2551.03 - The End (Filmfest Aachen 2025)

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This screening is part of Filmfest Aachen 2025

2551.03 - The End

2025, Austria, 80 min, Norbert Pfaffenbichler, no dialog, German Premiere

Reviving the spirit of Punk Cinema, Nobert Paffenbichler's final 2551-Entry cartographes a world in dark - like in the B-Film-Classic Mindwrap (1991) - there is a society growing underground, a fascist, repressive net of creatures. The protagonist, A monkey-man, tries to save a child. Behind masks there are more, behind every door the abyss; 2551.03 - The End is a true dystopia, Landscape made with blood and sweat - paranoia. Acaricature of power. Hallways feel like Kafka wrote them, effects all hand crafted. Against totalitarianism, there is anarchist no-budget cinema!

The revival of punk cinema: Nobert Paffenbichler's latest 2551 feature maps a world in darkness - like in the B-movie classic Mindwarp (1991), a society grows underground, a fascist, repressive network of creatures. The protagonist, an ape-man, tries to save a child. Behind every mask lurks another, behind every door the abyss. 2551.03 - The End is the essence of dystopia, a landscape created with blood and sweat - paranoia. A caricature of power. The corridors look as if they were written by Kafka, the effects are handmade. Anarchist no-budget cinema stands against totalitarianism!

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