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Dave Lojek

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Dave Lojek loves filmmaking. He belongs to the prolific and most often selected directors of the 21st century with over 2021 premiere screenings of his distributions at international film festivals worldwide. His favorite genres are comedy, parody, fantasy, romance, poetry, sci-fi and experiment. Dave also directs documentaries, dramas, portraits, and music videos. His works and distributions won 248 film awards. Dave Lojek graduated with an MA in English / American and Cultural Studies from Humboldt-University in his hometown Berlin. In terms of content and style, Dave's poetic films encapsulate magic, love, death, friendship, loneliness, artists, oddities, escapism, mythology and the everyday. Based on the Homo-Ludens-principle, Dave clearly focuses his often-cheerful work on the universal and timeless. He calls his motivation intrinsic. As independent producer, he created 181 movies in 26 cities in 12 European countries by 2025. Mr. Lojek hosts monthly open cinema screenings in Germany’s oldest cinema and annual film workshops called KinoKabarets with his initiative KinoBerlino. Dave works as film distributor and president of a Film Association. The productions of APEIRON FILMS and KinoBerlino have been broadcast weekly since 2008 (ca. 11.982 times) on German TV and viewed online over 2 million times.

05-10-1975

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Libra

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Berlin, East Germany

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producer

29 Works

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109 Works

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51 Works

Traces of Grief

Traces of Grief

Shell-shocked Barbara must face up to the loss of a dear companion after a tragic accident. Her best friend Klara and husband Torsten devise a plan to thaw Barbara's heart, after she reminisces about the incident, the funeral, and happier times. Will she agree to the suggestions of her nearest and dearest? Can grief turn into hope?
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2024

Traces of Grief

Traces of Grief

Shell-shocked Barbara must face up to the loss of a dear companion after a tragic accident. Her best friend Klara and husband Torsten devise a plan to thaw Barbara's heart, after she reminisces about the incident, the funeral, and happier times. Will she agree to the suggestions of her nearest and dearest? Can grief turn into hope?
0.0

Year:

2024

Julienne of Light Bulbs

Julienne of Light Bulbs

In a magicians’ private stand-off, two practitioners must brave tricky challenges to demonstrate a hidden ability. They conjure animal illusions, consume light bulbs, and face the choice be-tween antagonism and friendship.
10.0

Year:

2024

The Actor The Liar The Murderer

The Actor The Liar The Murderer

In the last days of their tumultuous relationship Julian and Lara are confronted with a life changing event and now must bear the consequences.
10.0

Year:

2024

EGGspression

EGGspression

Egglantine loves salt on her eggs. Eggbert prefers pepper. Who blinks first in this playful Easter ritual?
10.0

Year:

2023

Osmosis

Osmosis

Brazilian mission commander Sam struggles with establishing a stable connection from Earth to his lover. German scientist Joy explores planet Kepler 452b at her research facility for Alchemy Plasma, a revolutionary energy source. Their long-distance relationship faces doom, when alien Dardesh invaders attack the human outpost, 1400 light years away.
10.0

Year:

2023

Umbra of Deceit

Umbra of Deceit

In the halls of power, a minister has fallen from grace. Government agent Beckett recruits a deadly operative Richards with a dubious past to restore control via coercion. As the power play unfolds, Beckett must confront the consequences of his choices while Richards seeks to safeguard his own interests.
10.0

Year:

2023

Core of a Nature

Core of a Nature

Experience a mystical journey through nature performed by a movement artist. Felix faces the whirling challenges of his inner turbulence with an emotionally charged dynamic, delicate strength, graceful dignity, as well as ecstatic devotion. Behold the fire dancer in the night.
10.0

Year:

2023

Calxophobia

Calxophobia

Helen suffers from a rare fear of chalk. One day she feels encroached by several chalk figures in Helsinki and decides to confront her fear. In the Amos Rex museum, she discovers the works of Keith Haring in a catalogue and adapts his style to her needs for catharsis.
10.0

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2022

Fox & Penguin

Fox & Penguin

How do German couples communicate in private? What are they arguing about? Is the way to a man’s heart really through his stomach? This docu-fictional hybrid production discusses such questions with the help of authentic interview snippets that were edited under the staged plot. We get an insight into the life of an animal couple, who experience typical everyday situations on behalf of us humans. At first, our fox is emotionally contained, while the penguin lady may get wild as hell. With a wink, the filmmakers hold up a mirror to the audience in the cinema.
10.0

Year:

2021

Fox & Penguin

Fox & Penguin

How do German couples communicate in private? What are they arguing about? Is the way to a man’s heart really through his stomach? This docu-fictional hybrid production discusses such questions with the help of authentic interview snippets that were edited under the staged plot. We get an insight into the life of an animal couple, who experience typical everyday situations on behalf of us humans. At first, our fox is emotionally contained, while the penguin lady may get wild as hell. With a wink, the filmmakers hold up a mirror to the audience in the cinema.
10.0

