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Sunfish (& Other Stories on Green Lake)

2025

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Sunfish (& Other Stories on Green Lake)

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The Future of Film is Female | Release Date: September 12, 2025 | Not Rated

Summary: Lives intertwine around Green Lake as a girl learns to sail, a boy fights for first chair, two sisters operate a bed-and-breakfast, and a fisherman is after the catch of his life.

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 87 min

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91

The Playlist Gregory Ellwood

Jan 31, 2025

It’s hard to recall a movie that leaves you with this feeling of genuine hope. Read full review

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RogerEbert.com Brian Tallerico

Sep 12, 2025

It’s one of those movies that reminds us that great drama and comedy can come from the most unexpected, ordinary places. We all have a place like Green Lake. Read full review

83

The Film Stage Dan Mecca

Jan 31, 2025

Sunfish (& Other Stories on Green Lake) captures a bittersweet feeling. That feeling of endings and beginnings, happening at the same time. Read full review

80

New York Magazine (Vulture)

Bilge Ebiri

Jan 31, 2025

The true revelation lies in the whole, in the gathering sense that life is full of change and that nothing ever really resolves itself. That might also be why this particular anthology works so well, and also why it lingers afterwards. Read full review

75

Original-Cin

Liz Braun

Oct 29, 2025

Falconer allows viewers a glimpse into the ordinary lives of richly developed characters in Sunfish. The filmmaker presents their stories in an understated and unhurried fashion, showing lives led against a bittersweet, end-of-summer landscape that is tinged with nostalgia. Read full review

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IndieWire David Ehrlich

Jan 31, 2025

A collection of wistfully effervescent vignettes that resists the usual highs and lows of its format by drawing a gentle power from the stillness of the water that runs through it. Read full review

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Consequence

Mary Siroky

Jan 31, 2025

Sunfish is visually rich in the way that manifests when a filmmaker genuinely loves their subject or setting, and Falconer's Michigan roots are on full display throughout, and it left me truly excited to see what this young talent does next. Read full review

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