Special Section

영화

Schedule

07-09(Thu)10:00

Busan Cinema Center Indieplus
07-13(Mon)9:30

Lotte Cinema Busan Myeongji 1

The Undying Pain of Existence

Germany
2025
6min
Animation
DCP
color
No Dialogue
+G

Program Note

A nude model holds a perfectly still pose for an elite drawing class until a mosquito bite threatens to unravel everything. What follows is an escalating battle between the strict demand to stay motionless and the overwhelming, unstoppable urge to scratch. With absurdist humor and gleefully exaggerated staging, the film turns a single moment of physical torment into a witty meditation on social constraint, primal instinct, and the very human longing to just let go.

Director

Oscar Jacobson

Born in Sweden and raised in Switzerland, Oscar Jacobson developed a passion for creating his own characters and worlds from an early age. After working as a graphic designer at an advertising agency, he went on to study at the Animationsinstitut of Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, graduating in 2024. During this time, he grew significantly as an animation artist, concept artist, and director.

Credit

Editor: Revan Sarikaya
Sound: Armin Biemel, Timo Kleinemeier
Music: Clemens Gutjahr
Animation Director: Oscar Jacobson
Executive Producer: Franz Rügamer, Nadiia Yunatska
Production Company: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH
Background Artist: Cristina Narata
Sketch Drawing: Matisse Gonzalez, Yi Luo, Anh Tu Nguyen, Tanja Nuijten, Janina Putzker-Wimshurst, Gina Stephan, Jeremy John, Bianca Scali
Animation: Ilya Barrett, Adina Barth, Amy Bruchner, Angelina Damm, Iris Feyrer, Liam Hallhuber, Louis Hartmann, Oscar Jacobson, Marius Lübke, Leo Neumann, Yerkezhan Sabitbekova, Melanie Schnaidt, Noël Wen, Gregor Wittich, Sofija Zivkovic
2D FX Animation: Benjamin Wahl
Narrator/Voice Actor: Theresa Dobersberger, Reena Ngurang, Jule Peuckmann
Compositing: Andra Cezara Berilă
Musician Score: Sarah Jane Himmelsbach, Maximilian Kotzmann
Color Grading: Felicitas Schmelz