"Sa film na 'to, I’ve grown so much as an actress."

These were the words of Maris Racal as she described her experience working on the film Sunshine directed by Antoinette Jadaone.

Maris said that she immediately said yes when the movie was pitched to her way back in 2020.

"Um-oo kaagad ako. Iyak ako nang iyak after ko mabasa ang script (at kahit na ilang ulit ko siyang basahin, iyak parin ako haha) cut to ito na, patapos na kaming mag shoot at na grant pa nga ng funding (thank you so much @fdcpofficial !!! )," she said.

The actress remarked that the film will impart a beautiful message to audiences.

"Ito yung project na magiging proud ako na nagawa ko dahil sa sobrang ganda ng mensahe. Thank you direk ako napili mo :) kinda bittersweet na we are almost done filming," she said.

She added: "Forever kong babaunin ang natutunan ko dito."

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Antoinette responded to Maris's post and said: "Ayyyy may pa-tribute pala! As always maraming salamat Maris sa pag-aalaga kay Sunshine 🥹 appreciate ko efforts mo mula phone calls to trainings to another take thank you!!!!! Di ako nagduda na kaya mo!"

Meanwhile, on her Instagram page, Antoinette also extended her gratitude to the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) for choosing Sunshine as one of the selected projects for the large budget production funding of CreatePHFilms for cycle 1 and 2 of 2023.

"MARAMING, MARAMING SALAMAT PO @fdcpofficial for this happy news 🥹 been developing SUNSHINE (formerly Me and Lilibeth formerly Gymnast formerly The Artist Formerly Known as Prince eme last ko na yan) since 2020, looking for funding and gap financing (maybe bec sensitive and difficult issues ang nasa peliks kaya understandable na nahihirapan kaming ilako), and finally we can continue making this film with this support from FDCP salamat po!!! I missed making movies so so much yes, been a while :)," she posted.