Based on a true story, Surviving Earth follows Vlad, a talented harmonica player and refugee who arrived in the UK in the 1990s after fleeing the conflict in Yugoslavia.

Now living in Bristol and working as a counsellor, he has brought his roots and love for Balkan music to the city by forming a band with his friends from work.

The band strives for success, but as they do, Vlad is revisited by the traumas of his past life. His carefully rebuilt world starts to fracture, with the hardest hit being his only daughter Maria, the most important person in his life.

The screening on Thursday 18th June is a free screening and will be introduced by the Give Back Project as part of Refugee Week 2026. Give Back Project Plymouth organises events promoting positive perceptions of refugees and asylum seekers.

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Showings:

• Friday 12th June at 6:00pm

• Saturday 13th June at 8:00pm

• Wednesday 17th June at 2:30pm Descriptive Subtitles

• Wednesday 17th June at 8:30pm

• Thursday 18th June at 8:30pm Intro

Dir. Thea Gajic, UK, 2025, 96 mins. In English and Serbian with English subtitles. Cast. Slavko Sobin, Olive Gray, Brian Bogdanovic.

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