THE LAST PEOPLE
European Short Film Selection 2026
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25m
DIE LETZTEN MENSCHEN
Austria
Fiction
Lenz is a humble character. But things seem to be changing in his village. Fabian beats someone half to death and Carina wants to move to New York. When a great love does not come true for him, Lenz has to accept that his little world is slowly fading away.
Written & directed by: Nicolás Pindeus
Produced by: Alisa Frischholz, Melvyn Zeyns
Cinematography: Lukas Allmaier
Editing: Maria Lisa Pichler
Production Design: Theresa Kraus, Anna Rumpler
Costume Design: Anna Jo Suzuki
Make-Up & Hair: Franziska Fröhlich
Sound: Alexander Siegl
Cast: Manuel Hauer (Lenz), Claudia Kainberger (Carina), Lenka Pichler (Lenka), Dominik Jung (Fabian), Bernd Jung Jung (Bernd)
Statement of the director:
THE LAST PEOPLE was filmed mostly with non-professional actors in the countryside of Lower Austria. The casting process took place shortly after the end of the pandemic, and in the rural regions of Austria I constantly came across people who complained that smaller or bigger things around them were no longer as they used to be. The feeling that something is coming to an end has become the subject of this film. It is about small worlds that are about to dissolve and a fear of change that gradually leads to resignation.
Production:
Filmakademie Wien
https://www.filmakademie.wien/de/
World Sales, Press/Social Media Agency:
Lemonade Films
https://www.refreshingfilms.com/
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