DYING TO SURVIVE
NARRATIVE SHORT FILM (13:40)
YEAR: 2022
“DYING TO SURVIVE” IS A LOVE LETTER TO LOST SOULS. OLIVIA IS STUCK IN A WANDERING QUANDARY ABOUT HER OWN YOUTH AND PLACES ALL HER FOCUS ON TRYING TO SUPPORT HER ILL BROTHER LIAM. THROUGH HER ATTEMPT TO SUPPORT HIM, OLI WILL DISCOVER HER OWN NEED TO TURN HER GAZE INWARDS.
ABOUT THE PRODUCTION
DIRECTED BY: ANNA SØRRIG
PRODUCED BY: CRAIG DENNIN & MIKKEL KASTBERG
WRITTEN BY: JULIE LUNDORFF
& ANNA SØRRIG
CINEMATOGRAPHY: LORENZO PACE
STORY BY: ANNA SØRRIG
FIRST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: ERIK KOPS
FIRST ASSISTANT CAMERA:
PAOLA ESQUIVEL-OLIVEROS
GAFFER: CHRISTOPHER MITCHELL
GRIP: MARC PAOLELLA
EDITOR: ANDREAS LANDGAARD
COLORIST: JONAS BECH VESTERGÅRD
MUSIC BY: PETER CZIBOLYA
SOUND RECORDIST: YONI LAMM
SOUND DESIGN & MIX: SØREN BENDZ
CASTING DIRECTOR: JM MITCHELL
PRODUCTION DESIGN: JASMINE LOLILA
HAIR AND MAKEUP BY:
JEANNA CANATSEY
STYLING BY: KRISTIAN HVID
PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS: CHRISTIAN BAVNHØJ, AMALIE THIEDEN & CLARA GRUNNET
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COURTNEY CAMPBELL AS OLIVIA
BITO BOUCHER AS LIAM
MEG MACCARY AS JUNE
DAN DECARLO AS CHARLES
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CHERYL STERN AS PHARMACIST
ERIK KOPS AS BOSS
JASMINE LOLILA AS LADY WITH VERY LONG ARMS
BRAD ABRAMS AS RADIO
AWARDS
GRAND JURY PRIZE WINNER - NEW YORK APPLE BOX FILM FESTIVAL (BEST SHORT & ACTRESS), 2022
FIRST PRIZE - SHORT FILM - RHODE ISLAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, 2022
WINNER, BEST SHORT FILM, SWEDEN SHORT FILM AWARDS
WINNER, BEST DRAMA SHORT, NRFF 2022
NOMINATED FOR 'BEST DIRECTOR' AND 'BEST SHORT' AT THE BRITISH SHORT FILM AWARDS
SCREENING IN LINNWOOD DUNN THEATRE, HOLLYWOOD
