Studiocanal has revealed an exclusive look at the first trailer and poster for The Outrun, starring four-time Oscar Nominee Saoirse Ronan. The film will be released in cinemas across Ireland and the UK on Friday, September 27th.
Directed by Nora Fingscheidt (System Crasher), The Outrun debuted to critical acclaim at Sundance and the Berlin International Film Festival earlier this year, and will have its UK premiere as the Opening Night film at the Edinburgh International Film Festival in August.
Adapted from the best-selling memoir of the same name by Amy Liptrot, The Outrun stars Saoirse Ronan (Lady Bird) 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.
Ronan is joined by Emmy nominee Paapa Essiedu (I May Destroy You), BAFTA winner Stephen Dillane (Alex Rider) and Saskia Reeves (Slow Horses).
The Outrun was developed by Sarah Brocklehurst of Brock Media, Dominic Norris of Arcade Pictures, Saoirse Ronan and Jack Lowden, with the support of BBC Film and Screen Scotland.
Brocklehurst, Norris, Ronan and Lowden produced the film, and were joined by co-producers Jonas Weydemann and Jakob D. Weydemann of Weydemann Bros, and Shirin Hartmann.
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.
Liptrot’s memoir won the 2016 Wainwright Prize and the 2017 PEN Ackerley Prize and was a Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller. The book was translated into 15 languages, selling over 110,000 copies in the UK, and was added by publisher Canongate to its modern classics list, The Canons.
The Outrun will be released in cinemas across Ireland and the UK on Friday 27 September 2024.
