Experiencing Interruptions?

PSYCHIC SUE

"Speak not, for I am nearing the threshold of the worlds!" - Sue preys on believers in the afterlife. When her former associate Andy visits, Sue suddenly requires a "real medium".

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DE: "Schweige still, denn ich betrete die Schwelle der Welten!"
Sue arbeitet als Medium, um Leichtgläubige anzulocken. Ihre Masche weist Mängel auf. Stellt euch ihren Schreck vor, als sie entdeckt, dass Geister wirklich den Lebenden erscheinen können! Höchste Zeit, ein "echtes" Medium aufzusuchen!

ES: "¡No hable porque estoy cerca del umbral de los mundos!" Sue trabaja como psíquica sonsacando dinero a los creyentes en la vida eterna. Su show tiene algunos defectos. ¡Imagina su sorpresa cuando ella misma descubre que los fantasmas pueden aparecer en efecto en la vida! Es este el momento para consultar con una medium "real".

  • Dave Lojek
    Director
    170+ short films
  • Gemma Swain
    Writer
    Candlewax, Paradise Beach, Psychic Sue
  • Dave Lojek
    Producer
    170+ short films, 164 awards
  • Cainneach Mac Eoin
    Producer
    7 short films
  • Andrea Coyne
    Key Cast
    several shorts
  • Kate Finegan
    Key Cast
    several shorts
  • Joseph Stacey
    Key Cast
    Paradise Beach, Deadman's Gun, Guerilla Style, Run, Mother's Lament
  • Sarah Agha
    Key Cast
    several shorts
  • Cainneach Mac Eoin
    Director of Photography
    http://www.imdb.com/name/nm5095195
  • Mirko Rizzello
    Music
    TRUST, Severin & Alegra, Focus Pocus, Zombies, The Tenant, Paradise Beach, REC, Hair, The Need
  • Jenny Longworth
    Make up artist
    many short films
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Ghost Comedy, Parody, Satire, short, Séance, micro-cinema, KinoKabaret
  • Runtime:
    12 minutes 49 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    August 24, 2013
  • Production Budget:
    500 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Ireland
  • Country of Filming:
    Ireland
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    scope
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • International KinoKabaret
    Dublin, Ireland
    July 26, 2013
    World Premiere
    -
  • Underground Cinema Film Festival
    Dublin, Ireland
    September 20, 2013
    Cinema Premiere
    -
  • Zinema Zombie Fest
    Bogota, Colombia
    November 21, 2013
    South American Premiere
    -
  • International KinoKabaret
    Prague, Czech Republic
    September 21, 2013
    Czech Premiere
    -
  • International KinoKabaret
    Graz, Austria
    September 23, 2013
    Austrian Premiere
    -
  • International KinoKabaret
    Berlin, Germany
    August 31, 2013
    German Premiere
    -
  • KO & DIGITAL - Festival Internacional de Cine Solidario
    Barcelona, Spain
    November 27, 2013
    Spanish Premiere
    -
  • ZZUB Fest
    Wolverhampton, United Kingdom
    November 23, 2013
    UK Premiere
    Golden Clapperboard Award (Festival Winner)
  • International Film Festival "24 Hours of Nuremberg"
    Nuremberg, Germany
    December 7, 2013
    -
    -
  • NOFI World Festival
    Glendale, California, USA
    December 28, 2013
    North American Premiere
    -
  • British Shorts
    Berlin, Germany
    January 20, 2014
    -
    -
  • Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes "Sueños de Cine"
    Madrid, Spain
    February 21, 2014
    -
    -
  • International Shortfilm Festival
    Palencia, Spain
    January 24, 2014
    -
    -
  • LandesFilmFestival
    Berlin, Germany
    March 1, 2014
    -
    2nd Jury Prize
  • Federal Fiction Film Festival
    Schrobenhausen, Germany
    May 10, 2014
    -
    Silver Medal
  • 69 festivals in total
    https://vimeo.com/70849159
    all kinds
    many
  • Tabloid Witch Awards Horror Film Contest
    Santa Monica, CA
    November 15, 2014
    Best Comedic Horror Short & Best Soundtrack
Distribution Information
  • APEIRON FILMS
    Distributor
    Country: Worldwide
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Dave Lojek

Dave Lojek loves filmmaking. He belongs to the prolific and most often selected directors of the 21st century with over 1897 screenings of his distributions at international film festivals worldwide. His favorite genres are comedy, parody, fantasy, romance, poetry, art and experiment. Dave also directs documentaries, dramas, portraits, sci-fi, 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 for filmmaking is intrinsic.
As independent producer, Dave created 178 movies in 26 cities in 12 European countries by 2024. Mr. Lojek hosts monthly open cinema screenings in Germany’s oldest cinema Moviemento 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. 12.000 times) on German TV and viewed online over 2 million times.

