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Still Standing

Victor Tadashi Suarez
Livia Albeck-Ripka
United States, 2026, 10 min.

In English.
This film is family friendly.

After the Los Angeles wildfires leave thousands of homes contaminated with toxic ash, residents face an impossible choice: should they risk their health to return home?

Director's Statement

We live in L.A., a 20 minute drive from Altadena, one of the communities that burned about a year ago in the wildfires. Still Standing looks at what happens when intimate spaces turn alien and hazardous, and residents confront a horrible choice: should they risk their health to return home? We made this film to document a loss that felt almost invisible. Over a year since the fires, many people with standing homes are still in limbo. We hope you come see it.

Category: Short, Documentary.
Themes: Environment.

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