Darßer NaturfilmFestival 2025: Program section "Competition"
They are occurring more and more frequently, lasting longer and becoming increasingly intense: heatwaves. In Europe, one temperature record follows the next. In view of this development, one question is of particular concern to scientists: How hot will it get in the future? The film travels to Western European 'hotspots', sheds light on the diverse effects of heatwaves on our lives and presents possible adaptation strategies.
Germany // 2024 // 53 min. // FSK 0
Director: Mike Plitt
Writer: Mike Plitt
Cinematographer: Robert Cöllen
Editor: Thomas Bernecker
Music: Hannes Schulze
Sound: Christoph de la Chevallerie
Editor: Bettina Oberhausen (HR)
Producer:in: Gesa Hinterlang
Producer:in: Alexander Lahl
Production: mobyDOK
Mike Plitt
Mike Plitt, cultural historian, has been working as an author, director and concept developer on animated films, documentaries and digital narrative formats since 2019. His animadoc "Up Here with the White Gods" received the Film Award of the City of Wiesbaden in the Best of German Animation category. Nominated three times in total for the Grimme Online Award, he won it in 2023 for "Im Takt - Wege in den Geschlossenen Jugendwerkhof Torgau" in the Education category.