Fréwaka

Local title
Frewaka
Director
Aislinn Clarke
Country
Ireland
Year
2024
Programme
HÕFF Main Programme, Horror Films
Genre
Mystery, Horror, Thriller
Subject
elderly people, mental health, grief, alienation

For the followup to her 2018 feature debut The Devil’s Doorway, writer-director Aislinn Clarke dives deep into the sinister side of these supernatural creatures for a terrifying folk-horror film that’s steeped in ancient legend and presented with a deep sense of pride in Irish language and tradition.

Haunted by a personal tragedy, home care worker, Shoo, is sent to a remote village to care for an agoraphobic woman who fears the neighbours as much as she fears the Na Sídhe – sinister entities who she believes abducted her decades before. As the two develop a strangely deep connection, Shoo is consumed by the old woman’s paranoia, rituals, and superstitions, eventually confronting the horrors from her own past.

Director
Aislinn Clarke
Screenwriter
Aislinn Clarke
Cast
Clare Monnelly, Bríd Ní Neachtain, Aleksandra Bystrzhitskaya
Producer
Diarmuid Lavery, Patrick O’Neill
Cinematographer
Narayan Van Maele
Music
Die Hexen
Music
Die Hexen
World sales
New Europe Film Sales
Runtime
Language
Irish, English
Subtitles
Estonian, English
Other festivals
Göteborg, Chicago

Presented by

Embassy of Ireland

Embassy of Ireland

Screenings

Teatrisaal Haapsalu kultuurikeskus
Screening020104 / Frewaka
SubtitlesEstonian
Screening duration
Trailer