Dave Lojek
HOMO LUDENS – Playful Pan-European Filmmaking, 90 min, Germany
This program assembles popular and award-winning films by German director-producer Dave Lojek. They were created in Europe in the last decade within the framework of the “Kino Movement”. Several genres and styles will be screened, and the filmmaker can talk about the films with the audience afterwards at a reception.
01 – FILM KITCHEN– cooking show parody + KinoBerlino trailer • GER 2014 • 2 min • English • 7 festivals
02 – PARADISE BEACH– odd comedy • GER 2013 • 5 min • English • 48 festivals, 4 awards, 1.2 million trailer clicks
03 – REFUGEE POETRY– docu-fiction, poetry film, improvisation • AUT + GER 2016 • 4 min • Kurdish • 23 festivals
04- SAMA SŁODYCZ•PURE SWEETNESS – detective comedy • POL + GER 2016 • 8 min • Polish • 41 festivals, 12 awards
05 – KABARET FREEZE– social study, experiment • by Maxime Billon & Dave Lojek• GER 2013 • 3 min • 38 festivals
06 – PSYCHIC SUE– ghost comedy, séance, satire • IRL + GER 2013 • 13 min • English • 64 festivals, 7 awards
07 – OVEROSE FILM FRENZYD– morgue parody + KinoBerlino trailer • GER 2015 • 2 min • German • 7 festivals
08 – FAINTING FLICKER– dance film • ITA + GER + ARG 2016 • 4 min • no dialogue • 21 festivals, 1 award
09 – HEK TICK TACK– slapstick romance • AUT + GER 2013 • 5 min • German • 48 festivals, 6 awards
10 – I CAME FROM THE FUTURE– sci-fi drama • GER + POL 2018 • 4 min • in 6 languages • 50 festivals, 6 awards
11 –SICK CITY– gag, teleport • GER 2012 • 2 min • no dialogue • 12 festivals, 2 awards, 16.000+ clicks
12 – KEEPER– drama, miniature • FIN + GER + UK + FRA 2018 • 3 min • English • 17 festivals, 2 awards
13 – PERSPECTIVE– absurd comedy • SVK + GER 2010 • 3 min • English • 67 festivals, 6 awards, 135.000 clicks
14 – MADEMOISELLE NIMSI– drama, portrait • CZE + GER 2012 • 3 min • no dialogue • 27 festivals
15 – TRUST– flirt school, body language • GER 2011 • 5 min • no dialogue • 53 festivals, 1 award, 10.000 clicks
16 – SNITCH– crime parody, noir homage • HUN + GER + FRA 2018 • French • 14 festivals, 1 award
17 – GLEICHUNG= EQUATION– music video, experiment • GER 2015 • 2 min • German • 11 festivals, 2 awards
18 – TWO TOO ODD– children’s film, clownery, acrobatics • AUT 2012 • 4 min • no dialogue • 89 festivals, 10 awards
19 –DAS SPRICHWÖRTLICHE GLÜCK•PROVERBIAL LUCK – comedy • AUT+ GER 2016 • 5 min • 138 festivals, 24 awards
20 – ТАЙНА ВЕЧЕРЯ • THE LAST SUPPER – macabre LGBT comedy • GER + UKR 2018 • 4 min • Ukrainian • 18 festivals
21 – ZOMBIES – Genre parody, KinoBerlino Trailer • GER 2010 • 2 min • English • 5 festivals
