The UK premiere of The OuterThis year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) will open with a Saoirse Ronan starrer, it has been announced.
In Nora Fungscheidt’s adaptation of Amy Liptrott’s best-selling memoir of the same name, Ronan’s character finds himself washed up on the Scottish islands of Orkney as he ends his life after a decade of addiction. Fighting to rebuild.
Ronan, who also co-produced the film, Fung Scheidt (System Crasher) at this year’s EIFF, with Liptrot and the film’s producers Sarah Brocklehurst and Dominic Norris, running August 15-21.
The film had its world premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and will be released by Studio Canal in the UK and Ireland on September 27.
EIFF also revealed the name of its short film competition. Thelma Schoonmaker Award for Excellence in Short Filmmaking. Schoonmaker is celebrated for his outstanding work as an editor on landmark moments in cinema history and for his legendary collaboration with Martin Scorsese, including Raging Bull, goodfellas, The Wolf of Wall Street And Killers of the Flower Moon.
“The Outer EIFF director Paul Rudd said it is a truly special film. “Powered by an electrifying and fearless lead performance from Saoirse Ronan, this is lyrical, of-the-moment cinema of real grit and intelligence, and it’s exactly the kind of daring work we want to champion with our reboot festival. are.”
“I’ve been a fan of Nora Fingscheid’s uncompromising, emotional filmmaking since her debut. System Crasher And I can’t think of a more fitting combination of announcements for this wonderful film as we begin with confirmation of the legendary Thelma Schoenmaker’s wonderful support for our Shorts Prize. We are proud to work with such extraordinary women of cinema.
The Outer It was developed and produced by Brooke Media’s Brooke Hurst, Arcade Pictures’ Norris, Ronan and Jack Lowden in association with BBC Film and Screen Scotland.
Executive Producers On The Outer Productions are by Protagonist Pictures, BBC Films, Screen Scotland and MBK.
The full EIFF program will be launched on Thursday, July 4 when tickets also go on sale.
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