Two lifelong friends step through a doorway they never expected on the night before adulthood begins, and an animated adventure about memory and friendship takes off from there.
What is Forgotten Island about?
Forgotten Island follows graduating best friends Jo and Raissa, who spend their final night together before life pulls them in different directions. A strange portal pulls them out of the ordinary world entirely and drops them on Nakali, a fantastical island where nothing behaves the way it should. The catch: leaving means paying with the memories the two friends have built over years together. Racing against a ticking clock, Jo and Raissa have to find a way home before the bond that defines them dissolves for good. The film leans on that emotional stake as much as its fantasy setting, turning a colorful island adventure into a story about what friendship is actually made of.
About the cast
The voice cast blends music and comedy: singer H.E.R. and actor-singer Lea Salonga bring musical pedigree to the ensemble, while Liza Soberano and Dave Franco anchor the central pair. Jenny Slate, Manny Jacinto, Dolly de Leon, and Jo Koy round out the world of Nakali with supporting voices, giving the island a wide range of comic and dramatic textures to draw on.
Context & significance
Forgotten Island comes from directors Januel Mercado and Joel Crawford, both animation veterans working in the family-adventure space. The pairing of a coming-of-age friendship story with a portal-fantasy setting places it alongside other animated features that use a fantastical backdrop to talk about real transitions, in this case the specific ache of growing apart from a childhood best friend right as school ends.
Watching Forgotten Island on Ktime
Forgotten Island streams on K-Time with both Persian dub and Persian subtitles, making it accessible to Farsi-speaking households from the opening scene. Reading the page is free, and watching only asks for a K-Time account login, no extra steps. The Farsi-language interface makes browsing and queuing titles like this one straightforward for the Iranian diaspora audience the platform is built for.