Islands (2021 film)

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Islands
Directed byMartin Edralin
Written byMartin Edralin
Produced byMartin Edralin
Priscilla Galvez
StarringRogelio Balagtas
Vangie Alcasid
Esteban Comilang
Sheila Lotuaco
CinematographyDiego Guijarro
Edited byBryan Atkinson
Production
companies
Circus Zero
Silent Tower
Release date
  • March 16, 2021 (2021-03-16) (SXSW)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguagesEnglish
Tagalog

Islands is a Canadian drama film, directed by Martin Edralin and released in 2021.[1] The film stars Rogelio Balagtas as Joshua, a Filipino Canadian man in his late 40s who has sacrificed his own happiness to care for his aging parents Alma (Vangie Alcasid) and Reynaldo (Esteban Comilang); following his mother's death, his cousin Marisol (Sheila Lotuaco) comes to visit and offers to help care for Reynaldo, leading Joshua to confront what he really wants in life when he begins to experience misplaced feelings of falling in love with Marisol.[2]

Edralin has described the film as inspired in part by the archetype of the "maiden aunt" who stays with her parents and never marries or builds her own independent life, and by a desire to explore that story from the less familiar perspective of a man in the same situation.[1]

The film received production funding from Telefilm Canada's Talent to Watch funding program in 2018.[3] Edralin had originally planned to set the film in the Philippines, but subsequently decided to tell it as a story about Filipino immigrants in Canada.[4]

The film premiered at the 2021 SXSW Film Festival,[5] where Balagtas won the Special Jury Prize for Breakthrough Performance.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Dino-Ray Ramos, "‘Islands’ Filmmaker Martin Edralin Puts A Filipino Lens On The Love And Loss Of Family – SXSW Studio". Deadline Hollywood, March 16, 2021.
  2. ^ Owen Gleiberman, "‘Islands’ Review: A Lonelyheart Drama as Honest as It Is Touching". Variety, March 24, 2021.
  3. ^ Jenn Sherman, "Telefilm Canada, Talent Fund announced Talent To Watch projects". Screen Daily, June 27, 2018.
  4. ^ Aaron Hunt, "'Filipino Culture is Just Not in the Media': Martin Edralin on the SXSW 2021 Premiering Islands". Filmmaker, March 16, 2021.
  5. ^ Kelly Townsend, "Canadian projects compete at SXSW". Playback, February 11, 2021.
  6. ^ Dino-Ray Ramos, "SXSW Film Festival: ‘The Fallout’ And Docu ‘Lily Topples The World’ Among Jury Award Winners". Deadline Hollywood, March 19, 2021.

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