‘First Light’: James J. Robinson Talks Questioning Faith, Shooting In The Philippines & Exorcisms On Set — Glasgow Film Festival

Deadline · 2026-03-06
‘First Light’: James J. Robinson Talks Questioning Faith, Shooting In The Philippines & Exorcisms On Set   — Glasgow Film Festival

Exorcisms and film shoots don’t usually go hand in hand but for James J. Robinson the two intertwined for his debut feature First Light. The writer-director, who has Australian and Filipino heritage, was making his first film in the remote mountains of the Philippines in 2024 when a female crew memb