"A nude model is posing 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."
Awards & Nominations:
Student Academy Awards 2025 - Finalist
Annie Awards 2026 - Nominee
First Steps Award 2025 - Nominee
Anima Festival Brussels 2026 - Audience Award Best Short Film
Monstra Lisbon 2026 - Audience Award Student Competition
Schlingel Festival 2025 - Best Animated Short National
The Rookies 2025 - Best 2D Film
Filmschau Baden-Württemberg 2025 - Best Animation
KuanDu Festival Taiwan 2025 - Best Film
Thomas Edison Film Festival 2025 - Jury Stellar Award for Animation
FILMZ Mainz 2025 - Best Animated Short
International Student Film & Video Festival Beijing - Best Student Animation
Student International Film Festival Croatia - Audience Award & Special Mention
BLON Animation and Games Festival - Special Mention
Festival Selections:
BLON Animation and Games Festival 2025
Bali International Film Festival 2025
Edmonton International Film Festival 2025
Fest Anca 2025
Kinofilm Manchester 2025
FICAM 2025
Oakville Festivals of Film and Art 2025
Festival of Animation Berlin 2025
Fredrikstad Animation Festival 2025
Student International Film Festival Croatia 2025
FILMZ Mainz 2025
Linoleum Ukraine 2025
Taichung International Animation Festival
Schlingel Festival 2025
SESIFF Seoul 2025
Encounters Film Festival Bristol 2025
Primanima 2025
Manchester Animation Festival 2025
Cinanima 2025
Canlandiranlar 2025
London LIAF 2025
ISFVF Beijing 2025
KuanDu Taiwan 2025
Animateka 2025
PÖFF Tallinn Black Nights 2025
Piccolo Festival Animazione 2025
Biberacher Filmfestspiele 2025
Filmschau Baden-Württemberg 2025
Thomas Edison Film Festival 2025
Foyle Film Festival 2025
Göteborg Film Festival 2026
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2026
Würzburger Filmwochenende 2026
Monstra Lisbon 2026
Anima Brussels 2026
Cardiff Animation Festival 2026
Kaboom Festival 2026
Filmtage Friedrichshafen 2026
Flickerfest 2026
Animation Dingle 2026
Independent Days 2026
Shorts Offenburg 2026
Go Short Nijmengen 2026
Brighton Animation Festival 2026
Anny Animation Nights New York 2026
Sehsüchte International Student Film Festival 2026
Show me Shorts New Zealand 2026
RiverRun International Film Festival 2026
Worldfest Houston 2026
Atlanta Film Festival 2026
Kurzfilmtage Thalmässing 2026
Trollywood Animation Festival 2026
Zlin International Film Festival 2026
Credits
Writer & Director - Oscar Jacobson // Producer - Franz Rügamer // Pre-Production Producer - Nadiia Yunatska // Editing - Revan Sarikaya // Animation - Gregor Wittich, Ilya Barrett, Louis Hartmann, Oscar Jacobson, Leo Neumann, Yerkezhan Sabitbekova, Melanie Schnaidt, Sofija Zivkovic // Clean Up Animation - Adina Barth, Amy Bruchner, Angelina Damm, Iris Feyrer, Liam Hallhuber, Marius Lübke, Noël Wen FX-Animation Benjamin Wahl, Oscar Jacobson Additional Animation Iris Feyrer, Rahel Fundinger, Noël Wen // Coloring Liam Hallhuber, Oscar Jacobson, Franz Rügamer, Noël Wen // Layout Gregor Wittich, Oscar Jacobson // Backgrounds Cristina Narata, Oscar Jacobson // Voice Acting Oscar Jacobson, Theresa Dobersberger // Wallah Reena Ngurang, Jule Peuckmann, Franz Rügamer, Revan Sarikaya // Music Clemens Gutjahr // Studio Musicians Violin - SJ Cora Himmelsbach, Drums - Maximilian Kotzmann // Sound Design Timo Kleinemeier // Recording Artists Armin Biemel, Cäcilie Willkommen // Storyboard Oscar Jacobson, Ilya Barrett, Leo Neumann // Compositing Oscar Jacobson, Andra Cezara Berilă // Color Grading Felicitas Schmelz // Additional Illustrations Matisse Gonzalez, Oscar Jacobson, Jeremy John, Yi Luo, Leo Neumann, Anh Tú Nguyen, Tanja Nuijten, Janina Putzker-Wimshurst, Bianca Scali, Gina Stephan, Sofija Zivkovic
