Sam Riley & Stacy Martin in Fuerteventura Mystery ‘Islands’ US Trailer
by Alex Billington
November 6, 2025
Source: YouTube
“Even in a place like this, people want to pretend they’re somewhere else…” Greenwhich Ent. has unveiled their own official US trailer for the film titled Islands, an intriguing English-language mystery thriller set on the island of Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands off the coast of Europe. It’s the latest film made by German filmmaker Jan-Ole Gerster, director of A Coffee in Berlin (aka Oh Boy) and Lara. I’m a big fan of Gerster and a big fan of this film already (my full review). It first premiered at the 2025 Berlin Film Festival and opens in US theaters starting January 2026 next year. Sam Riley stars as Tom – a tennis pro washed up on a holiday island not doing much with his life. Now he’s the coach at a hotel resort, hitting countless balls over the net to tourists. When he crosses paths with a particular tourist family, it seems he’s found an escape of his own. Co-starring Stacy Martin, Jack Farthing, Fatima Adoum, Dylan Torrell, Ramiro Blas. I also really enjoy the mysterious score in this by Dascha Dauenhauer. I highly, highly recommend catching this film – still one of my favorites of 2025. So glad it’s finally being released soon in the US. Enjoy.
Here’s the official US trailer (+ poster) for Jan-Ole Gerster’s film Islands, direct from YouTube:
In this twisty thriller, a tennis coach at a tropical resort finds himself at the center of a missing persons mystery. Tom (Sam Riley) teaches tennis during the day and parties at night. When an enigmatic tourist (Stacy Martin) arrives, Tom is unable to shake the feeling he has met her before. Tension and attraction grow, until her husband (Jack Farthing) disappears, and the police suspect Tom. Islands is directed by the acclaimed German filmmaker Jan-Ole Gerster, director of the films A Coffee in Berlin (aka Oh Boy) and Lara previously. The screenplay is written by Jan-Ole Gerster, Blaž Kutin, Lawrie Doran. Produced by Jonas Katzenstein, Maximilian Leo, Associate Producer, and Katrin Kreppel. This initially premiered at the 2025 Berlin Film Festival earlier this year (read our review) and it played at the Edinburgh Film Fest. Greenwich Ent will debut Gerster’s Islands movie in select US theaters starting January 30th, 2026 early next year.
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