In this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to BAFTA-nominated writer-director Virginia Gilbert about her film Reawakening.
John (Jared Harris) and Mary (Juliet Stevenson) have spent a decade in the shadow of grief after their daughter, Clare, vanished without a trace. When Clare (Erin Doherty) suddenly returns as a young woman, the reunion should bring relief—but John’s growing suspicions unravel a new, terrifying mystery. As old wounds reopen and tensions rise, Reawakening takes you on a gripping journey through the fragile ties that bind us, and the unsettling truths that can tear us apart. Don’t miss this evocative tale of love, loss, and the search for identity.
In cinemas from 13th September 2024.
Virginia Gilbert
Virginia is an award-winning, BAFTA and IFTA nominated writer and director. Her screenwriting work has been placed on the BritList and she was named as a ‘Star of Tomorrow’ by Screen International. Her debut short as writer-director, Hesitation, won numerous awards internationally and was nominated for a BAFTA and an IFTA. Her debut feature A Long Way From Home, starring Academy-Award winner Brenda Fricker, BAFTA winner James Fox and Natalie Dormer, was nominated for the Michael Powell award for Best British Feature. Recent work includes the two-part series finale of BBC One’s Silent Witness – Betrayal; award-winning Screen Ireland short Day Out, starring Martin McCann and Alisha Weir and Home, starring Max Irons, currently on the festival circuit. Previous television credits include Lord Haw-Haw for RTE 1; Money, Money, Money, RTE 2; the award-winning series Whores and IFTA-nominated series An Irish State of Mind for TG4. Virginia is also a published author. Her fiction work has featured on BBC Radio 4 and her debut novel, Travelling Companion, has been optioned for screen. Reawakening is her second feature as writer-director and her first as producer.
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