The Outrun, starring Saoirse Ronan, will open the 77th Edinburgh International Film Festival in August. The film will be released in Irish cinemas on 27th September 2024.
Based on the memoir of the same name by Amy Liptrot, and directed by Nora Fingscheidt (System Crasher), The Outrun will open the Edinburgh International Film Festival. Saoirse Ronan stars in and co-produces the project. The film had its world premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.
The Outrun stars Ronan as a young woman who finds herself back home on the Scottish islands of Orkney as she struggles to rebuild her life after a decade of addiction.
Director Liptrot and producer Ronan will attend EIFF 2024 alongside writer Amy Liptrot and the producers Sarah Brocklehurst and Dominic Norris.
The film was developed and produced by Sarah Brocklehurst of Brock Media, Dominic Norris of Arcade Pictures, Ronan, and Jack Lowden, with the support of BBC Film and Screen Scotland.
Protagonist Pictures has arranged the financing, with Luane Gauer, Janina Vilsmaier, George Hamilton and James Pugh executive producing alongside Claudia Yusef for BBC Film, Kieran Hannigan for Screen Scotland and Maria Logan and Anne Sheehan for MBK Productions.
“The Outrun is a truly special film. Powered by an electric and fearless central performance by Saoirse Ronan, this is lyrical, momentous cinema of real rigor and intelligence, and exactly the kind of bold work we want to champion with our relaunched festival,” said EIFF Director Paul Ridd.
Edinburgh International Film Festival runs August 2nd - 25th. The Outrun will be released in Irish cinemas on 27th September 2024.
