FRÉWAKA (‘Roots’)

Haunted by a personal tragedy, home care worker, SHOO (Clare Monnelly, Small Things Like These), is sent to a remote village to care for the old and deeply troubled PEIG (Bríd Ní Neachtain) who fears that the house is infested with the Sídhe – sinister fairies who, she believes, abducted her decades before.

As the two women 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. An unnerving and spine tingling folk horror tale from Ireland.

Directed by Aislinn Clarke, FREWAKA explores deep-seated generational trauma, Catholic guilt, and Irish mythology.

🏆 Audience Award at 2025 Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy Film Festival, Best Original Music at 2025 IFTAs

🏅 Nominated for Best New Irish Feature at 2024 Cork International Film Festival, Best Cinematography at 2025 IFTAs and Best Irish Film at 2025 Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards Director