INFO
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Director |
Mariia Lapidus |
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Genre |
Documentary, experimental |
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Duration |
62’ |
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Year |
2026 |
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Nationality |
USA, Mexico |
SYNOPSYS
Three female filmmakers re-enact the testimonies of sexual violence survivors through a raw blend of stop-motion, performance, and documentary rehearsals. Together, they are trying to transform trauma into a shared act of resistance, remembrance, solidarity and hope.
STILLS
CREDITS
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Director, Writer and Editor |
Mariia Lapidus |
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Genre |
Documentary, experimental |
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Runtime |
62′ |
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Nationality |
USA, Mexico |
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In the frame |
Margo Shkalina Lera Vetkhova Mariia Lapidus |
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Cinematographer |
Lera Vetkhova |
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Production and costume design |
Margo Shkalina |
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Producer |
Mariia Lapidus |
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Co-producers |
Maria Alejanda Rojas Arturo Salazar RB |
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Color grading |
Lera Vetkhova |
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Graphics |
Sen Park |
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Sound design |
Maria Alejandra Rojas |
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Sound 5.1 mix |
Arturo Salazar RB |
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Backgrounds and effects editor |
Chema Ramos Roa |
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Collecting documentary stories and research |
Mariia Lapidus |
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Animation |
Margo Shkalina Mariia Lapidus |
AWARDS AND SELECTIONS
2026 - OSCAR ®, BAFTA ® QUALIFYING
Tiger Award Winner
55. International Film Festival Rotterdam
MARIIA LAPIDUS
BIOGRAPHY
Mariia Lapidus is a writer, director, and activist. She studied filmmaking at VGIK film school and California Institute of the Arts. She now also teaches at CalArts, leading two original courses titled Art of Subversion: Hidden Resistance Under Autocratic Regimes and Dialogues with Agnès Varda in collaboration with Ciné-Tamaris, Agnès Varda’s production and distribution company. Her award-winning short The City of the Sun premiered and was awarded at Visions du Réel. Second Skin is having its world premiere in the IFFR 2026 competition.
FILMOGRAPHY
SECOND SKIN
2026
THE CONVERSATION
2024
THE CITY OF THE SUN
2021