'GIVE IT UP!'

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.

Director

Alexander Bigaliy

Written by

Alexander Bigaliy, Franz Kafka

Produced by

Alina Turarbekova, Vladimir Makarov

Cinematographer

Alexander Bigaliy

Editor

Alexander Bigaliy

Origin country

United Kingdom

Production countries

Austria, Slovakia, United Kingdom, Germany

Runtime

16m

Language

English

TMDB

10.0/10 (2 votes)