We Who Stayed Behind
Ten-year-old Adam is one of few children who remain when adults abandon the city after falling victim to a mysterious disease. The city slowly sinks into chaos and despair as those who stayed behind wait for the symptoms to appear. Will he find a way to stop this disease that turns blood grey?
- Denmark
- 2008, 25 min
- Director: Martin de Thurah
- Director of photography: Rasmus Videbæk
- Editor: Ida Bregninge
- Screenplay: Sanne Munk Jensen, Martin de Thurah, Jannik Tai Mosholt
- Music: Jonas Bjerre
- Cast: Tobias Mikkel Jørgensen, Coco Hjardemaal, Kian Nyby-Knudsen, Ilmo Simonsen, Claus Flygare
- Contacts: Danish Film Institute
- Producer: Birgitte Skov, Charlie Gaugler, Jesper Morthorst
- Production: Nimbus Rights ApS
Martin de Thurah
Martin de Thurah (1974, Denmark) graduated in animation from the National Film School of Denmark. After working as a special effects designer on features, short films and music videos he made Young man Falling (2007), his first scripted short film, which was included in the Official Critics’ Week Selection at Cannes in 2007.