{"podcast":{"title":"Film Ireland Podcast","slug":"film-ireland-podcast-896003","podcast_index_feed_id":896003,"rss_url":"http://feeds.feedburner.com/FilmIrelandPodcast","website_url":"http://filmireland.net/","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/6955465577f9435bdcc8cb82/show-cover.jpg","author":"FilmIreland (hello@filmbase.ie)","episode_count":521,"summary":"Podcast by Film Ireland","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/film-ireland-podcast-896003"},"episode":{"title":"Presents: Sheena Lambert Screenwriter of 'Báite'","slug":"presents-sheena-lambert-screenwriter-of-b-ite","published_at":"2026-03-08T11:59:33+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/film-ireland-podcast-896003/presents-sheena-lambert-screenwriter-of-b-ite","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/film-ireland-podcast-896003","url":"https://www.filmireland.net/podcast-sheena-lambert-on-writing-an-irish-language-mystery-baite/","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6955465577f9435bdcc8cb82/e/69ad64a558d3d61b496651cd/media.mp3","summary":"There was an issue with this podcast where the wrong file was originally uploaded. If you are listening on an app or in a browser... and find yourself listening to that incorrect file, please either delete the downloaded version from your device and download it again, OR try another browser, as it's likely just saved in the cache. If you have any problems getting this to work, please email us at info@filmireland.ie. Thanks for your patience. In this Film Ireland podcast, recorded live on location in Washington, D.C. at the Capital Irish Film Festival, we chat with author, playwright and screenwriter Sheena Lambert about her feature  Báite . Presented annually by Solas Nua, the 20th edition of the Capital Irish Film Festival ran from 26th February to 1st March 2026, presenting one of the largest programmes of Irish cinema in North America. Irish-language feature  Báite  tells the story of a rural village during an All-Ireland weekend in 1975. Blending murder mystery with family drama, the film follows Peggy Casey as her life begins to unravel after a body surfaces in the local man-made lake. In this episode, we catch up with Sheena Lambert about her journey as a writer, the origins of the story, and the ins and outs of adapting a project from page to screen. Listen now on SoundCloud, Apple, Spotify, Acast and Amazon, or subscribe to Film Ireland wherever you get your podcasts . Sheena Lambert Dublin-based screenwriter, playwright and novelist Sheena Lambert has an exciting few months ahead with the 2025 release of her debut feature film, BÁITE, an adaptation of her own novel  The Lake   (HarperCollins, 2015) which was filmed in Galway and produced by Danú Media under TG4/Screen Ireland’…","meta_description":"There was an issue with this podcast where the wrong file was originally uploaded. If you are listening on an app or in a browser... and find yourself lis…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3666,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/film-ireland-podcast-896003/episodes/presents-sheena-lambert-screenwriter-of-b-ite/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/film-ireland-podcast-896003/presents-sheena-lambert-screenwriter-of-b-ite.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}