Goodwin Island
Independent | Drama | Suspense | Faith
Producer, Writer, Director and DoP: Erik Knudsen
Co-producers: Janet Knudsen and Iakovos Panagopoulos
Service Production Company: Black Dog Productions
Line Producer: Giannis Nodaras
Camera: Thanos Tsigas
Art Director: Magda Candiliari
Costume Design: Penelope Mamalou
Sound Recordings and Design: Billy Glew
Assistant Sound Recordist: Fotios Pagkalos
Editor: Erik Knudsen
Goodwin Island Official Trailer
About the film
The film centres around a small remote island off the coast of Greece, which is owned by Mr Goodwin. He has hired three young British people in their late 20s, Kai, Rosie and her brother, Daniel, to refurbish the only habitable house on the island, and its gardens, as part of preparations to let the island and the house out to city guests seeking a spiritual retreat and sanctuary. Daniel, Kai and Rosie have never met Mr Goodwin and are supervised by Mr Goodwin’s assistants who visit the island regularly. A surprise unsolicited visit to the island by a young Greek couple, Loukas and Themis, who seem driven by ideological social justice ambitions, creates a rift between Daniel, Kai and Rosie. Daniel finds himself caught between conflicting loyalties, as those around him gradually descend into a resentful ideological rebellion against the elusive Mr Goodwin and the classical and imperial history his heritage restoration project appears to celebrate. Inspired by Christ’s parable about the vineyard tenants who refuse to pay their absentee landlord a proportion of their harvests, the resulting developments ultimately lead to a fateful confrontation with Mr Goodwin’s only son, when he unexpectedly visits the island in an attempt to rescue the wayward restoration project. No-one saw this coming and the consequences will be far reaching.