World premiere in Toronto of Blue Road: The Edna O’Brien Story produced by Barbara Broccoli
By: Anders Frejdh
Published:
2024-08-14
The World Premiere of Blue Road: The Edna O’Brien Story with Barbara Broccoli as executive producer will take place at the Toronto International Film Festival on 7th September 2024.
Written and directed by
Sinéad O’Shea,
Blue Road is a portrait of Irish author
Edna O’Brien, who passed away on 27th July 2024 aged 93. Her personal journals, which were shared with O’Shea, are read out in the film by Oscar© nominee
Jessie Buckley. O’Brien was closely involved with the project prior to her death.
Official trailer for Blue Road: The Edna O’Brien Story
Blue Road is a Sky Original, proudly supported by FÃs Éireann/Screen Ireland. It is an SOS Production in co-production with Tara Films, produced by
Claire McCabe, Sinéad O’Shea and
Eleanor Emptage. Executive producers are
Barbara Broccoli and
Katie Holly,
Niamh Fagan for Screen Ireland,
Jack Oliver for Sky Arts and
Kathryn Ferguson for Tara Films.
The 49th Toronto International Film Festival takes place 5–15 September 2024. Screenings of Blue Road take place on 7, 8, 9 and 14 September.
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