{"id":550682,"date":"2026-07-20T14:49:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T14:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/550682\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T14:49:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T14:49:14","slug":"toronto-images-onwards-and-sideways-with-laura-linney-rhys-ifans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/550682\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto Images: ‘Onwards and Sideways,’ With Laura Linney, Rhys Ifans"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tOnwards and Sideways<\/a> is going across the pond to world premiere at the 2026 Toronto International<\/a> Film Festival (TIFF) in a TIFF Gala Presentation, it was unveiled Monday morning<\/a>. And The Hollywood Reporter can now exclusively unveil new images from the film from John Gore Studios and Hilltop Screen, starring Emmy and Golden Globe winner\u00a0Laura Linney<\/a>\u00a0(Ozark, Love Actually, John Adams) and BAFTA winner\u00a0Rhys Ifans<\/a>\u00a0(Inheritance, Venom: The Last Dance, House of the Dragon) as two people with lots in common \u2013 a great sense of humor, a love of dance, and, as just diagnosed, Parkinson\u2019s.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\n\tThe \u201cemotional and surprisingly funny\u201d film by John Madden<\/a> (Shakespeare in Love,\u00a0Operation Mincemeat, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel), based on a script by Paul Mayhew-Archer (The\u00a0Vicar of Dibley, Roald Dahl\u2019s Esio Trot\u00a0and co-host of Parkinson\u2019s podcast\u00a0Movers and Shakers), will follow up its TIFF premiere with a release in cinemas across the U.K. and U.S. ahead of its release on BBC iPlayer and BBC One. Produced by Hilltop Screen for John Gore Studios and the BBC, Kaleidoscope Film Distribution is representing worldwide sales. CAA Media Finance co-repping in North America. Icon Film Distribution will release the film theatrically in the U.K. <\/p>\n

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\n\tIfans plays Tony Evans, the deputy head of a primary school. Linney is Emma Dretzin, a musician and composer, and single mother of two daughters. Joining them are Monica Dolan (Mr Bates\u00a0vs\u00a0The Post Office,\u00a0Sherwood, Black Mirror) as Liz Evans,\u00a0Rory Kinnear<\/a>\u00a0(The Diplomat, The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power, Bank of Dave) as Professor Ridge and Mayhew-Archer, among others.<\/p>\n

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\n\tThe film focuses on two people who don\u2019t know each other \u201cuntil a startling encounter changes the course of their lives,\u201d according to a synopsis. \u201cOn the same morning, these two are confronted with a diagnosis of Parkinson\u2019s Disease. This film is the story of Tony and Emma \u2013 a friendship which unfolds unexpectedly. A story of humor and emotion, of challenge and courage, of music and dance \u2013 transcending the assumptions of a little-understood condition, and triumphing over the odds to find joy, release and love.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tCheck out new and exclusive stills from Onwards and Sideways throughout this post.<\/p>\n

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