A tragedy brings a mother, daughter, and teenage boy together. Struggling with blame and forgiveness, the unlikely trio take a trip to Tenerife for a family holiday that never happened. Under the glow of the sun, past and present quietly start to overlap. Jessie is about to leave on vacation with her mom and little sister — but sneaks out to party with her boyfriend Lux. When the pills finally kick in and they climb a high-rise to watch the sunrise, Lux falls asleep - and doesn’t notice Jessie walking to the edge, falling hundreds of meters. She dies instantly. A year later, her mother Ella and sister Melli cling to a fragile routine of everyday life —and seem to get by. But when Lux returns into their lives, Ella can’t admit that deep down she blames him for her daughter’s death —and he can’t admit how badly he needs her to forgive him.
Sandra Wollner
Writer and director born 1983 in Leoben, Austria. She studied directing for documentary film at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg. Her first feature film ‘The Impossible Picture’ (2016) received the Förderpreis Neues Deutsches Kino and the German Film Critics' Award for Best Feature Film in 2018. Her graduation film ‘The Trouble with Being Born’ (2020) had its world premiere at the 70th Berlinale in the Encounters section in 2020 and was awarded the Special Jury Award. The film also received the Austrian Film Award for Best Director and Best Feature Film and the German Film Critics' Award in the categories Best Feature Film and Best Cinematography. With ‘Everytime’ (2026), her latest work, she bagged the main prize in the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival.
DIRECTOR
Sandra Wollner
SCREENPLAY
Sandra Wollner
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Gregory Oke
EDITOR
Hannes Bruun
SOUND
Johannes Schmelzer-Ziringer
MUSIC
David Schweighart
PRODUCTION
Lixi Frank, Viktoria Stolpe, David Bohun
PRODUCTION COMPANY
The Barricades, Panama Film
CAST
Birgit Minichmayr, Lotte Shirin Keiling, Tristan López, Carla Hüttermann, Naomi Elia Richard, Nanon Esja Mo Tara Nin Wendel, Raphael Ghobadloo, Elias Esser