Toronto-Bound ‘Onwards and Sideways,’ With Laura Linney and Rhys Ifans as People Being Diagnosed With Parkinson’s, Gets New Images (Exclusive)

Onwards and Sideways is going across the pond to world premiere at the 2026 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in a TIFF Gala Presentation, it was unveiled Monday morning. 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 Laura Linney (Ozark, Love Actually, John Adams) and BAFTA winner Rhys Ifans (Inheritance, Venom: The Last Dance, House of the Dragon) as two people with lots in common – a great sense of humor, a love of dance, and, as just diagnosed, Parkinson’s.

‘Onwards and Sideways’

Courtesy of BBC/Hilltop Screen

The “emotional and surprisingly funny” film by John Madden (Shakespeare in Love, Operation Mincemeat, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel), based on a script by Paul Mayhew-Archer (The Vicar of Dibley, Roald Dahl’s Esio Trot and co-host of Parkinson’s podcast Movers 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.