SUNSHINE

Antoinette Jadaone, Philippines, 2024, 92 min., feature film, Filipino with English subtitles

Young gymnast Sunshine is on the verge of being accepted into the Philippine national team when an unwanted pregnancy threatens her big dream. While searching for illegal abortion pills, she encounters a mysterious girl—her own doppelgänger—who forces her to confront her fears, hopes, and decisions. Another pregnant girl, abused by her uncle, is also haunted by a ghostly mirror image. In the streets of a Philippine city marked by poverty, violence, and arbitrariness, both struggle for self-determination and the opportunity to decide their own lives and futures. A powerful work about trauma, resistance, and the dream of finding one’s own path.
Antoinette Jadaone (director)
Antoinette Jadaone is an award-winning Filipina filmmaker who is a household name in both the art-house and mainstream film industry. Her debut feature, Six Degrees of Separation from Lilia Cuntapay (2011) has traveled to several international film festivals, including the Busan International Film Festival. She directed one of the highestgrossing independent films in Philippine cinema history, That Thing Called Tadhana (2014), which was also invited to big genre festivals like Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival. She has then helmed romantic comedies and romantic dramas and supported by the biggest studios in the Philippines. Her recent film, Fan Girl (2020) has premiere in Tokyo International Film Festival and Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival Main Competition.
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Tickets: Sun, Nov. 2, 4:00 p.m.
SUNSHINE celebrated its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival and its German premiere at the Berlinale in the Generation 14+ section. SUNSHINE won the Kristalliner Bär for Best Film in the Generation 14+ section.

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