation director.

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Screening

Screening Venue

VenueScheduleTicket Reservation
Futakotamagawa Rise Studio & Hall2024.06.15 [Sat] 17:10-19:00 (Screening80min+Q&A30min)

Online Screening

OnlinescheduleOnline Screening
Online Grand Theater2024.06.01 [Sat] - 06.30 [Sun]

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The JIKEI COM Group of Colleges

Futakotamagawa Rise

U25 Project Partner

Japan Airlines Co., Ltd.

Digital Innovation Partner

Deloitte Digital

Web 3.0 Partner

DeCurret DCP Inc.

Creative Partner

株式会社TYO

Media Partners

J-WAVE, Inc.

CONDÉ NAST JAPAN

TOKYO HEADLINE

Media Supporters

cinemacafe.net

Kinema Junposha., Ltd

ORICON NEWS

English Media Supporter

Kyodo News Plus

Festival Supporters

MORI Building

Equipment Supporter

LED TOKYO

War and the Power To Live Program Special Support

International Committee of the Red Cross(ICRC)

Tokyo Tokyo Festival