{"id":782,"date":"2025-08-15T10:21:51","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T08:21:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/filmfestaachen.com\/?page_id=782"},"modified":"2025-08-30T12:20:27","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T10:20:27","slug":"dystopia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/filmfestaachen.com\/en\/programm\/dystopia\/","title":{"rendered":"ABSEITS: dystopia"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Why is it that in our fictional visions \u2013 like film \u2013 we so often imagine only the end of the world (or its worsening under the guise of improvement)? This question strikes at the core of art and the potential necessity of narrative \u2013 one might argue. In ABSEITS: DYSTOPIA, I want to show that this isn\u2019t the case; rather, it seems we find it difficult \u2013 if not impossible \u2013 to detach ourselves from our own ideology. The moment we try to imagine breaking out, we end up reproducing it.<\/span> Brunaupark <\/span>shows the here and now, no leap into a „not-so-distant future“ required. Brazil, then, is perhaps the opposite: an exaggeration of the Kafkaesque chaos-machine that justifies itself endlessly. In the same breath, I imagine <\/span>Mad God<\/span> as the collapse of Brazil’s high society \u2013 and <\/span>2551.03<\/span> as fascism, always lurking just beneath our feet. If you trace the footsteps of dystopian visions through time, you don\u2019t arrive at a clear blueprint of societal collapse \u2013 but at an aesthetic. PUNK. The Ishii double feature makes it clear: whether set in the past, the future, or the here and now, visual language emerges precisely where rules are neglected. One more observation \u2013 maybe<\/span> to some unsurprisingly<\/span> \u2013 the end of the world is a deeply male-dominated theme. Finding relevant entries in film history is, relatively speaking, quite difficult. DYSTOPIA is a hyper-male phantasy.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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2551.03 - The end<\/a><\/h3>

Austria, 2025, 80 min, Norbert Pfaffenbichler, No Dialogue, Germany Premiere<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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mad god<\/a><\/h3>

USA, 2021, 84 min, Phil Tippett, English<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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brunaupark<\/a><\/h3>

Switzerland, 2024, 91 min, Felix Herget, Dominik Zietlow, several languages, Aachen Premiere\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Nomades du nucl\u00e9aire (Atomnomaden) <\/a><\/h3>

Germany\/France, 2023, 73min, Kilian Armando Friedrich and Tizian Zargari<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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crazy thunder road<\/a><\/h3>

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wild zero<\/a><\/h3>

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brazil<\/a><\/h3>

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NOTES ON THE END OF thE WORLD<\/h3>

with Mirjam Kay Mashkour, Antonia Leise, Sanjina Kashikar<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Why is it that in our fictional visions \u2013 like film \u2013 we so often imagine only the end of the world (or its worsening under the guise of improvement)? This question strikes at the core of art and the potential necessity of narrative \u2013 one might argue. 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