SUNSHINE

By Antoinette JADAONE

SINÉ MEDIA INC. - as CONS

Female director - Completed 2024

A young gymnast finds out she is pregnant on the week of the national team tryouts. On her way to a seller of illegal abortion drugs, she meets a mysterious girl who eerily talks like her.

Festivals
& Awards

Toronto - TIFF 2024
Palm Spring Fest. 2025
Berlinale 2025
Competition - Generation 14plus
    • Year of production
    • 2024
    • Genres
    • Female director, Social issues, Drama
    • Countries
    • PHILIPPINES
    • Languages
    • TAGALOG
    • Budget
    • 0.3 - 0.6 M$
    • Duration
    • 90 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Antoinette JADAONE
    • Producer(s)
    • Geo LOMUNTAD (Project 8 Projects), Bianca BALBUENA (Anima Studios)
    • Synopsis
    • Young, promising champion gymnast Sunshine is a shoo-in for a slot at the national team — until she finds out she is pregnant on the week of the tryouts. 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. She confuses an already very unstable Sunshine as she can’t help but speak her mind about her life choices—from as petty as lighting a cigarette to as life-changing as influencing her if she should be a young mother and give up her dreams.