ISLANDS to Celebrate World Premiere in Berlin

ISLANDS, the third feature film and first English-language film by director Jan-Ole Gerster, will celebrate its world premiere at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival. The film stars Sam Riley, Stacy Martin, and Jack Farthing.
Tom (Sam Riley) works as a tennis coach at an all-inclusive hotel in Fuerteventura. What might seem like the dream of an endless summer has long turned into monotonous routine for the former pro. While tourists come and go in an endless stream, he hits hundreds of balls over the net week after week, filling the void with fleeting affairs and alcohol. But then the mysterious Anne (Stacy Martin) arrives at the hotel. She, her husband Dave (Jack Farthing), and their seven-year-old son Anton (Dylan Torrell) don’t fit the typical image of package tourists. Tom quickly grows closer to the family: he gives Anton tennis lessons and invites them on an excursion to show them the island’s rugged beauty. The next day, Dave vanishes without a trace. As mysterious as Dave’s disappearance is Anne’s behavior, which leaves Tom puzzled. A suspicion begins to grow within him…
ISLANDS was directed by Jan-Ole Gerster (OH BOY, LARA), who also co-wrote the screenplay with Blaz Kutin and Lawrie Doran. The lead roles are played by Sam Riley (CRANKO, CONTROL) as Tom and Stacy Martin (THE BRUTALIST, NYMPHOMANIAC) as Anne, alongside Jack Farthing (THE RIOT CLUB, SPENCER) and newcomer Dylan Torrell. Cinematography is by Juan Sarmiento G., with production design by German Film Award winner Cora Pratz (I’M YOUR MAN, THE PEOPLE VS. FRITZ BAUER). Costume design is by Christian Röhrs (THE TEACHERS’ LOUNGE), and sound recording by Stefan Soltau (BABYLON BERLIN).
ISLANDS is a production of augenschein Filmproduktion (Maximilian Leo, Jonas Katzenstein) in co-production with LEONINE Studios and Schiwago Film. The film was supported by the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, the German Federal Film Board (FFA), Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, the German Federal Film Fund (DFFF), and the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM).