DAS WARTEN

The Waiting

Alemania. 2023. . 16 min. Animación. .
  • Film Director: Volker Schlecht.
  • Scriptwriter: Alexander Lahl; Max Mönch.
  • Cast: Karen Lips.
  • Cinematography: Volker Schlecht.
  • Editing: Volker Schlecht.
  • Art director: Volker Schlecht.
  • Music: Hannes Schulze.
  • Sound: Michał Krajczok; Hannes Schulze.
  • Animation: Volker Schlecht.
  • Poster designer: Volker Schlecht.

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.



Volker Schlecht

Volker was born in 1968 in Germany. After studying Communication Design at the University of Art and Design in Halle, he worked for several years as a graphic designer in Prague, Halle and Berlin. In 2002, he founded Drushba Pankow, in collaboration with the artist Alexandra Kardinar. Currently he´s working and teaching as illustrators and graphic designers. He is professor of design basics at the Hochschule Anhalt University of Applied Sciences in Dessau. His film Kaputt / Broken (2016) premiered at Berlinale, won in Sundance.

"Kyrie Eleison" (2014) / "Nobody 's Fool (2012) / "Over You" (2012) / "Germania Wurst" (2008)

PROGRAMME

  • · 11/08/2024 - 17:30 at Corral de Comedias
  • · 11/12/2024 - 17:00 at Centro Sociocultural Gilitos