Elle Edwards' dad says documentary film success 'bittersweet'

A film capturing the personal journey of the father of Elle Edwards as he deals with the trauma of her murder has won an award at an American festival. The 26-year-old was shot outside a pub in Wallasey Village on Merseyside on Christmas Eve in 2022, which led Tim Edwards to set out walking the length of the UK in his search for healing. He paired up with Liverpool comedian John May, and their walk was turned into the film, The Two of Us, which has scooped the award for best documentary at the 2026 Beverly Hills Film Festival. Edwards said the film's success was "bittersweet" as it came as a result of his daughter's death, but it had led many others experiencing grief to "reach out". He travelled alongside May to the festival in Hollywood and told BBC Radio Merseyside he had wanted the world to know Elle's name after her murder, "On the night we genuinely thought we weren't likely to win, the talent in that room was unbelievable -we were thinking we've got no chance," Edwards said. May said he had "already swanned off to the bar to find a distributor" when the announcement came that the film had won. "What was great was the way it resonated with an American audience - when we left