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Johannes Grenzfurthner

@grenzfurthner.bsky.social

Johannes Grenzfurthner is filmmaker, artist, writer, performer. Founded art group monochrom. Films: Traceroute, Glossary of Broken Dreams, Masking Threshold, Razzennest, Hacking at Leaves, Solvent.

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SOLVENT (2025) Johannes Grenzfurthner returns with the story of a clean-up team looking for hidden nazi documents in an abandoned farmhouse in Austria. The...

brief thoughts on the off kilter disturbing horror film SOLVENT
www.unseenfilms.net/2025/10/solv...

10.10.2025 21:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€œSOLVENTโ€ (2024) Seeks Redemption From The Horrors Of Austria's Past (REVIEW) โ€” Macabre Daily Body horror and nazis in "Solvent," a 2024 mystery helmed by Johannes Grenzfurthner, who also stars in a leading role that should soon solidify his status as an Austrian film auteur. Through its borde...

"Macabre Daily" about SOLVENT.

www.macabredaily.com/articles/sol...

10.10.2025 19:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That was such a great Q&A chat!

10.10.2025 18:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hey ho! Iโ€™m doing a Reddit AMA today at 2 pm ET (8 pm CET)!
Iโ€™ll be hanging out, answering your questions about my films, art projects, weird stories from set, or anything else youโ€™re curious about.
www.reddit.com/r/movies/com...

10.10.2025 14:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Solvent: Body-Horror with National Socialist Origins According to his grandson, old Wolfgang Zinggi was assigned to a concentration camp during WWII. After the war, he basically substituted โ€œZi...

"JB Spins" reviews SOLVENT.

www.jbspins.com/2025/10/solv...

10.10.2025 08:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€œSolventโ€ Has Splatter and Guts | Film Festival Today Solvent (Johannes Grenzfurthner, 2024) 4 out of 5 stars While searching for Nazi documents in an Austrian farmhouse, a team of experts uncovers a hidden secret buried in its bowels. American expatriat...

Itโ€™s release day! SOLVENT is now out in the US and Canada โ€” and new reviews are rolling in!

filmfestivaltoday.com/film-reviews...

10.10.2025 08:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Solvent (2024) - Projected Figures Johannes Grenzfurthner's seriocomic first-person horror SOLVENT finds Nazis in the family history and something in the water

"finds Nazis in the family history and something in the water": Johannes @grenzfurthner.bsky.social's seriocomic first-person horror SOLVENT (2024) is on VOD/digital from today via @filmmovement.bsky.social
projectedfigures.com/2024/09/26/s...

10.10.2025 06:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ich war wieder mal im Millennium. Ich wollte mir ein รถsterreichisches Kinoerlebnis gรถnnen.
Es begann mit dem Trailer zum neuen Pizzera und Jaus, endete in einem filmischen Stockholm-Syndrom namens Welcome Home Baby.
Wenn das das Spektrum heimischer Filmkultur ist -- dann halt Andorra.

09.10.2025 20:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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'Solvent' Trailer - Jon Gries Stars in First-Person Found Footage Body Horror Odyssey - Israel News Beep The past is never silent in Solvent, a first-person found footage body horror odyssey starring Jon Gries (โ€œThe White Lotus,โ€ The Monster Squad).

โ€˜Solventโ€™ Trailer โ€“ Jon Gries Stars in First-Person Found Footage Body Horror Odyssey

https://www.newsbeep.com/il/47901/

The past is never silent in Solvent, a first-person found footage body horror odyssey starring Jon Gries (โ€œTheโ€ฆ

30.09.2025 23:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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From the movies community on Reddit: Upcoming AMA - Johannes Grenzfurthner 10/10 2pm ET - Austrian founder of art/tech collective monochrom, filmmaker of the new horror film "Solvent" & films "Hacking... Explore this post and more from the movies community

Fun times! Will be doing an AMA on Reddit /r/movies on October 10, 2 pm ET! Drop by!

www.reddit.com/r/movies/com...

(Thanks Luther Laughlin Lawson IV!)

08.10.2025 16:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Write to drafthousefilms.com and request it!

08.10.2025 12:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Today at 7 p.m. is the presentation of the Calendarium Viennese at "Rausch" in the 16th district of Vienna.
Party included.
Come -- I'll bring incense.

