The Waiting
Karen Lips is researcher and lives for several years in a tiny little shack in Costa Rica to observe frogs. When she leaves the cloud forest for a short time and returns, the frogs are gone. All of them. Karen sets out to find them – and encounters a horrible truth. Mysterious deaths occur all over the planet and have a similar pattern. Why have so many species vanished? And what does it all have to do with us? The Waiting is the new animated documentary short film from the creators of the award winning Kaputt/Broken – The Women’s Prison at Hoheneck (2016): Alexander Lahl, Max Moench, Hannes Schulze and Volker Schlecht. More information on Instagram @thewaitinganimation Direction: Volker Schlecht . Script, idea, research: Max Moench, Alexander Lahl . Executive producers: Max Moench, Alexander Lahl, Volker Schlecht . Artwork and animation: Volker Schlecht . Sound design and music: Hannes Schulze . Sound mix: Hannes Schulze, Michał Krajczok . Production: mobyDOK . Protagonist (Voice): Karen Lips . Funding: FFA German Federal Film Board and The Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media . © Volker Schlecht and mobyDOK 2023 World premiere: Berlinale Shorts Competition 2023 . Best Documentary Short Film at Hamptons Film Festival, New York . Best Documentary Short Film at the 47th Elche Film Festival, Spain . Best Animated Short at BLON Festival, Lithuania . Best Animated Short at Filmfest Dresden . Spectacular Science Award at Alexandre Trauner Art/Film Festival, Hungary . Grand Jury Prize at the Seattle International Film Festival . Best Film at Cine Eco Festival Seia, Portugal . Madame Melpo Award at Bozcaada International Festival, Turkey . Soundscape Award at Animaphix Festival Bagheria, Italy . Best Foreign Short at Sarasota Film Festival, Florida . Special Jury Award at Anima Festival Brussels . Student Jury Award at Mediawave Festival, Hungary . Student Award at Rising of Lusitania Animadoc Festival Szczecin . Runner Up Prize at Spark Animation Festival Vancouver . Nominated for the German Short Film Award 2023 . and other festival awards and mentions
