ALWAYS SHINE Trailer Premiere Watch the first ALWAYS SHINE trailer! The film, directed by Sophia Takal, stars Mackenzie Davis, Caitlin FitzGerald, and Lawrence Michael Levine. ALWAYS SHINE will be released in theaters on December 2. Best friends Anna and Beth take a weekend trip to Big Sur, hopeful to re-establish a bond broken by years of competition and jealousy. Tensions mount, however, leading to an unexpected yet inevitable confrontation, changing both of their lives…forever.