Five New Dramas Commissioned by RT & Northern Ireland Screen
Thursday, 26th November 2015: RT and Northern Ireland Screen today announced the commission of five new original dramas for the new season of Storyland, the award-winning commissioning project that gives emerging Irish drama talent an opportunity to make original programmes, viewable to a global audience on RT Player. Close to two hundred aspiring and experienced drama production teams applied this year.
For the sixth series of Storyland, RT and Northern Ireland Screen have commissioned five single dramas of up to twenty minutes duration, which will be shown early next year to national and international audiences on RT Player. The five production companies who have been awarded the commissions are Against the Grain Films, Mycrofilms, Out Left Productions, Six Mile Hill Productions and Two Hungry Fish Productions.
Storyland continues to offer an invaluable springboard for Irish writing, directing, producing and acting talent throughout the island of Ireland. The fifth series of Storyland which ran on RT Player earlier this year has already won a number of international awards and generated additional opportunities, both within and outside RT , for writers, directors and producers to apply and develop their talents.
Recent accolades for Storyland dramas include:
Deadpan Pictures' comedy series Burning Wishes' for RT Storyland won four awards at last week's Dublin Web Fest including Best International Series, Best Irish Series, Best Comedy and Best Director. The series also recently picked up the Grand Jury Prize for Best Series at the Bilbao Web Fest and director Vincent Gallagher won Best Director for Burning Wishes' at the 2015 San Francisco Web Festival.
Blinder Films' sci-fi web-series Rapt' for RT 's Storyland won the Critic's Choice Award at the 2015 Raindance Web Fest.
Shaun Blaney, who starred in RT s Storyland web series, Farr , won the 2015 Best Actor in a Drama Series award at the IAWTV Awards.
CTRL' written and directed by Matt Roche and directed by Brian Deane was nominated for Best Dramatic Series at the IAWTV Awards.
Commenting on the announcement, David Crean, Executive Producer, RT , said; Now in its sixth season, Storyland has proven to be a hugely successful commissioning platform to bring fresh creative ideas to RT , and to identify emerging creative talent for the TV and film industry on the island of Ireland. Across writing, acting and directing, Storyland showcases the great breadth of Ireland's creative talent. From crime to comedy, sci-fi, and coming of age dramas, Storyland brings new and wholly original dramas to engross our audiences.
Andrew Reid, Head of Production at Northern Ireland Screen, said; "This is Northern Ireland Screen's first year to be involved with Storyland and we are delighted to be working with RT in supporting the development of storytelling skills. This is a perfect partnership that allows us to create opportunities for, and invest in, a new generation of creative talent. We would like to congratulate the successful teams and look forward to seeing the end results."
Past participants of Storyland over the past five seasons include, among many others, Thomas Martin ( Danger High Voltage', Jenny Was a Friend of Mine', RAW'), Kevin McGahern ( Republic of Telly', Hardy Bucks'), Marie Caffrey and Nikki Racklin of Zanzibar Films ( Cuckoo'), Paul Duane, Rob Cawley and Gary Duggan ( Happy Slapper') who went on to make Amber' for RT One and actress Charlie Murphy ( Love/Hate') as well as Hardy Bucks' who went on to have a number of RT 2 TV series and a feature film following their Storyland success.
The five dramas commissioned for the sixth season of Storyland are:
Costigan' Crime Drama by Against the Grain Films
Costigan' is a female led crime drama that centres on Vi Costigan, an ex-Garda detective who is released from prison after unjustly serving time for a crime she didn t commit. Her chequered past is unpeeled as she tries to mend broken relationships and seeks out new opportunities that have dark repercussions. She quickly realises she must adapt her old skills to survive in the radically shifted world she now finds herself in. Costigan' is produced by Ailish Bracken and Against the Grain Films. It is written and directed by Gary Duggan. The production is taking place in Dublin.
Smitten' Comedy Drama by Mycrofilms
Bronagh discovers she s pregnant on the same day her ex-boyfriend Dave goes missing after a drunken night out. Her new life is put on hold as she searches for him. Can she find him before the news does? And will she be able to reconcile her past with her future? The production company is Mycrofilms and the producer is Ruth Carter. The writer and director is John Morton and the production is taking place in Kilkenny.
Hot Knives' Coming of Age Drama by Out Left Productions
Hot Knives' is a coming of age' drama set in 1995, in the deepest suburbia of Dublin. Fourteen year-old Charlie lives for his skateboard. To him everything else fades in comparison. But life has a way of refusing to be ignored and he is forced to take action when his wayward older sister Sam steals vital medicine for their dad. This in turn means Charlie has to confront one of his peers Swifty. The production company is Out Left Productions and is produced by Richard Keane and Rebecca O'Malley. It is written by Stephen Walsh and directed by Diarmuid Donohoe.
Dinosaurs' Dystopian Drama by Six Mile Hill Productions
In five years everyone and everything on the planet will die. Until then, all we can do is find a way to survive. Dinosaurs' is a gripping pre-apocalyptic' dystopian drama chronicling the final years of one famil
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Five New Dramas Commissioned by RT & Northern Ireland Screen 
