British Council Logo UK Films Database
Project Detail

Last Men Standing

Synopsis

Ten years after the mass pit closure of 1984 the miners of the Tower Colliery pooled their severance pay and bought their own pit. They believed they were securing the future of their community. What will happen to the children and grandchildren of the 'last men standing'?

Details

Year
2006
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
17 mins 49 secs
Format
Mini DV, DigiBeta
Director
Sasha M Djurkovic
Producer
Sasha M. Djurkovic
Editor
Benjamin Gerstein
Director of Photography
Sasha M. Djurkovic
Sound
Leo Sedgly

Categories

Fiction Documentary

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

National Film and Television School

Beaconsfield Studios
Station Road, Beaconsfield
Buckinghamshire HP9 1LG
UK

T +44 (0)14 9467 1234

admin@nftsfilm-tv.ac.uk

Sales Company

National Film and Television School

Beaconsfield Studios
Station Road, Beaconsfield
Buckinghamshire HP9 1LG
UK

T +44 (0)14 9467 1234

admin@nftsfilm-tv.ac.uk

Page updates

This page was last updated on 12th May 2025. Please let us know if we need to make any amendments or request edit access by clicking below.

Suggest amendments

See also

You may also be interested in other relevant projects in the database.

A man stood on a chair wipes water vapour with his hand off the glass cover of a memorial board in a stone brick chapel. Adlais

Director: Alex Darby, George Leith, Sophie Mei Birkin

Year: 2026

Adlais (Echo) weaves Welsh language folklore and histories through their shared subjects of poetry and drowning – and asks whether we’re listening to the past as it surfaces today.

Climate / Environment Experimental History Welsh Woman Director
Ella-Rae Smith (Sofia) in Aurora Aurora

Director: Rita Osei

Year: 2003

Aurora, a perimenopausal vampire, is on a quest to kill a habit that won't die!

Black Drama Horror
A Talent For Murder A Talent For Murder

Director: Anton Corbijn

Year: 2026

A mysterious young man from a New York publisher is sent to Switzerland to persuade the renowned writer Patricia Highsmith to write one final instalment of the Ripley anthology. Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2026 - World Premiere

Thriller