All work
Liquid Death | Spec-Spot / 2026
The Thirst
Directed by Vanessa Stachel
A vampire searches every night for new victims on the rain-soaked streets of Hamburg. The thirst is driving her mad. Voices in her head tell her to feed, slaughter, and devour—again and again. Never satisfied. When she comes to a lonesome kiosk, the clerk there seems doomed. But might she find something here to cure her eternal thirst?
The score combines horror writing with punchy breakbeats towards the end — a shift that made this project particularly enjoyable to compose.
Selected credits
- Direction
- Vanessa Stachel
- Editing
- Samuel Albert
- Cinematography
- Aljoscha Wuzella
More cast & crew
- Production
- Adrian Steuer, Bella Frank
- Co-production
- Tom Heinrich, Esteban González Luna
- Original music
- Kilian Oser
- Sound design & mixing
- Rachel Oker
- Writing
- Vanessa Stachel
- Strategy
- Adrian Gonzalez
- Art Direction
- Vanessa Buelna
- Copywriting
- Jacob Rubenstein
- Production design
- Mareike Rückert
- Costume Designer
- Lara Türkcü
- SFX Make-Up & Hair
- Nadezhda Agriiants
- VFX Supervisor
- Julian Dünser
- Concept Art
- Lara Carra
- Storyboard
- Marie Römer
- Casting
- Julia Todorow
- Motion Design
- Rahel Fundinger
- Cast · Vampire Iva
- Madita Rosaline Strunk
- Cast · Store Clerk Andy
- Emrah Demir
- Cast · Vampire Voice
- Laya Hoffman
Awards & festival selections.
Film & craft
Recognition of the film and its creative team.
The One Club for Creativity · Young Ones
Cinematography
The One Club for Creativity · Young Ones
Art Direction — Motion
The One Club for Creativity · Young Ones
Branded Content — Short Form · Writing · Direction · Editing · Visual Effects
ADC Europe Student Awards
Advertising
spotlight Festival
Audience award · Students — Animation & VFX
Festival selections
- Berlin Commercial 2025 · Official Selection — New Generation
Sources & festival records
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