The film will be screened also in the presence of the Hungarian-born Canadian producer Robert Lantos and György Ráduly, Director of the National Film Institute - Film Preservation and Technology Division Hungary.

The 4K digital restoration was made by National Film Institute – Hungary, with grading supervision from Lajos Koltai, the film's cinematographer.

István Szabó has been in Cannes’ Competition five times, where he won the Jury Prize in 1985, and he was also a member of the Jury in 1986. This year, he will receive a special tribute at the Cannes Film Festival as part of the centenary celebration of FIPRESCI (International Federation of Film Critics).

Sunshine is a coproduction between Canada, Germany, Hungary, Austria, and it involved the companies Serendipity Films, Kinowelt Filmproduktion, SL Films Budapest and DOR FILM Produktion GmbH.