Lost at Sea

Lost at Sea is based on the real-life account of a Rohingya man that was forced to flee by sea with dozens of others, and was stranded for over two weeks in the Andaman Sea. The Rohingya are the stateless, persecuted Muslim minority in Myanmar, experiencing an ongoing humanitarian crisis.

In Lost at Sea, dream-like flashbacks reveal the story of this man and how he got to where he is. The film is composed of real-life documentary and news footage combined with recreations which were then rotoscope (frame-by-frame) painted by artist Richard Swarbrick to create this unique Docu-Fable Hybrid about the Rohingya, a poem to the hundreds that take to the sea in search of something better. The film is in Rohingya language and was written with the assistance of poet and activist Mayyu Ali, and is voiced by his wife, singer and activist Thida Shania.

FESTIVALS

Annecy Film Festival 2023, France

Corti da Sogni 2023, Italy

Minikino Film Week 2023, Indonesia

Trame Independenti 2023, Italy

Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival (KINOFORUM) 2023, Brazil

Orvieto Cinema Fest 2023, Italy

SEMINCI Valladolid 2023, Spain

Raindance Film Festival 2023, UK

Interfilm – Berlin International Short Film Festival 2023, Germany

CINANIMA 2023, Portugal

Heroes International Film Festival 2023, Italy

FINECAA 2023, France

Animario 2023, Spain

Cannes (Marché du Film) 2023, France

CAST

Muhib

Brad Smith 

Voice of Muhib

Khabir Hasan Shimu

Mother

Rashi Tahiliani Mandhani

Voice of Mother

Thida Shania

Young Muhib

Seyed Aun Abbas

Classmates

Aman Abbas Syed

Aun Abbas Syed

Hasnain Ali Momin

Rushi Patel

Muqbil Mehndi

CREW

Original Idea by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)

Dahlila Mahdawi & Ikram N’gadi

Production Management Executive 

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)

Project Management by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)

Ikram N’gadi 

Written/Directed/Produced and Edited by

Lucija Stojevic & Andrés Bartos

Noon Films S.L.U.

Lead Consultant

Mayyu Ali

Animation Film & Trailer 

Presence

Animation by 

Richard Swarbrick

Supporting animation Team: 

Megan Yaxley

Tash Dupker

Adel Szegedi

Will Howells

Ollie Magee 

Executive producer at Presence

Danny Fleet

Producer(s) at Presence 

Bertie Miller

Brad Smith

Assistant Producer

Lily Gilboy 

Additional Editing by

Angela Kay

Director of Photography  

Ayomide Kirby Fabiyi & Andrés Bartos

Binaural sound recording & sound design by

Diego Pedragosa

Original Music Composed by 

Ben Chatwin

Cello performed by 

Pete Harvey

Additional Vocals performed by 

Ankna Arockiam 

Mother’s Song composed by

Mayyu Ali & Ben Chatwin

Mother’s Song Performed by
Thida Shania

Title Design/Graphic Design by Studio Miko