Norbert Pfaffenbichler
Artist, filmmaker and curator Norbert PFAFFENBICHLER (1967, Austria) studied Media Design at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna. He is a co-founder of VIDOK Studio. Pfaffenbichler was involved with the Austrian abstract cinema movement, which emerged in the 1990s. In 2002, he started working on his film series Notes on Film, in which he deconstructs film history from an artistic perspective. Since then, he has made a number of experimental short films, stage videos and curated exhibitions throughout Austria. He lives in Vienna.
Filmography
(selection) Mosaik mécanique (2007, short), Conference (2011), A Messenger from the Shadows (2013), A Masque of Madness (2013), Odessa Crash test (2014, short), Camera (2015), Invest in Failure (2017), 2551.01 – The Kid (2021), 2551.02 – The Orgy of the Damned (2022), 2551.03 – The End (2025)
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Norbert Pfaffenbichler at IFFR
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2551.03 – The End
Norbert Pfaffenbichler | 80' | Austria | World premiere
A masked apeman traverses a dystopian society in the finale of Norbert Pfaffenbichler’s 2551 trilogy. -
Odessa Crash Test (Notes on Film 09)
Norbert Pfaffenbichler | 6' | Austria | None
A stroller is subjected to a crash test on the Odessa steps, resulting in a mad,Eisenstein-esque ride. -
2551.02 – The Orgy of the Damned
Norbert Pfaffenbichler | 82' | Austria | World premiere
A wordless, dream-like, post-apocalyptic horror movie full of sounds of fury. A darkly trippy avant-garde scare fest! -
Mosaik mécanique
Norbert Pfaffenbichler | 9' | Austria | World premiere
A concept film that manages to convince in its apparent simplicity: the director offers a film in the form of a mosaic that can literally… -
Conference (Notes on Film 05)
Norbert Pfaffenbichler | 8' | Austria | None
The face of fascism? This grotesque found-footage film combines close-ups of 65 actors playing Adolf Hitler in films made between 1940 and today. -
Intermezzo (Notes on Film 04)
Norbert Pfaffenbichler | 2' | Austria | World premiere
A director’s fascination for Chaplin’s acting style, takes on the look of an explosive pop promo here.