Selected Filmography of 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 • ALEX AND SASHA
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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Distribution: APEIRON FILMS • c/o Dave Lojek • Goethestr. 3 • 12459 Berlin • Germany • dave@apeiron-films.de • www.apeiron-films.de • Tel.: +49 175 833 05 87

Download film files:
1080p version: https://j.mp/psych_ic
Press Kit: http://j.mp/psych_press

FESTIVALS & AWARDS
1. International KinoKabaret Dublin, Ireland 2013
2. Underground Cinema Film Festival Dublin, Ireland 2013
3. International KinoKabaret Berlin, Germany 2013
4. Zinema Zombie Fest Bogota, Colombia 2013
5. International KinoKabaret Prague, Czech Republic 2013
6. International KinoKabaret Graz, Austria 2013
7. MALIGNO Foligno, Italy 2013
8. KO & DIGITAL - Festival Internacional de Cine Solidario Barcelona, Spain 2013
9. GOLDEN CLAPPERBOARD AWARD @ ZZUB Fest Wolverhampton, United Kingdom 2013
10. International Film Festival "24 Hours of Nuremberg", Germany 2013
11. MEDIALOG Videoculture Fest, Czech Republic 2013
12. NOFI World Festival Glendale, USA 2013
13. British Shorts Berlin, Germany 2014
14. Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes "Sueños de Cine" Madrid, Spain 2014
15. International Shortfilm Festival of Palencia, Spain 2014
16. 2nd Jury Award @ LandesFilmFestival Berlin / Brandenburg, Germany 2014
17. Silver Medal @ Federal Fiction Film Festival Schrobenhausen, Germany 2014
18. Kastav Film Festival, Croatia 2014
19. Tahoe Film Festival, USA 2014
20. Sci-Fi on the Rock International Film Festival St. John's, Canada 2014
21. Little Shows Online Film Festival, India 2014
22. Opuzen Film Festival, Croatia 2014
23. MACHT GELD - Art Exhibition at Schalterraum Berlin Schöneweide, Germany 2014
24. Festival de Cinema de Girona, Spain 2014
25. Comedy Cluj - International Film Festival, Romania 2014
26. Witney Film Festival, UK 2014
27. Viewster Online Festival #3 "Be afraid. Be very afraid."2014
28. Farinha Film Festival Patos, Brazil 2014
29. Tangier International Film Festival, Morocco 2014
30. International TV Festival Bar, Montenegro 2014
31. BEST COMEDIC HORROR SHORT & BEST SOUNDTRACK @ Tabloid Witch Awards Horror Film Contest, Santa Monica CA, 2014
32. Video Festival Imperia, Italy 2014
33. SILVER AWARD @ Internationale Walser Filmtage, Austria 2014
34. Imphal International Short Film Festival, India 2014
35. Short Round Stratford-Upon-Avon, United Kingdom 2014
36. LosCon Los Angeles, USA 2014
37. Siliguri International Short Film and Documentary Contest West Bengal, India 2014
38. Festival Internacional de Cine Ciudad Luna Chía, Colombia 2014
39. International Euro Film Festival Marbella, Spain 2015 (nominated for BEST IRISH FILM)
40. 4-STAR-AWARD @ British International Film Festival Sittingbourne, United Kingdom 2015
41. Florida Movie Festival Casselberry, USA 2015
42. Festival de Cine en Corto Consegura, Spain 2015
43. Festival de Cinéma "Image et Vie" Dakar, Sénégal 2015
44. Virginia Independent Horror Film Festival Winchester, USA 2015
45. Blackbird Film Festival Cortland, USA 2015
46. Golden Anteaters Film Festival Lublin, Poland 2015
47. Golden Sun Short Film Festival, Malta 2016
48. Lima Bean Film Fest St. Louis, USA 2016
49. La Rioja Es De Cine - Festival Internacional De Cortometraje & Cine Independiente Logroño, Spain 2016
50. Innkurzfilmfestival Braunau, Austria 2016
51. Milano Film Festival, Italy 2016
52. Premio Cinematografico Palena, Italy 2016
53. Nairobi Film Festival, Kenya 2014 - 2015
54. Premio Carpine d'Argento CortiFestival Visciano, Italy 2017
55. Big Terror Film Fest Parkersburg, West Virginia, USA 2017
56. I Corti sul lettino Cinema e psicoanalisi Napoli, Italy 2017
57. Indie Cyprus Short Film Festival Nicosia, Cyprus 2018
58. TOMA Estúdio Taverna Lisbon, Portugal 2018
59. ICon Science-Fiction and Fantasy Festival Tel-Aviv, Israel 2018
60. Summer Screams Horror Film Fest Marietta, Ohio, USA 2018
61. Chicago International Genre Film Festival, USA 2018
62. Halloween KinoEaters Presentation at Lublin Film Festival, Poland 2018
63. Short Film Program of Wordfest Berlin, Germany 2019
64. Balticon Sunday Short Science Fiction Film Festival Baltimore, USA 2019
65. Festival de Cine y Video Cultura Caótica La Paz, Bolivia 2019
66. Filmkreis Wiesbaden, Germany 2019
67. Videomedeja International Video Festival Novi Sad, Serbia 2019
68. Biesdorfer Dokumentar- und Kurzfilmforum Berlin – Dave Lojek Retrospektive, Germany 2019
69. MIAX - Muestra Independiente Audiovisual de Xalisco, Mexico 2020
70. Volterra Fantasy Film Festival, Italy 2021
71. Latest Visions: Halloween Special Film Festival Belfast & Brighton, Northern Ireland 2021
72. Horror-on-Sea Film Festival Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom 2022
73. F5: FPP Financial Focus FilmFest Sanford, Florida, USA 2022
74. WILDsound Film Festival Toronto, Canada 2023