VIDA SKERK

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LEFT BEHIND, STILL STANDING
Short live-action, fiction film
Duration: 22 minutes

Medium: digital, colour
Language: English
Country: United Kingdom
Year: 2026

When the steel factory she’s working to dismantle comes back to life one night, immigrant Morana must face the fragility of her own existence - and how much she truly has in common with the laid-off workers.

Main cast: Lucia Luque Akrap, Bailey Brook, Pippa Winslow, David Mildon, Lianne Harvey

Director: Vida Skerk
Writers: Vida Skerk and Tommy Hurst
Producer: Dora Galosi
Cinematographer: Kaysar Kasim
Production Designer: Maria Coogans
Editor: Rafael Luis Fernando
Composer: Dominic Carrington
Sound Designer: Vicente Molder

Production company: National Film and Television School






FESTIVALS and SCREENINGS:
- Cannes Film Festival, La Cinéf selection (France, 2026)
- FeKK Ljubljana Short Film Festival (Slovenia, 2025)
- Festival du Cinéma Méditéranéen de Montpellier - CINEMED (France, 2026) - winner of the Canal+ Award
- Festival Europeen du Film Court de Brest - Brest European Short Film Festival (France, 2026)
- Izmir International Short Film Festival (Turkey, 2026)
- Poitiers Film Festival (France, 2026) 



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Vida Skerk
Director and screenwriter
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