WOMEN, COMING OF AGE, SISTERHOOD, GENDER, ABORTION
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 life-long 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.
Berlin International Film Festival 2025 | Winner: Crystal Bear for Best Film
Austin Asian American FF 2025
Far East Film Festival 2025
Toronto International Film Festival 2024
Audience Choice Award, Tartuff 2025
Palm Springs IFF 2025
Best Youth Film Nominee, Asia Pacific Screen Awards 2024
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 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 and supported by the biggest studios in the Philippines. In 2020, Fan Girl premiere in Tokyo IFF and Tallinn Black Nights FF. Her recent film Sunshine, premiered in Toronto IFF 2024 and won the Crystal Bear for Best Film at the Berlin IFF 2025.
