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Islands (2025 film)
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Islands is a 2025 German film directed by Jan-Ole Gerster from a script he wrote with Blaž Kutin and Lawrie Doran. It stars Sam Riley, Stacy Martin and Jack Farthing. The film premiered at 75th Berlin International Film Festival in Berlinale Special on 16 February 2025.[2]
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Premise
Islands tells the story of Tom, a one-time tennis pro who, years ago, washed up on the holiday island of Fuerteventura. Now he’s the coach at a hotel resort, hitting countless balls over the net to tourists who come to escape their everyday lives. Living an endless summer, Tom fills the emptiness inside with booze and brief affairs. He’s still kidding himself that he’s in paradise, but it is beginning to dawn on him that he’s wound up in hell. When he crosses paths with a particular tourist family, it seems he’s found an escape of his own.[3][4]
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Cast
- Sam Riley
- Stacy Martin
- Jack Farthing
- Dylan Torrell
- Fatima Adoum
Production
The film is directed by Jan-Ole Gerster from a script he wrote with Blaž Kutin and Lawrie Doran. It is produced by Augenschein in co-production with German studio Leonine, which has German distribution rights.[5] The cast is led by Sam Riley, and also contains Stacy Martin, Jack Farthing and Dylan Torrell.[6]
Filming took place in Corralejo and Pájara on the isle of Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands in 2023.[7]
In February 2024, Deadline Hollywood reported that the film was in post-production.[8]
Release
Islands had its world premiere on 16 February 2025, as part of the 75th Berlin International Film Festival, in Berlinale Special.[9][10]
Islands won the grand prize for best film at the Reims Polar 2025 festival.[11]
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