Galway Film Fleadh

Opening Film: Re-Creation

Town Hall Theatre

Tuesday 8th July | 7pm | Town Hall Theatre | 89’

The 1996 murder of French filmmaker Sophie Toscan Du Plantier at her vacation home in West Cork remains one of Ireland’s most shocking unsolved crimes. Ian Bailey was investigated by Irish authorities but never tried in Ireland, despite being convicted in absentia in France.

With Re-Creation, co-directors Jim Sheridan and David Merriman deliver a bold fiction-reality hybrid imagining what might have happened if Bailey had faced trial.

The film brings us into the room as a fictional jury sifts through the facts, conflicting stories, and inconvenient truths that make the case so vexing.

Featuring stellar performances, including Vicky Krieps as the lone initial holdout, Re-Creation is a bracing reminder that, when sensationalism threatens to overwhelm, facts and truth remain paramount.

Duration: 89 mins

Written and directed by Jim Sheridan and David Merriman
Produced by Tina O’Reilly and Fabrizio Maltese
Cast – Vicky Krieps, Jim Sheridan, Aidan Gillen, Colm Meaney

Town Hall Theatre / 8^th July 2025

Irish Films Supported by MEDIA Films at GFF 2025

Re-Creation (Ireland) directed by Jim Sheridan and David Merriman. Produced by Hell’s Kitchen. Supported by MEDIA Slate development and Eurimages. The 37th Galway Film Fleadh will open with the much-anticipated Irish premiere of Re-creation from co-directors, Jim Sheridan and David Merriman. In a fictitious trial, twelve members of a jury must decide whether British journalist Ian Bailey is guilty of the murder of French filmmaker Sophie Toscan Du Plantier in 1996. Based on real events, the film reconstructs, through the discussions between these twelve people, a case that ultimately invites the viewer to draw their own conclusions. The cast includes Vicky Krieps, Jim Sheridan, Aidan Gillen, and Colm Meaney. Re-Creation will premiere on 8th July at 7pm at the Town Hall Theatre.