On Hold
2D animation
year: 2024
format: DCP, HD
duration: 7'11"
production: Papierboot, SRF Schweizer Fernsehen
distribution: Bonobostudio
Country of production: Switzerland
More About the Film
A young woman is stuck in the hold queue of a telephone hotline. A surreal episodic short film about the absurdities of urban life and the frustration of a paralysing standstill.
Script, direction: Delia Hess
Animation: Delia Hess, Aira Joana, Igor Kuzmic
Post-production, compositing: Stefan Holaus
Editing: Thaïs Odermatt
Music: Luc Gut
Sound design and mix: Aline Schoch, Thomas Gassmann
Voices: Elke Schützhold, Lena von Döhren
Producers: Delia Hess, Anja Sidler / Papierboot
Co-producer: Gabriela Bloch-Steinmann / SRF Schweizer Fernsehen
Delia Hess studied animation at the Lucerne School of Art and Design in Switzerland. Since her graduation in 2012 she has been working independently on her own short film projects as well as on commissioned films and illustrations. She lives and works in Lucerne.
Filmography
On Hold (2024), Emmen by the Lake (2021), Circuit (2018), Around the Stairway (2018), Morning Train (2012, student film), Partition (2011, student film), In the City (2011, student film)
Awards
- Special Mention, Fantoche International Animation Film Festival 2024
- Grand Prix, Videomedeja International New Media Art Festival 2024
- Grand Prix, Animanima International Animation Festival 2024
- Best Narrrative Short Film, CutOut Fest 2024
- Jury Special Mention, Animateka International Animated Film Festival 2024
Festivals
Animafest Zagreb – World Festival of Animated Film (3/6-8/6/2024)
Norwegian Short Film Festival Grimstad (12/6-16/6/2024)
Art Film International Film Festival (21/6-28/6/2024)
Neuchatel International Fantastic Film Festival (5/7-13/7/2024)
Animaphix New Contemporary Languages Film Festival (23/7-28/7/2024)
Cortocircuiti Short Film Festival (30/7-1/8/2024)
Edinburgh International Film Festival (15/8-21/8/2024)
Imaginaria International Animated Film Festival (18/8-24/8/2024)
Fantoche International Animation Film Festival (3/9-8/9/2024)
Balkanima European Animated Film Festival (1/10-6/10/2024)
Animatou International Animation Film Festival (3/10-12/10/2024)
Squeaky Wheel Animation Festival (4/10/2024)
Sedicicorto International Film Festival (4/10-13/10/2024)
Videomedeja International New Media Art Festival (10/10-12/10/2024)
Chicago International Film Festival (16/10-27/10/2024)
Rex Animation Festival (28/10-3/11/2024)
Interfilm Berlin International Short Film Festival (5/11-10/11/2024)
Animanima International Animation Festival (6/11-9/11/2024)
ZINEBI International Festival of Documentary and Short Film (8/11-15/11/2024)
CutOut Fest International Animation and Digital Art Festival (21/11-24/11/2024)
London International Animation Festival (22/11-1/12/2024)
International Short Film Festival Leuven (29/11-7/12/2024)
Animateka International Animated Film Festival (2/12-8/12/2024)
Bogoshorts - Bogota International Short Film Festival (3/12-10/12/2024)
Animakom Fest - Bilbao International Animation Community Festival (9/12-15/12/2024)
London Short Film Festival (17/1-26/1/2025)
