The Undying Pain of Existence
Germany, May 2025
FILM,
Animation,
5 min.
- directed by
- Oscar Jacobson
- Status
- In distribution
A nude model poses with statuesque stillness for an elite drawing class – until an unfortunate mosquito bite challenges his self-control. Driven to madness by the itch, he’s caught between the ruthless demand for perfection and his most unhinged, animalistic impulses.
credits
- World Premiere
- May 2025
- Original Version
- Without dialogue, colour, DCP, 5 min.
- Production
- Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
- Producer
- Franz Rügamer, Nadiia Yunatska
- directed by
- Oscar Jacobson
- Editing
- Revan Sarikaya
- Sound Design
- Timo Kleinemeier
- Music
- Clemens Gutjahr
- Animation
- Ilya Barrett, Louis Hartmann, Oscar Jacobson, Leo Neumann, Yerkezhan Sabitbekova, Melanie Schnaidt, Gregor Wittich, Sofija Zivkovic, Benjamin Wahl, Adina Barth, Amy Bruchner, Angelina Damm, Iris Feyrer, Liam Hallhuber, Marius Lübke, Noël Wen, Rahel Fundinger
- Compositing
- Oscar Jacobson, Andra Cezara Berilă
- Techniques
- 2D Computer animation
Cast
Oscar Jacobson as Model
Theresa Dobersberger as Teacher
World Sales / World Rights
- World Rights
- Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Festivals
(a selection)
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Bristol, 30th Encounters Film Festival
24.09.2025 - 28.09.2025