On this episode Simon K speaks to Teresa Lavina.

Teresa Lavina from Bilbao,Spain is an multi-award winning and talented actor, director, producer and writer.

Teresa  trained as an Stanislavski actor in Bilbao Spain from 1992. She moved to Ireland to continue her acting training in 1997 and  trained in the Focus Theatre in Dublin with Deirdre O'Connell and for 3 years full time in Bull Alley. For the past 20 years she has worked as an actor, director, producer and writer. She started her career in RTE's Don't feed the Gondolas.She has produced and directed several plays including Stewart Parker Award Winner Wideboy Gospel. She wrote the play "Every Woman's Thoughts" that was performed in the Irish Writers Centre. She has worked as a TV producer and co presenter with Liam O'Maonlai in the pilot TV series Blend,and she created the TV series Outside Inside, which RTE broadcast as MONO. She has worked for over 20 years producing different projects including the creation of Ethnovision (Ethnic Television) and helping in the early stages of SARI (Sports Against Racism in Ireland) both projects were part of the National Plan Against Racism in Ireland. Teresa studied Level 6 Film and Doc in GCC where she was awarded student of the year, then she progressed to study Film and Doc in GMIT where she was awarded a First Class Honours degree. Currently she is the director of Nova Productions LTD, she programmes English4Life and European Cultural Project, where she teaches filmmaking to international students. She has directed and produced over 10 short films and one feature film, "The Audition". She has written 7 screen plays. She has been recently funded by Galway 2020 Small Towns Big Ideas project as co- creator of the newest Irish Film Festival, "Shot by the Sea".

Lavina’s documentary ‘Untold Secrets’ will be the closing film at this year’s Galway Film Fleadh.

Untold Secrets shares the story and experiences of the survivors of the Tuam Mother and Baby Home paying particular attention to the survivor Anne Silke. Teresa Lavina visits Tuam and hears the experiences, fears and exceptional lives of Anne Silke, Pj Haverty and Catherine Corless.

This thought-provoking and emotional documentary sheds a harsh and honest light on the scandal and examines how society was and still is

I really enjoyed my chat with Teresa.

Also available on video on Youtube: https://youtu.be/PWarVu_dxbQ

Link below for all info.

https://linktr.ee/NovaProductionsIreland

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