Edie
Edie will open in Germany on May 23rd 2019. The film was post-produced in Berlin at Post Republic and has already been a hit at two festivals in Germany including at the Emden International film festival.
Simon Hunter at the Filmfest Emden-Norderney © Tobias Bruns
Kevin Guthrie stars as Jonny in Edie - in cinemas in Germany on May 23rd.
Edie opened in over 100 cinemas in the UK and which grew to over 150 during it’s second week. The film did extremely good box office succeeding expectations.
EDIE is now available as a digital down for rental or to buy (UK ONLY) on the following platforms.
iTunes - Google / YouTube - Amazon Prime Video - Microsoft - Virgin Store - BT TV Store - TalkTalk - Rakuten.
Arrow films have released a new theatrical trailer for EDIE, the movie hits UK cinemas on May 25th. You can view the trailer at the official EDIE website HERE.
Edie packed out the theatres in Cleveland, Ohio for the 42nd Cleveland International film Festival. Simon did a Q and A and introduced EDIE to sell out Ohio audiences in three separate screenings. The film was so popular that the festival doubled the amount of screenings to six. On two separate days director Simon Hunter was racing from one packed screening to another. Simon comments, "it was insane, so many people wanted to see the movie and you learn how important good word of mouth is. That doubled our audience overnight."
reactions to EDIE from the Cleveland audience
Simon's interviewed in Cleveland
Simon introduces EDIE at the Cleveland International Film Festival in Ohio.
Simon talks about making EDIE at the Cleveland International Film Festival in Ohio.
Shelia Hancock : Edie
Kevin Guthrie : Jonny
Amy Manson : Fiona
Simon's third feature, his passion project, EDIE has begun shooting in Sutherland Scotland. Shelia Hancock is playing Edie and rising star Kevin Guthrie also stars. The film tells the story of an elderly lady who has come through a lifetime of disappointment and regret. Faced with the prospect of life in the retirement home, Edie sets off to Scotland in order to climb a mountain and rekindle some of the magic of her youth.
The film is shooting in and around Lochinver, Sutherland in London and at Three Mills films studios. Much of the filming is in the wildest and most remote part of Scotland so Simon and Icelandic DP August Jakobsson selected the Arri Alex Mini as their main camera. Shooting in 4K, the film is Simon's first anamorphic picture. Simon is also joined by production designer Chris Richmond (Wasteland, The Veteran) and special effects supervisor is Stefano Pepin. (Prometheus) The film is produced by Mark Stothert and Tim Dennison.
