"On Hold" Delia Hess (31.10.2025, 18:00 Uhr)

A young woman is stuck in the waiting line of a telephone hotline... a surreal episodic shortfilm about the absurdities of urban life and the feeling of paralysing stagnation.

Director Biography - Delia Hess

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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. Since 2015 she has been part
of the animation collective Papierboot.

Director Statement

On Hold is a very personal film to me. The idea traces back to a difficult phase in my life. Back then, I felt like losing control and slipping slowly into a depressive condition, without being able to do something against it. The world around me seemed to darken and life seemed more and more surreal to me. I lost my energy and motivation. These feelings of overload and helpless stagnation I wanted to catch in my film, since I have the impression, that I'm not the only one struggling with these kind of mental conditions.