Sunshine (2024 film)

Sunshine
Sunshine
	Official release poster
Directed by	Antoinette Jadaone
Written by	Antoinette Jadaone
Produced by	Geo Lomuntad; Dan Villegas; Bianca Balbuena;
Starring	Maris Racal;
Cinematography	Pao Orendain
Edited by	Benjamin Tolentino
Music by	Rico Blanco
Production; companies	Anima Studios; Project 8 Projects; Cloudy Duck Pictures; Happy Infinite Productions;
Release date	September 13, 2024 (TIFF);
Running time	92 minutes
Country	Philippines
Language	Filipino

Sunshine is a 2024 sports drama film written and directed by Antoinette Jadaone. Starring Maris Racal, Elijah Canlas, Xyriel Manabat, Jennica Garcia, Annika Co, and Meryll Soriano, the film follows a young gymnast who finds out she is pregnant on the week of the national tryouts. It first premiered on September 13, 2024 at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival,^[2]^[3] and had European premiere at the 2025 Berlinale as part of the Generation 14plus section on 18 February 2025.^[4]

Premise

During the week of try-outs for the national team, a young gymnast named Sunshine discovers she is pregnant. On her way to meet a dealer in illegal abortion pills, she encounters a mysterious girl who questions her decision.^[5]^[6]

Cast

Accolades

Award	Date	Category	Recipient	Result	Ref.
Berlin International Film Festival	21 February 2025	Crystal Bear for the Best Film	Sunshine	Won	^[7]

References

^ "Sunshine". TIFF - Toronto International Film Festival. Retrieved August 23, 2024.
^ Shackleton, Liz (March 11, 2024). "Filipino Studio ANIMA & Project 8 Projects Team On Antoinette Jadaone's 'Sunshine'". Deadline. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
^ "Maris Racal's new film 'Sunshine' to tackle teen pregnancy". ABS-CBN News. April 4, 2024.
^ "Sunshine". Berlinale. February 4, 2025. Retrieved February 23, 2025.
^ Ramachandran, Naman (August 30, 2024). "'Sunshine' Trailer Debuts Ahead of Toronto Premiere, Spotlights Teenage Pregnancy and Olympic Dreams in the Philippines (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved September 1, 2024.
^ https://www.berlinale.de/en/2025/programme/202501568.html
^ "Berlinale: Children's Jury Generation Kplus". Berlinale. February 21, 2025. Retrieved February 23, 2025.

External links

Sunshine at IMDb
Sunshine at TIFF

[1] "Sunshine". TIFF - Toronto International Film Festival. Retrieved August 23, 2024.

[2] Shackleton, Liz (March 11, 2024). "Filipino Studio ANIMA & Project 8 Projects Team On Antoinette Jadaone's 'Sunshine'". Deadline. Retrieved August 7, 2024.

[3] "Maris Racal's new film 'Sunshine' to tackle teen pregnancy". ABS-CBN News. April 4, 2024.

[4] "Sunshine". Berlinale. February 4, 2025. Retrieved February 23, 2025.

[5] Ramachandran, Naman (August 30, 2024). "'Sunshine' Trailer Debuts Ahead of Toronto Premiere, Spotlights Teenage Pregnancy and Olympic Dreams in the Philippines (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved September 1, 2024.

[6] ttps://www.berlinale.de/en/2025/programme/202501568.html

[award:gen-7] "Berlinale: Children's Jury Generation Kplus". Berlinale. February 21, 2025. Retrieved February 23, 2025.

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v t e Films of Antoinette Jadaone
Written and directed	Six Degrees of Separation from Lilia Cuntapay (2011) Beauty in a Bottle (2014) That Thing Called Tadhana (2014) Relaks, It's Just Pag-ibig (2014) You're My Boss (2015) All You Need is Pag-ibig (2015) The Achy Breaky Hearts (2016) Love You to the Stars and Back (2017) Never Not Love You (2018) Alone/Together (2019) Fan Girl (2020) Sunshine (2024)
Written only	Ekstra (2013) Da Possessed (2014) English Only, Please (2014) The Breakup Playlist (2015) #WalangForever (2015)
TV series directed	On the Wings of Love (2015) Till I Met You (2016) Since I Found You (2018)