Sunshine
Non-Premiere
91 minutes | 2024 | Philippines | Drama | 🔊 Filipino
Synopsis
Sinopsis
Young, promising champion gymnast Sunshine is a shoo-in for a slot on the national team—until she finds out she is pregnant the week of the tryouts. With her lifelong dream and college scholarship on the line, she contemplates abortion. On her way to a seller of illegal abortion drugs, she meets a mysterious girl who eerily thinks and talks like her. This encounter shakes Sunshine to her core as the girl challenges her choices and pushes her to confront her fears, dreams, and the weight of her decisions.
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Schedule
Jadwal
Tue, 2 Dec 2025 | 17:30 | EMPIRE XXI | Studio 2
Fri, 5 Dec 2025 | 12:30 | EMPIRE XXI | Studio 1
Director's Biography
Biografi Sutradara
Antoinette Jadaone
Antoinette JADAONE is an award-winning Filipina filmmaker who is a household name in both the arthouse and mainstream film industry. Her debut feature, Six Degrees of Separation from Lilia Cuntapay (2011), has screened at several international film festivals, including the Busan IFF. She directed one of the highest-grossing independent films in Philippine cinema history, That Thing Called Tadhana (2014). She has then helmed romantic comedies and romantic dramas supported by the biggest studios in the Philippines. Her recent film, Fan Girl (2020), premiered at the Tokyo International Film Festival and Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival.
Credit
Kredit
| Production Company | Project 8 Projects |
| Producer | Geo Lomuntad, Dan Villegas, Bianca Balbuena |
| Director | Antoinette Jadaone |
| Scriptwriter | Antoinette Jadaone |
| Cinematographer | Pao Orendain |
| Production Designer | Eero Yves Francisco |
| Editor | Benjamin Tolentino |
| Main Cast | Maris Racal, Annika Co |
| Director’s filmography |
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| Notable Achievement | Crystal Bear for Best Film Berlinale Generation 14plus |
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