'GIVE IT UP!'
Directed by Alexander BigaliyLoosely 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.
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'GIVE IT UP!' was released on 5 lipca 2025.
'GIVE IT UP!' was directed by Alexander Bigaliy.
'GIVE IT UP!' has a runtime of 16 min.
'GIVE IT UP!' was produced by Alina Turarbekova, Vladimir Makarov.
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.
The key characters in 'GIVE IT UP!' are MAN (Alexander Bigaliy), SCHUTZMAN (Sholto Kerr), MAN (additional) (Arseniy Makarov).
'GIVE IT UP!' is a Dramat, Tajemnica, Thriller film.