surviving earth
Bankside Films has boarded world sales on UK writer-director Thea Gajić’s feature debut, Surviving Earth, ahead of its screening in the Cannes Great 8 showcase, and unleashed a first-look image.
Surviving Earth is based on a true story. A talented harmonica player arrives in the UK in the 1990s after fleeing the conflict in Yugoslavia. He rebuilds his life in Bristol, working as a counsellor and forming a Balkan band with friends from his work. When traumas from his past life start to resurface, his life starts to fracture, with his beloved only daughter the hardest hit.
Cast includes Slavko Sobin, Olive Gray, Stuart Martin, Peter Coonan, Toni Gojanović and Ann Ogbomo.
The UK feature is produced by Aleksandra Bilić of My Accomplice and Sophie Reynolds of Sona Films, and developed and financed by BFI, awarding National Lottery funding, and Film4. Executive producer for BFI is Louise Ortega, and the executive producer for Film4 is Farhana Bhula.