HBO Acquires The Slightest Touch Featuring Colin Farrell
HBO Documentary Films has acquired worldwide TV and streaming rights to The Slightest Touch, directed by Rachel Fleit (HBO Max’s Bama Rush). The documentary will debut on HBO and will be available to stream on HBO Max globally, including in the UK and Ireland, later this year.
Emma Fogarty lives with Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB) – a rare and extremely painful genetic condition that leaves her skin so fragile it blisters and tears at the slightest touch. As she turns 40, the age doctors predicted she would never reach, she accepts an offer from her longtime friend, Colin Farrell, to complete the Dublin Marathon together, with Farrell pushing her wheelchair for the final few miles.
The Slightest Touch follows their lives and the enduring friendship that has sustained them through the years. The film will have its world premiere at the 2026 Dublin International Film Festival.
“Making this film brought me back, over and over, to what I think matters most in life: love, care, community, and the friendships that carry us,” said Rachel Fleit. “It was an honor to bear witness to the extraordinary bond between Emma and Colin, and I’m deeply grateful to HBO Documentary Films for helping bring this story, and its message, to audiences around the world.”
“I can’t think of The Slightest Touch as a film, certainly not like any film I’ve ever been a part of before,” commented Colin Farrell. “For me, it’s simply a collage of home videos, moments in time that we all shared during its making. Whatever the film is, whatever people may find it to be, we’re so grateful that our adventure, our friendships, and our shared love for each other has found a home on HBO.”
HBO Documentary Films is presenting a Fine Point Films and Chapel Place production in association with The Kennedy/Marshall Company, Original Films, Deshe Capital LLC, The deNovo Initiative, Union Editorial, Northern Ireland Screen, and Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland.
The film was produced by Claudine Farrell, Colin Farrell (Sugar), Trevor Birney, Eimhear O’Neill, and Frank Marshall. The executive producers are Aly Parker, Tony Rosenthal, Alexandra Bowen, Ori Eisen, Michael Raimondi, Katherine LeBlond, the Deshe Family, and Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, Niamh Fagan.
The Slightest Touch was co-executive-produced by Dawn Bonder, Daniel J. Chalfen, and Marci Wiseman.
