The rebranded Edinburgh Worldwide Movie Pageant (EIFF) will open its forthcoming 77th version with Nora Fingscheidt’s adaptation of Amy Liptrot’s best-selling memoir The Outrun, starring Saoirse Ronan.
The movie had its world premiere at this yr’s Sundance Movie Pageant and will probably be launched by Studiocanal within the UK and Eire on September 27.
The pic stars Ronan as a younger girl who finds herself washed up again dwelling on the Scottish islands of Orkney as she battles to rebuild her life after a decade of dependancy. Ronan, who additionally co-produced the movie, will be part of filmmaker Nora Fingscheidt (System Crasher) in attendance at this yr’s EIFF, alongside author Amy Liptrot and the movie’s producers Sarah Brocklehurst and Dominic Norris.
The Outrun was developed and produced by Sarah Brocklehurst of Brock Media, Dominic Norris of Arcade Footage, Ronan, and Jack Lowden, with the help of BBC Movie and Display Scotland. Government producers are Protagonist Footage, BBC Movie, Display Scotland, and MBK Productions.
EIFF immediately additionally revealed the identify of its quick movie competitors. The comp will probably be often known as The Thelma Schoonmaker Prize for Brief Filmmaking Excellence. Thelma Schoonmaker is finest identified for her work as Martin Scorsese’s longtime editor. Their collaborations embrace Raging Bull, Goodfellas, The Wolf of Wall Road, and, most not too long ago, Killers of the Flower Moon. Schoonmaker will probably be in attendance at this yr’s competition. The award comes with a money prize of £15,000.
The quick movie competitors runs alongside 4 further shorts applications, 10 world-premiere function movies competing for The Sean Connery Prize for Characteristic Filmmaking Excellence, and programming strands together with Out of Competitors – which incorporates worldwide premieres, UK premieres, and extra world premieres, a Midnight Insanity strand showcasing the very best in style cinema from all over the world and a retrospective strand honoring movie historical past.
“The Outrun is a very particular movie. Powered by an electrical and fearless central efficiency by Saoirse Ronan, that is lyrical, momentous cinema of actual rigor and intelligence, and precisely the sort of daring work we wish to champion with our relaunched competition,” mentioned EIFF Director Paul Ridd.
“I’ve been a fan of Nora Fingscheidt’s uncompromising, emotional filmmaking ever since her debut System Crasher and I can consider no extra becoming mixture of bulletins than this glorious movie as our opening with the affirmation of the legendary Thelma Schoonmaker’s gracious help for our Shorts Prize. We’re honored to be working with such phenomenal girls of cinema.”
Edinburgh Worldwide Movie Pageant runs August 2-25.