Lemon Parade Films

It's here! Thanks again to All The Laughs Film Festival for awarding StartUp the Golden Pitcher for Best Action Comedy!
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✨ Hell’s Half Mile 2025 Audience Awards ✨

Our audience has spoken! Each of these awards is based on the highest average scores from festival-goer votes in each category — and the Fest Best is the overall top-rated film.

We’re also proud to include the Programmers’ Award, chosen by our programming team as the film that best represents the spirit of Hell's Half Mile.

🏆 Fest Best – Under the Lights
🎬 Best Narrative Feature – The Snare
🎥 Best Documentary Feature – Beyond the Gaze
📽️ Best Short – Check Please
🌊 Michigan Feature – Battle of the Bay
🎞️ Michigan Short – Kiko
🎖️ Programmers’ Award – StartUp

A huge congratulations to all of the filmmakers — and thank you to our audiences for voting and making your voices heard. We appreciate you spending time with us during , and enjoying original stories. ❤️

StartUp, our first feature film, won Best Action/Comedy at All The Laughs in Atlanta (taking home the Golden Pitcher Award).

We also want to announce that StartUp is an official selection of the Tulsa Underground Film Festival, winning 'Best Trailer.'

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🪠 Big news, friends! 🪠

Our feature film StartUp is hitting the big screen this Saturday at 7:00 PM at the B&B Theatres in downtown Kansas City as part of the Universal Film Festival Inc.! 🍿🎬

So many of you have been wanting to see this and were gonna have a great night in KC!

We’re extra excited to finally share it with you. Come laugh, cheer, and hang out—then stick around after for the awards ceremony. 🏆✨

🎥 Trailer: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1A1L8d5HvX/?mibextid=wwXIfr
🎟️ Tickets: https://filmfreeway.com/UniversalFilmFestival/tickets

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About StartUp:
Two brothers will do whatever it takes to launch their makeup startup…even if it means borrowing money from the local loan shark. With their product missing days before launch, they turn to a late-night infomercial “fixer” to save the business—and their lives.

And hey… our film has already picked up some festival love:
🥇 Best Kansas Feature – Tallgrass Film Association 2024
🥇 Best Cast – Couch Film Festival 2025
🥇 Best Cinematographer – Couch Film Festival 2025

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🙌 Would mean the world to see some familiar faces there. Who’s in??

Tickets for Universal Film Festival 2025 Buy tickets and passes for Universal Film Festival 2025.

We also took home Best Cast at the 2025 Couch Film Festival!

Again, a massive shoutout to our cast and crew for making StartUp possible. Thank you to everyone for their hard work.

45-120 Minutes Best Cast: StartUp Movie dir Shane Michael Konicki, USA
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Shoutout to our Director of Photography, Eron Rawson, for winning Best Cinematography at the Couch Film Festival.

45-120 Minutes Best Cinematography: Eron Rawson - StartUp Movie, USA
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Is this meme still a thing? 😁

Go as your favorite 'Fixer' for Halloween! 🕶️

*Plunger not included.

We're riding that high from the weekend, and all of you have shown us an incredible outpouring of support. It's exciting that StartUp, our first feature-length film, is an award winner.

Years of hard work, long hours, and the support of our family and friends have gotten us to this point. Thank you!

Buckle up, sweetheart. This is only the beginning.

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Brothers, Pete and Norm Stuckey, will do anything to make sure their brand-new make-up startup is successful. Pass out flyers, hit-up social media influencers...and even borrow money from their town's local loan shark!
With the clock ticking to pay him back, and their product missing days before their company launch, they'll have to turn to a late-night, infomercial 'fixer' to save their business...and their lives.