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The Princess Strikes Back

Misfortune, tribulations, family violence and 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.

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German: http://j.mp/princ_de
English: http://j.mp/princ_en
Spanish: http://j.mp/princ_es
French: http://j.mp/princ_fr
Italian: http://j.mp/princ_it
Pure (no subtitles): http://j.mp/princ3ss

Press Kit: http://j.mp/princ_press
PDF: http://j.mp/princ_pdf

  • Dave Lojek
    Director
    166+ shorts, 125 awards: http://j.mp/D_Lojek
  • Keeley Knight
    Director
  • Keeley Knight
    Writer
  • Paul Anderton
    Writer
    shorts
  • Ben Mottershead
    Writer
    great shorts
  • Keeley Knight
    Producer
  • Dave Lojek
    Producer
    166+ shorts, 125 awards: http://j.mp/D_Lojek
  • Alex Klüver
    Key Cast
    shorts, TV-series, festures
  • Cat Furniss
    Key Cast
    shorts
  • Bobby Chapman
    Key Cast
    shorts
  • David Bresnahan
    Key Cast
    shorts
  • Joseph Stacey
    Key Cast
    many award-winning shorts
  • Kevin Harper
    Key Cast
    shorts
  • Luke Helly
    Key Cast
    shorts & theater
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    fairy-tale satire, parody, comedy
  • Runtime:
    4 minutes 50 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    August 10, 2014
  • Country of Origin:
    United Kingdom
  • Country of Filming:
    United Kingdom
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    Yes
  • International Filmonik KinoKabaret
    Manchester
    August 10, 2014
    World Premiere
  • Film Kitchen - International KinoKabaret
    Berlin
    September 2, 2014
    German Premiere
  • Landesfilmfestival
    Berlin
    November 1, 2014
  • 50 int. Film Festivals
    worldwide
Distribution Information
  • APEIRON FILMS
    Country: Worldwide
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Dave Lojek, Keeley Knight

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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The first film by co-director Keeley Knight.

Selected filmography of director Dave Lojek: http://j.mp/D_Lojek

FESTIVALS & AWARDS

1. International Filmonik KinoKabaret Manchester, United Kingdom 2014
2. Film Kitchen - International KinoKabaret Berlin, Germany 2014
3. 3rd Jury Award @ Landesfilmfestival Berlin-Brandenburg, Germany 2014
4. Todos Somos Otros - Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes de la Diversidad Social - Mexico 2014
5. Siliguri / Kolkata International Short Film and Documentary Contest West Bengal, India 2014
6. Eulenspiegeleien Berlin – International Film Festival for Comedy and Satire, Germany 2015
7. Boddinale International Short Film Festival Berlin, Germany 2015
8. Videonale – Berlin Short Film Festival, Germany 2015
9. Audience Award @ European Short Film Festival of Independent Authors Berlin, Germany 2015
10. Silver Medal @ Federal Fiction Film Festival Schrobenhausen, Germany 2015
11. Salento Finibus Terrae International Short Film Festival, Italy 2015
12. Eastern Breeze International Film Festival Toronto, Canada 2015
13. Film Festival of Laughter Zagreb, Croatia 2015
14. Changing Perspectives Short Film Festival Istanbul + Berlin + Copenhagen, Turkey + Germany + Denmark, 2015
15. Florida Movie Festival Casselberry, USA 2015
16. River Aire Ten Minute Film Festival Leeds, UK 2015
17. White Nights International Filmfestival St. Petersburg, Russia 2015
18. FICAIJ - Festival Internacional de Cine y Audiovisual Infantil y Juvenil - Mérida, Venezuela 2015
19. The Unprecedented Cinema - International Festival of Short Film Tallinn, Estonia 2015
20. My Projector Lamps Short Film Contest Miami, USA 2015
21. Open-Air Filmfest Weiterstadt, Germany 2015
22. San Antonio Laughs Comedy Film Slam, USA 2015
23. International Unseen Film Festival "Film Sozialak" Bilbao, Spain 2015
24. Filmsalat Verden, Germany 2015
25. Bengaluru International Short Film Festival, India 2015
26. Pilas en Corto – International Short Film Festival, Spain 2015
27. Zinema Zombie Fest Bogota, Colombia 2015
28. Montevideo Fantasico, Uruguay 2015
29. Festival de Cine de Santander "Corto y Creo", Spain 2015
30. ZZUB Fest Wolverhampton, United Kingdom 2015
31. Blackbird Film Festival Cortland, USA 2015
32. Golden Anteaters Film Festival Lublin, Poland 2015
33. Biesdorfer Dokumentar- und Kurzfilmforum, Germany 2015
34. Festiwal Filmów Amatorskich Bierún, Poland 2015
35. Der phantastische Trashfilm Festival Kassel, Germany 2016
36. Festival Cinema en Liberte Toulon, France 2016
37. Southway Film Fest Mykolaiyv, Ukraine 2016
38. International Open Film Festival New York & Dhaka, USA & Bangladesh 2016
39. Elche International Independent Film Festival Alicante, Spain 2016
40. Bienal Internacional de Video y Cine Contemporáneo VIDEOFEST Mexicali, Mexico 2016
41. International Independent Film Festival PUBLICYSTYKA, Poland 2016
42. Bilderbeben Kurzfilmwettbewerb Bielefeld, Germany 2016
43. SILVER MEDAL @ AFC Kurzfilmwettbewerb – International Short Film Contest Vienna, Austria 2016
44. Nairobi Film Festival, Kenya 2014 – 2015
45. Festival de Cortometrajes "Jose Francisco Rosado" PACAS Pedro Muñoz, Spain 2016 – 2017
46. Frames Film Festival Nerul, India 2017
47. Fylde Film Showcase Blackpool, United Kingdom 2017
48. Helper Arts, Music and Film Festival, Utah, USA 2017
49. Abuja International Film Festival, Nigeria 2017
50. Kinoonik Screenings Rotterdamm, The Netherlands 2017
51. Cine y Derechos Humanos Cineotro – Human Rights Film Festival Valparaiso, Chile 2017
52. Festival del Cortometraggio CORTO CORREENTE Città di Fiumicino, Italy 2017
53. Miedzynarodowy Festiwal Filmow "Kochac Czlowieka" Oświęcim, Poland 2018
54. ICon Science-Fiction and Fantasy Festival Tel-Aviv, Israel 2018
55. Tiroler Kurzfilmfestival Wörgl, Austria 2018
56. Wordfest Berlin, Germany 2019
57. Filmkreis Wiesbaden, Germany 2019
58. Festival de Cine y Video Cultura Caótica La Paz, Bolivia 2019