Ivan Aristeguieta as Amos in Yesterday Island.

Sam Voutas’ new time-loop comedy Yesterday Island has taken out the Audience Award in the Comedy feature category at the Austin Film Festival.

When failed novelist Amos (Ivan Aristeguieta) agrees to mind his friend’s research station on a remote island for just one day, he expects solitude and a chance to break his writer’s block. But when his friend fails to return, Amos discovers he has been deliberately trapped in a bizarre time loop. 

In a desperate attempt to escape “yesterday”, Amos coaxes his ex-wife onto the island, but instead strands them both there. To ensure their own freedom, the two must scheme to invite their most unlikeable friends to the island, with unforeseen and messy consequences. 

Yesterday Island is described as a quirky dark comedy about second chances, petty revenge, and the ultimate importance of forgiveness.

Yesterday Island stars Aristeguieta, Florence Noble, Francis Greenslade, Genevieve Neve, David Fane, Luke Saliba, Fiona Crombie, Fiona Stewart, and Rohan Ganju. The film is written and directed by Sam Voutas and produced by Melanie Ansley with Alexander Naughton on DoP duties. 

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