Starring: Bríd Ní Neachtain, Clare Monnelly, and Aleksandra Bystrzhitskaya

For this year’s Halloween screening, The Future of Film is Female presents a recent favorite in Irish folklore films, Aislinn Clarke’s Fréwaka. Includes a pre-recorded introduction by the filmmaker! To make an additional $10 donation to The Future of Film is Female, select the “Event + Donation” ticket on the checkout screen.

Shortly after the death of her estranged mother, Shoo, a primary care nursing student takes a placement in a remote Irish village to care for Peig, a reclusive, elderly woman who lives in fear, haunted by her experiences in a Catholic asylum. The house in the woods holds plenty of dark secrets and Peig’s paranoia begins to rub off on Shoo, whose own troubled, abusive past begins to catch up with her.