Lunik is one of the early Tiptoe Films projects: a feature about utopian squatters in Eisenhüttenstadt, directed by Gilbert Beronneau and supported by Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg. Daniel Scheimberg worked as editor and producer, extending a collaboration that had begun with Beronneau's adaptation of The Seagull.
From a first Berlin collaboration to a feature
The film grew out of Daniel's first years in Germany, when he was moving between Berlin, Eisenhüttenstadt, collective filmmaking, and long periods in the edit. It expanded the scale of the earlier collaboration into a feature production and established a working pattern that would recur throughout Tiptoe's history: small teams, distinctive material, and practical post-production shaped closely alongside the film itself.
Editing and producing
Working both as editor and producer meant that the creative and organizational sides of the project could not be separated. The feature became an early test of long-form structure, collaboration across roles, and the persistence required to carry an independent film through post-production.
Developed in the mid-2000s and released in 2007, Lunik remains part of the foundation beneath Daniel's later feature, television, and teaching work.