(A beautiful humiliation: on the homepage you have to click "Franรงais" -- and then my face pops up, big.)

kultusamt.at/index_en.html

08.10.2025 12:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Movie Review: Surrealistic โ€œSOLVENTโ€ dissolves the sanity of characters and viewers alike - Rue Morgue Austrian writer/director and provocateur Johannes Grenzfurthnerโ€™s latest explores the legacy of hate and human liquefaction.

@ruemorguemag.bsky.social's Shawn Macomber published a fun review of SOLVENT.

rue-morgue.com/movie-review...

08.10.2025 08:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You are very welcome. I will also do an AMA on Reddit on October 10.

08.10.2025 08:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Movie Review: Surrealistic โ€œSOLVENTโ€ dissolves the sanity of characters and viewers alike - Rue Morgue Austrian writer/director and provocateur Johannes Grenzfurthnerโ€™s latest explores the legacy of hate and human liquefaction.

Movie Review: Surrealistic โ€œSOLVENTโ€ dissolves the sanity of characters and viewers alike. https://ow.ly/kTbe50X88nt

07.10.2025 21:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Solvent is scheduled for a Blu-ray release in early 2026!

08.10.2025 00:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Really looking forward to this #horror film made by an old friend, yay! Congrats Johannes!

07.10.2025 23:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Today we shot a 45-minute video of me telling stories about SOLVENT for the 2026 Blu-ray release. That was fun!

Thanks to @hagendorfer.bsky.social, @friesinger.bsky.social, Florian Hofer, Emma Meixner!

06.10.2025 18:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Solvent (2024) While searching for Nazi documents in an Austrian farmhouse, a team of experts uncovers a hidden secret buried in its bowels. American expatriate Gunner S. Holbrook becomes obsessed with solving the m...

The streaming release on SOLVENT is in five days. Drop me some love (or hatelove or lovehate or whatever combination you like -- Iโ€™m not picky, Iโ€™m just doing combinatorics here) on Letterboxd. It helps.

letterboxd.com/film/solvent/

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Samstagabend-Chat mit Roland Gratzer.

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โ€˜Solventโ€™ Trailer โ€“ Jon Gries Stars in First-Person Found Footage Body Horror Odyssey The past is never silent in Solvent, a first-person found footage body horror odyssey starring Jon Gries (โ€œThe White Lotus,โ€ The Monster Squad). The Austrian filmย hits VOD on October 10 via Film Movem...

SOLVENT will soon be on U.S. and Canadian streamers!
October 10!

bloody-disgusting.com/movie/390660...

03.10.2025 11:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hacking at Leaves (2024) -Written by Kyle Bain.Told from the point of view of the eccentric Johannes Grenzfurthner, Hacking at Leavesย traverses the problematic history of the United States, analyzing its colonial past, the st...

Kyle Bain reviews Hacking at Leaves.

"Hacking at Leaves is a wild ride. [...] Interestingly enough, though, itโ€™s funnyโ€“and, even better, it works."

www.bainsfilmreviews.com/post/hacking...

02.10.2025 13:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Kรผnstlergruppe Monochrom fordert mehr Fรถrderung fรผr mittelgroรŸe Filme In einem offenen Brief macht das Kollektiv auf ein Defizit in der Filmfรถrderung aufmerksam, das Produktionen im mittleren Budgetbereich betrifft

Auch @derstandard.at berichtet รผber unseren Offenen Brief.

www.derstandard.at/story/300000...

01.10.2025 15:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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ยปMissing Middleยซ โ€“ Offener Brief zu Defizit in der Filmfรถrderung โ€“ The Gap Johannes Grenzfurthner und das Kunstkollektiv Monochrom fordern eine langfristige Fรถrderstrategie fรผr Filmproduktionen im mittleren Budgetbereich.

Es geht dahin! @thegapmag.bsky.social hat mich gleich heute, am Tag der Verรถffentlichung, zum Offenen Brief interviewt. Hier findet ihr das Ergebnis -- und auf Seite 2 auch nochmal den Offenen Brief selbst.
(Shout-out zu Paul Poet and Sepp R. Brudermann, die ich zitiere.)

thegap.at/missing-midd...

30.09.2025 17:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Wir reden ja schon seit geraumer Zeit mit Kolleg:innen aus der Filmbranche รผber dieses Problem. Jetzt haben wir endlich Nรคgel mit Kรถpfen gemacht und einen Offenen Brief verfasst. Ab heute ist er drauรŸen!

Link OTS:
www.ots.at/presseaussen...

Link Offener Brief:
www.monochrom.at/missing-middle

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