★★★★★
“A scorching, sun-frazzled Hitchcockian delight”
– Nick Howells, The London Standard
Between drinking sessions and one-night stands, washed-up tennis pro Tom (Sam Riley) clings to a job coaching holidaymakers at a hotel in Fuerteventura. When an English couple (Stacy Martin and Jack Farthing) arrive, their presence sets off a chain of events that leads to a mysterious disappearance.
Islands is a contemporary, intelligent thriller with noirish undertones and stylistic echoes of Alfred Hitchcock and Patricia Highsmith, stunningly shot against the sun-drenched volcanic landscapes of the Canary Islands.
Credits
Germany 2025
122min
Certificate TBC
DCP available with subtitles including descriptions of non-dialogue audio (DS)
English and Spanish with English subtitles
Dir Jan-Ole Gerster
With Sam Riley, Stacy Martin and Jack Farthing
Previews
August
15 to 17 August
Edinburgh International Film Festival (UK premiere)
24 August
Chichester Film Festival
September
Release screenings
September
From 12 September
Venues to be confirmed