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The Outrun

Synopsis

Rona, fresh out of rehab, returns to the wild Orkney Islands after more than a decade away. As she reconnects with the dramatic landscape where she grew up, memories of her childhood merge with the more recent challenging events that have set her on the path to recovery.
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2023 - Premieres - World premiere
Official Selection Berlin International Film Festival 2024 - Panorama - European premiere
Official Selection Edinburgh International Film Festival 2024

Details

Year
2024
Type of project
Features
Running time
118 min
Director
Nora Fingscheidt
Producer
Sarah Brocklehurst, Jack Lowden, Dominic Norris, Saoirse Ronan
Executive Producer
Claudia Yusef, Keiran Hannigan, Maria Logan, Anne Sheehand, Luane Gauer, George Hamilton, James Pugh, Janina Vilsmaier
Editor
Stephan Bechinger
Screenwriter
Nora Fingscheidt, Amy Liptrot
Director of Photography
Yunus Roy Imer
Production Designer
Andy Drummond
Principal cast
Saoirse Ronan, Paapa Essiedu, Stephen Dillane, Nabil Elouahabi, Posy Sterling

Genre

Woman Director Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

UK, Germany co-production

Supported by BBC FIlm, Scottish Screen

Brock Media (UK), Arcade Pictures (UK), Sarah Brocklehurst Productions (UK), MBK Productions (UK), Mogambo (UK), Weydemann Bros. (DE)

Brock Media

Sales Company

Protagonist Pictures

Gilmoora House
57-61 Mortimer Street
London
W1W 8HS

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