Loosely based on Franz Kafka’s short story, 'GIVE IT UP!' is a live-action animation odyssey through the confusion of life in the modern world. The narrative follows a lone salesman trapped in a timeless city, increasingly lost in his feverish dreams. Desperate, he races towards a train station as his last hope of escaping the city, encountering divine light, winding roads and the forces of bureaucracy. This deeply personal and referential work preserves Kafka’s absurd humour and pays homage to Weimar cinema of the 1920s, but also elevates the text to an existential meditation on authority, purpose and human helplessness.
Alexander Bigaliy
MAN
Sholto Kerr
SCHUTZMAN
Arseniy Makarov
MAN (additional)
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July 5, 2025
16m
10.0
Alexander Bigaliy
Alexander Bigaliy, Franz Kafka
Vladimir Makarov
MAN (additional)
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