HEC TIC TAC

"Wake up! My parents arrive in 20 minutes." - A young couple plays havoc with their apartment, expecting to own a better one soon. Since 90% of all accidents happen at home, you should watch this film as a warning against extreme times.

  • Dave Lojek
    Director
    120+ short films: http://j.mp/D_Lojek
  • Sven-Friedrich Wiese
    Writer
    3 shorts
  • Dave Lojek
    Producer
    120+ short films
  • Richard Hartner
    Producer
    4 shorts
  • Marlen Maresa Mejovsek
    Key Cast
    theater and shorts
  • Tobias Krall
    Key Cast
  • Philipp Neubauer
    Director of Photography
    several shorts
  • Lukas Obernosterer
    Music
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    HEK TICK TACK
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Slapstick, Romance, Comedy
  • Runtime:
    5 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    September 28, 2013
  • Country of Origin:
    Austria
  • Country of Filming:
    Austria
  • Language:
    German
  • Shooting Format:
    digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    scope
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • International KinoKabaret
    Graz, Austria
    September 28, 2013
    World Premiere
  • LandesFilmFestival
    Berlin, Germany
    November 2, 2013
    German Premiere
    3rd Jury Prize
  • interfilm - International Short Film Festival
    Berlin, Germany
    November 15, 2013
  • FINCORTEX - Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes Experimentales
    Tunja, Colombia
    December 14, 2013
    South American Premiere
    -
  • Cortocinema
    Pistoia, Italy
    January 18, 2014
    Italian Premiere
  • SHORT CUTS Competition
    Vienna, Austria
    January 25, 2014
    Vienna Premiere
    Bronze Award
  • Penca Short Film Festival
    San Juan, Argentina
    February 8, 2014
  • REEL Islington Film Festival
    London, UK
    February 21, 2014
    UK Premiere
  • International Short Film Festival “Neighbours together with friends”
    Berlin, Germany
    March 15, 2014
  • all 44 festival screenings listed
    https://vimeo.com/76654885
Director Biography - Dave Lojek

Dave Lojek loves filmmaking and belongs to the prolific and most often selected directors of the 21st century with over 1897 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 237 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 are about 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. His motivation is intrinsic.

As independent producer, he created 178 movies in 26 cities in 12 European countries by 2024. 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.

Selected Filmography (23% of the total œvre) of Director and Producer Dave Lojek

2024: TRACES OF GRIEF
2023: EGGSPRESSION • OSMOSIS • UMBRA OF DECEIT
2022: CALXOPHOBIA
2021: FUCHS & PINGUIN
2020: OCCURRENCES OF QUESTIONABLE SIGNIFICANCE
2018: I CAME FROM THE FUTURE • SNITCH • THE LAST SUPPER • KEEPER
2017: ARACHNE
2016: SAMA SŁODYCZ • DAS SPRICHWÖRTLICHE GLÜCK • REFUGEE POETRY
2015: FRUWAJĄCA FORTUNA • KINSKISCHRAUBE
2014: THE PRINCESS STRIKES BACK • FILM KITCHEN
2013: HEK TICK TACK • PSYCHIC SUE • PARADISE BEACH • FOCUS POCUS
2012: TWO TOO ODD • MADEMOISELLE NIMSI • SICK CITY
2011: TRUST • BELIEVE • METEORITES
2010: DER MIETER • PERSPECTIVE • MARIES STIMME • FLUSSAUFWÄRTS
2009: KIT & SUKA • MUSE • SERENDIPITY • INDECISION
2008: ROFL • ANGELS • PHOBIEN
2007: PROJEKTION • EVERMORE • FUTILITY • PELT PEOPLE
2006: PARLANDO
2005: DYSFUNCTION
1998-2000: SELBST UND FREMDBILDER IN DER WERBUNG Teil 1-3

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FESTIVALS & AWARDS
1. International KinoKabaret Graz, Austria 2013
2. Landesfilmfestival Berlin / Brandenburg, Germany 2013 (3rd Price)
3. interfilm – International Short Film Festival Berlin, Germany 2013
4. FINCORTEX – Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes Experimentales, Tunja, Colombia 2013
5. SHORT CUTS competition Vienna, Austria 2014 (Bronze Award)
6. Artfools Video Festival Larissa, Greece 2014
7. Cortocinema Film Festival Pistoia, Italy 2014
8. Penca Short Film Festival San Juan, Argentina 2014
9. REEL Islington Film Festival London, United Kingdom 2014
10. Ars Cinema – European Short Film Festival of Independent Authors Berlin, Germany 2014
11. FIFES – Film Festival of Laughter Zagreb, Croatia 2014
12. RATMA River Aire Ten Minute Film Festival Leeds, United Kingdom 2014
13. Federal Fiction Film Festival Schrobenhausen, Germany 2014 (Silver Medal)
14. Kastav Film Festival, Croatia 2014
15. NOFI World Festival of Student and Non-Commercial Films Yerevan, Armenia 2014
16. DAFF German National Film Festival Ahrweiler 2014
17. El Festivalico – Maestra de Cortometrajes y Videoarte - Caravaca de la Cruz, Spain 2014
18. The Unprecedented Cinema – ISFF Tallinn, Estonia 2014 (Best Non-Commercial Film)
19. Viewster Online Film Festival, 2014
20. Little Shows Online Film Festival, 2014
21. MACHT GELD – Art Exhibition at Schalterraum Berlin, Germany 2014
22. Festival Alto Vicentino Santorso, Italy 2014
23. Tangier International Film Festival, Morocco 2014
24. Goldene Diana – International Film Festival – St. Kanzian am Klopeiner See, Austria 2014
25. Premio Cinematografico Palena, Italy 2014
26. International TV Festival Bar, Montenegro 2014
27. Video Festival Imperia, Italy 2014
28. Internationaler Videograndprix Liechtenstein Ruggell, 2014
29. Muestra de Cine Infantil de Leganés, Spain 2014
30. KO & DIGITAL – Festival Internacional de Cine Solidario Barcelona, Spain 2014
31. Muestra Internacional de Cortimetraje CÚCARA MÁCARA Mexicali Baja California, Mexico 2014
32. Siliguri / Kolkata International Short Film and Documentary Contest West Bengal, India 2014
33. Festival Internacional de Cine Ciudad Luna Chía, Colombia 2014
34. Eulenspiegeleien Berlin – International Film Festival for Comedy and Satire, Germany 2015 (Bronze Medal)
35. International Euro Film Festival Marbella, Spain 2015 (Best Austrian Film)
36. San Antonio Laughs Comedy Film Slam, USA 2015
37. Burg Lichtspiele Gustavsburg, Germany 2015
38. Blackbird Film Festival Cortland, USA 2015
39. Golden Anteaters Film Festival Lublin, Poland 2015
40. Biesdorfer Dokumentar- und Kurzfilmforum, Germany 2015
41. Golden Sun Short Film Festival, Malta 2016
42. Door County Short Film Festival Sister Bay Wisconsin, USA 2016
43. Filmfest Eichstätt, Germany 2016
44. La Rioja Es De Cine - Festival Internacional De Cortometraje & Cine Independiente Logroño, Spain 2016
45. Festival de Cortometrajes "Jose Francisco Rosado" PACAS Pedro Muñoz, Spain 2016 - 2017
46. Internationales Humor Filmfestival Ternitz, Austria 2018
47. Wordfest Berlin, Germany 2019
48. Videomedeja International Video Festival Novi Sad, Serbia 2019