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Antoinette Jadaone’s Sunshine earns eight nominations at the 49th Gawad Urian, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress for Maris Racal, Best Supporting Actress for Jennica Garcia, and Best Screenplay. Racal plays a teenage gymnast whose Olympic ambitions are thrown into crisis when she discovers she is pregnant just days before the national team tryouts. Her search for abortion care takes the film away from the familiar triumph narrative of sports dramas and into questions of bodily autonomy, fear, ambition, and the risks faced by women seeking reproductive care in the Philippines.

Maris Racal Will Play Sunshine Again in 2027, This Time With the Audience Walking Beside Her

Published by Ely Valendez

Antoinette Jadaone’s Berlinale winner becomes a site-specific play in mid-2027, taking over an entire Metro Manila building. It’s part of the first slate from her new company, Ilaya Ilaya, announced on September 26.