Review: The Winter Lake
Loretta Goff takes a walk to The Winter Lake to review director Phil Sheerin, writer David Turpin's dark coming-of-age drama.
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Phil is an award-winning director from Dublin. After a career as an aircraft engineer, he became a filmmaker, earning a First-Class Master’s in Directing Fiction from the NFTS & a BA from IADT. His work has been Oscar longlisted and featured in the BAFTA New Talent showcase. His shorts have won awards at festivals including Clermont-Ferrand, Raindance, Aubagne and Galway. His graduate short North starred Barry Keoghan, while Dependent was funded by Creative England and the BFI.
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Podcast: Director Phil Sheerin and Writer David Turpin of 'The Winter Lake'
In this Film Ireland podcast from the archives, director Phil Sheerin and writer David Turpin chat to Gemma Creagh about their film The Winter Lake, which was broadcast on RTÉ2 & RTÉ Player on 28th August 2026.