Colin and pal's marathon effort is focus of new doc

A NEW documentary charting how Colin Farrell and Emma Fogarty took on the Dublin Marathon and raised €1million for charity will have its world premiere at the Dublin International Film Festival.

- BY ESTHER MCCARTHY

ENDURANCE Colin and Emma in film, and inset, during marathon

Colin and Emma worked with filmmakers as they faced the challenge, with a behind-the-scenes account now coming to our screens.

The two received a huge amount of support from the Irish public, raising more than twice the €400,000 initially targeted.

The documentary, backed by Screen Ireland, is called The Slightest Touch and will have its world premiere on February 28.

The film synopsis said: "As she turns 40 - an age doctors once said she would never reach - Emma Fogarty, who lives with the rare and extremely painful condition epidermolysis bullosa, takes up the offer from longtime friend Colin Farrell to run the Dublin Marathon together, pushing her wheelchair for the final four kilometres.

"The Slightest Touch follows their lives and the enduring friendship that has sustained them."

The duo's charity drive raised around €1million for Debra Ireland, the charity which provides supports and services to people with EB, often known as Butterfly Skin.