¡PIKA! [The Itch]

Short film · Directed by Alex Fischman Cárdenas · 2025

Badsound: Sound design, sound supervision

A desperate man wakes up with an unbearable itch, anxious to find a cure, he embarks on a nightmarish odyssey in search of relief.

¡PIKA! [The Itch] — short film poster, 2026 Sundance Film Festival

Festivals & Awards

2026 Sundance Film Festival
2025 Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival Of Catalonia

Credits

Directed by: Alex Fischman Cárdenas
Cinematography by: Mika Altskan
Music by: Daniel Brandt, Paulo Gallo
Written by: Trout Cohen
Production design by: Renzo Bazan
Sound design: Nikolay Antonov
Sound supervision: Nikolay Antonov and Vladimir Poterukha
Foley: Ivan Saveliev
Produced by: Morella Moret, Etienne Talbot, Alex Fischman Cárdenas, Trout Cohen
Edit by: Ben Schwaeber

Within 15 minutes or so, Cárdenas offers a remarkable subjective experience where you almost feel like you are living in the skin of his protagonist.
Akash Deshpande, High on Films

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BADSOUND Reel 2020–2025

Reel 2020–2025

Studio portrait

Badsound is a Berlin-based sound post-production and music studio founded by Nikolay Antonov. For over a decade, we’ve shaped the sound of film and advertising, from sound design and re-recording mixing to original music.

Our films have screened at Sundance, Berlinale, NYFF, Tribeca, Locarno, IDFA, IFFR and many more festivals. In advertising, we’ve worked with Nike, Jordan, Coca Cola, Louis Vuitton, Ralph Lauren, Gucci, Netflix, Amazon, Bumble, and Oura, earning a Webby People’s Voice Award and an ADC Bronze for Best Use of Sound and Music, among other accolades.

Beyond sound and music, we work as post producers and supervisors, guiding projects from the first script draft to the premiere.

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