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STORYLAND 2019 ***New***

RTÉ and Northern Ireland Screen launch six brand new 20 minute dramas from Storyland 2019 on RTÉ Player. Currently in its ninth season, Storyland 2019 brings original stories to a national and a global audience, showcasing a great breadth of Ireland’s creative talent across  writing, acting, producing and directing.

Previous Storyland commissions have gone on to be commissioned for RTÉ comedy and drama series, developed in a feature film and have won numerous international awards as well as  generating additional opportunities, both within and outside RTÉ for the writers, directors, producers and actors. In 2018 Cry Rosa, from Afro Mic Productions was nominated for an RTSNI award in the best drama category alongside Dave Allen At Peace and Come Home.

Watch the new season promo of Storyland here:  https://youtu.be/I2wHGOXY3iM

Wastewater https://www.rte.ie/player/movie/wastewater/113692200108Warrior Films

Vinny and Lauryn fall for each other but their future together is thrown into doubt by the intersection of the darkest parts of their lives.  

Written and directed by Dave Tynan (Dublin Oldschool) Produced by Dave Leahy and Michael Donnelly for Warrior Films. Starring Ian Lloyd Anderson and Eva Jane Gaffney. 

A Deal’s A Deal https://www.rte.ie/player/movie/a-deal-s-a-deal/115594792118

Wolfhound Media

A misguided and disgruntled teenage pigeon fancier reacts badly to the death of her champion young bird.  

Written by Francis and Geraldine Scullion. Directed by Mick Gordon, produced by Pearce Cullen for Wolfhound Media. Starring Ian McElhinney, Stuart Graham, Rose Henderson, Laura Hughes.


Eat the Rich https://www.rte.ie/player/movie/eat-the-rich/116838952254

Wee Bun Films

A young bicycle courier, struggling to survive in the gig economy, takes revenge on the boss who fired him.  

Written by PJ Hart, directed by Aidan Largey, produced by Katy Jackson for Wee Bun films. Starring Shaun Blaney, Ian Beattie, Kristina Yaneva

 
Mushrooms https://www.rte.ie/player/movie/mushrooms/115570728395
Richter Media and Write Path

NIA desperate housewife takes drastic measures to solve her problem. It’s only then that she discovers that she, herself, may be the problem that someone else has decided to solve.   

Written by Marion McDowell, directed by Meghan McArdle, produced by Janine Cobain and Andy McCormick for Richter Media and Write Path NI.. Starring Maggie Cronin, Andrea O Neil, Julie Alderdice, Ian Beattie 

Skip to the End https://www.rte.ie/player/movie/skip-to-the-end/118233127964

Brothers Gonna Work It Out Ltd

A man suffering the trauma of his young daughter’s hospitalisation following a car accident is given a mysterious solution to skip past his pain.  

Written and directed by Jason Butler for Brothers Gonna Work It Out Ltd. Starring Paul Reid, Amy de Bhrun, Mark Huberman

Yellow Bird https://www.rte.ie/player/movie/yellow-bird/115571752355
Stori Creative Ltd

Faced with the eviction from her home by her own daughter, an elderly mother takes in a refugee as freedom takes on a new relative meaning for the pair.  

Written and directed by Grainne Dwyer. Produced by Fiona Dwyer for Stori Creative Ltd. Starring Catherine Field, Fachtna O Driscoll, Aoife Moore, Maurice Thom