What sounds like a purely formalist exercise reveals itself as a work that invites various approaches. One can still enjoy the story, just that now it gets told in a fleeting flash-forward-flash-backward stream of consciousness style – that was all the rage in art cinema during the time “Grand Prix” was made. A philosophical question asked by this form is: How do we use time in films – what is told speedily and for what do we need longer? And how does it feel when proceedings start to lengthen, moments linger, time passes by ever more perceptibly? – IFF Rotterdam
Norbert Pfaffenbichler
AT 2026 | German Premiere
167 min | English
Norbert Pfaffenbichler
Born in 1967 in Steyr, Austria. Studied at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, in the masterclass for visual media design. Since 2001, he has been working as a freelance artist, filmmaker and curator. He lives and works in Vienna.
Films (Auswahl)
Notes on Film 02 2006 (1. UX) | Mosaik mécanique 2007 (3. UX) | A Messenger from the Shadows (Notes on Film 06 A / Monologue 01) 2013 (9. UX) | Invest in Failure (Notes on Film 06 C /Monologue 03) (13. UX) | 2551.01 –The Kid 2021 (16. UX) | 2551.02 – The Orgy of the Damned 2023 (18. UX) | 2551.03 – The End 2025 (20. UX) | ADGIN PRRX 2026 | Frankenstein Fragment 2026
R+B+E+P: Norbert Pfaffenbichler | WS: Sixpackfilm