Year:

2021

Occurrences of Questionable Significance

Occurrences of Questionable Significance

When forest animals invade our cities, the world is in disarray. Office vixen Fiona struggles with her banana phone addiction. Will she succumb to it? Temperamental bunny Barbara only gives her stag sugar daddy Nestor his special massage, after he dines her and plays the big spender. This obscure short film pinpoints postmodern tropes of consumerism, eroticism, and art with an homage to the theater stage and references to literature. This work uses a fantasy language and needs no subtitles.
10.0

Year:

2020

The Last Supper

The Last Supper

Alexandra and Timofeya have a serious problem. A woman lies dead on the living room floor. When they discover that she is Eva and Sveta Kalaschnikova’s wife (the local Russian Mafia boss), and that Alex has been having an affair with Eva, the possibility of three dead women becomes a reality.
10.0

Year:

2018

Keeper

Keeper

A woman takes time in private on a tiny island in Helsinki to contemplate a loss that has caused sudden changes in her life. This tragedy has challenged her to see the world in a different light. A light that is driven by a force of nature.
10.0

Year:

2018

Snitch

Snitch

Sierra is a spy who loves cheesecake. She has a flavor to suit her every mood. Today her mood is bad. Her informant Austin has arrived. She wants answers. Will he give them freely or will she have to threaten him to get what she wants?
10.0

Year:

2018

I Came From The Future

I Came From The Future

A brooding businessman reads his own suicide note on a roof. He ponders many questions about time travel.
10.0

Year:

2018

Fortune Flies

Fortune Flies

What are the chances of winning the lottery jackpot and then losing it instantaneously? Our unlucky hero Phaidon is about to find out, in a heart-wrenching turn of events, as fortune flies away.
0.0

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2017

Arachne

Arachne

Two athletic spider women quarrel over one tasty man. Can he escape?
10.0

Year:

2017

Fainting Flicker

Fainting Flicker

Two young strangers meet in Naples and begin to flirt and dance in the street.
10.0

Year:

2016

Pure Sweetness

Pure Sweetness

A muffin thief troubles Mr. Baker, so he seeks help from a sleek detective. They agree to catch the thief at night in the bakery in Baker Street.
10.0

Year:

2016

Refugee Poetry

Refugee Poetry

The Kurdish Iraqi poet and actor Zeravan Khalil travels with his dog through an Alpine gorge after fleeing from IS war and genocide. As he remembers the abomination, he writes a poem with the title “You drive me mad” in Kurmanji Kurdish. In his home country, Yazidic Kurds are forbidden to work in his profession. Then he eats his apple and wanders through Europe’s middle with more hope.
10.0

Year:

2016

Proverbial Luck

Proverbial Luck

Historical idioms garnish our language but are often hard to translate. This comedy helps to illustrate them and tells the story of two Austrian neighbours, who become enamoured. “Foam-beater" (boaster) Hanspeter throws an eye after an addleheaded Annemarie, but she just "shows him the bird" (indicates that he is chuckoo). He must "jump over his shadow" (take the plunge) and get a foot in her door. Amusement for proverb fans who love to make whoopee, gaze into the pale blue yonder, or get to the point.
10.0

Year:

2016

The Princess Strikes Back

The Princess Strikes Back

Misfortune and tribulations with domestic violence lead to an expectable romance. The fairy godfather must save poor Cinderfella from misery and servitude. How will the princess strike back, exactly? This modernized fairy-tale short film by Keeley Knight and Dave Lojek reverses gender roles.
10.0

Year:

2014

Hec Tic Tac

Hec Tic Tac

When the young Austrian couple oversleeps, the imminent arrival of the girl's parents creates a stress situation that turns into slapstick and chaos.
10.0

Year:

2013

Psychic Sue

Psychic Sue

Sue works as psychic to prey on believers in the afterlife. Her show has some flaws. Imagine her shock when she discovers that ghosts can indeed appear to the living! Time to consult a real medium!
10.0

Year:

2013

Paradise Beach

Paradise Beach

“I’m guessing we are out somewhere right now, and you’ve said to me, ‘Go to your happy place.’ This is my happy place.” - Two friends experience a quaint relocation. While Jon enjoys the breeze, Bradley nags with questions.
10.0

Year:

2013

Two Too Odd

Two Too Odd

A suitcase explores Vienna's suburbia and finds giant soap bubbles. It befriends the soap bubble girl. They create a show together and have a suitcase-child.
10.0

Year:

2012

Trust

Trust

We flirt with our bodies and faces. TRUST creates a playful variation of the classical initial contact of heterosexual Europeans. A creative man courts a woman with long hair. Would you do the same in this situation?
10.0

Year:

2011

Perspective

Perspective

A student, a goddess and a dog meet under quaint circumstances in a turned world. This miniature can be read as a metaphor about tunnel vision and the muse it takes to wake up!
10.0

Year:

2010