By Naman Ramachandran

Filipino filmmaker Antoinette Jadaone’s latest feature film, “Sunshine,” set to premiere at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival, has unveiled a trailer.

Selected for TIFF's Centrepiece program, the film tackles the sensitive subject of teenage pregnancy and abortion in the Philippines, while also highlighting the struggles of aspiring Olympic athletes.

“Sunshine” follows a young gymnast who discovers she is pregnant just before national team tryouts. The film explores the challenges pregnant women face in the predominantly Catholic Philippines, where abortion is illegal and unsafe procedures are common.