Sunburn (2026)
Some summers leave a mark.
When a citywide blackout knocks out the power on one of the hottest days on record, a group of neighborhood kids set out in search of relief, unaware that the day will quietly mark the end of their childhood.
- Date of release
- 2026-09-14
- Runtime
- 1h 22m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- Serville Poblete
Casting
- Joshua Obra — Shay
- Arianna Shannon — Cee Cee
- Dashawn Lloyd Blackwood — Vince
- Milan Deng — Allie
- Trinity Lloyd — Britney
- Ericka Leobrera — Nia
Interesting facts
Sunburn is a Canadian comedy-drama film, directed by Serville Poblete and released in 2026. The film centres on a group of young adult friends in Toronto, Ontario, wandering the streets of the St. James Town neighbourhood in search of adventure in a power outage during a summer heat wave.
Production
In an interview earlier in 2026 regarding his short documentary film In the Morning Sun, Poblete noted that the earlier film's scene of his father whistling inspired him to write a similar scene into Sunburn.
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