Starring BAFTA -winner Rhys Ifans and three-time Oscar nominee, Emmy and Golden Globe-winner Laura Linney, Onwards And Sideways is the emotional and surprisingly funny story of two people with lots in common - a great sense of humour, a love of adventure, and an unexpected diagnosis of Parkinson's.
Tony is deputy headteacher of a primary school. Emma is a musician and composer, and a 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 Disease.
Onwards And Sideways is their story - a friendship which unfolds unexpectedly. A story of humour, courage, music, movement, and the transformative power of human connection. Challenging assumptions, the film celebrates the capacity to find joy, freedom, and hope, even in life's most difficult moments.
