Onwards and Sideways
Tony Evans is the deputy head of a local primary school. Emma Dretzin is a pianist, composer and single mother of two daughters. Neither knows the other until a startling encounter changes the course of their lives: on the same morning, they are both confronted with a diagnosis of Parkinson’s.
- Released
- 13 September 2026
- Directed by
- John Madden
- Starring
- Laura Linney, Rhys Ifans, Monica Dolan
- With
- Rory Kinnear
- Genre
- Drama
- Studio
- John Gore Studios, Hilltop Screen
- Distributor
- Icon Productions
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Running time
- 105 minutes (1 hr 45 min)