Tony Evans is deputy headteacher of a primary school. Emma Dretzin 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, these two are simultaneously 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.