RE-CREATION

USING FICTION TO QUESTION REALITY

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.

Co-Written & Co-Directed by

Jim Sheridan and David Merriman

Starring

Vickey Krieps, Colm Meaney, Aidan Gillen, Jim Sheridan, John Connors, Tristan Heanue, Maja Juric,

Brian Doherty, Claire Johnston-Cauldwell,

Elena Spautz, Zara Moufid, Brendan Conroy,

Helen Norton and Gilbert K. Johnston

Produced by

Tina O'Reilly and Fabrizio Maltese

Tribeca Film Festival Spotlight Narrative

Official Selection

2025

Galway Film Fleadh

Opening Gala

Official Selection

2025

World premier at Tribeca Film Festival, June 8th

Irish premier at Galway Film Fleadh, July 8th

COMING SOON EXCLUSIVELY TO OMNIPLEX CINEMAS ON OCTOBER 3rd

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RE-CREATION NEWS

Pete Hammond, Deadline

"I think Lumet would be the first one applauding, as well as Reginald Rose, who wrote 12 Angry Men first as a live TV play and then the film. In a time where we are quick to label and to come to conclusions, Re-Creation, like 12 Angry Men, asks us to slow down and consider an alternative possibility. With an exceptional cast, particularly Krieps and John Connors, as well as brief interludes with Colm Meaney as Ian Bailey, you can only hope that Jim Sheridan himself finally has closure on the case that has haunted him for so long."

Tomris Laffrly, Variety

"What the film instead supplies is a skillful blend of “12 Angry Men” and the exciting beats of a true-crime podcast, ultimately painting a rich portrait of all shades of humanity: our convictions, prejudices, and in our best moments, deep reserves of logic and compassion. In arguing — sometimes civilly, sometimes not — the details of the case, the 12 men and women in the room reflect something deeply truthful about all of us, as individuals and as a society."

Scott Roxborough,

The Hollywood Reporter

"The bulk of Re-creation unfolds in a single jury room, in homage to 12 Angry Men. The directors borrowed the claustrophobic intensity of Sidney Lumet’s 1957 classic and fused it with the ambiguity of Justine Triet’s Anatomy of a Fall to reflect skepticism toward both the judicial process and the media machine surrounding it."