Six brand new online-dramas launched by RT and Northern Ireland Screen for the new season of Storyland 2019

RT and Northern Ireland Screen launch six brand new 20 minute dramas from Storyland 2019 on RT 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.

David Crean, Executive Producer for RT Television said This year RT and Northern Ireland Screen are bringing six original Irish dramas to audiences in Ireland and around the world. As well as introducing great new stories from new voices, Storyland is a significant part of RTE's commitment to developing creative drama talent on the island of Ireland .

Richard Williams, Chief Executive, Northern Ireland Screen, said; We are delighted to be working in partnership with RT once again. In any medium a great story is central to success and Storyland allows us to develop, and invest in, a new generation of writing talent. Audiences at home and abroad are in for a real treat with these six new dramas.

Previous Storyland commissions have gone on to be commissioned for RT 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 RT 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.

Storyland is available on RT Player from today, Monday 25th November 2019.

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

Warrior 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 his 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 NI

A 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 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

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