Mankind has 8 minutes left, then the Earth will be wiped out. Escape is impossible. In the last heat years before the death of the sun, the remnants of humanity have fled under the surface of the earth. Connected to the "dream machine" that can simulate any fantasy and stretch the perception of time, the physical world has been replaced by the digital world. Here the last 8 minutes become 12 000 years.David and Lena are lovers in this simulated world. After a solar storm by burning David's body, Lena starts an image of David's consciousness, but the backup is faulty and confused.

Loan of the film print with kind support of HfG Karlsruhe.

Three young cinema enthusiasts go on a road trip and visit different cinemas to save old, analog technology. In the process, the very own and soon forgotten stories of the cinema operators from that time come to light again. The result is a special snapshot of cinema, ten years after digitalization, in the middle of a pandemic, with many stories from the "good old days" and yet not just nostalgia. With the worries about the uncertain future of cinema, but also the confidence of many passionately active cinema people. And also a portrait of three anachronistic young people who, in the year 2020, are still completely burning for the long-dead analog cinema and therefore, against all the spirit of the times, are bringing the old back to life. The title "This is not the End" alludes to the core idea: Analog cinema will not completely end as long as there are still people who continue to deal with it, not only conserve it but continue to use it.

Loan of the film print with kind support of HfG Karlsruhe.