Hotel Darklight Selections

Hotel Darklight, a Darklight Festival filmmaking endeavour, is pleased to announce the successful applicants for the project:

• "Derval" written by Paul Markey, directed by Brian O'Toole
• "Heaven in a Wildflower" written by Sinead Fagan, directed by Dolores Rice
• "Hotel Training" written by Maura McHugh, directed by Conor McMahon
• "Lonely Hearts" written and directed by Ciaran Foy
• "My Regards to the Chef" written by Eilis Mernagh, directed by Kian Petit
• "Noughts and Crosses" written by Barry McLoughlin, diercted by Alan Brennan
• "Play Dead" written and directed by James Phelan
• "Prejudice" written and directed by Paul Walker
• "St Mary" written by Gerry Creechan & Paul Markey, and directed by Brian O'Toole

Producers Alan Keane and Declan Lynch received 80+ pitch documents for the available slots on the project. The entire slate of films was shot in a week, with the help of a coffee-fuelled production team, and on the strength of good-will and passion for new filmmaking. A fund-raiser to cover extra costs will be happening in the coming week.

The première of the Hotel Darklight anthology film will feature as the closing event of the Darklight Festival, on Saturday, 10th of October, at 9.30pm in the Light House Cinema, Dublin.

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Hotel Darklight Selections

Hotel Darklight, a Darklight Festival filmmaking endeavour, is pleased to announce the successful applicants for the project:

• "Derval" written by Paul Markey, directed by Brian O'Toole
• "Heaven in a Wildflower" written by Sinead Fagan, directed by Dolores Rice
• "Hotel Training" written by Maura McHugh, directed by Conor McMahon
• "Lonely Hearts" written and directed by Ciaran Foy
• "My Regards to the Chef" written by Eilis Mernagh, directed by Kian Petit
• "Noughts and Crosses" written by Barry McLoughlin, diercted by Alan Brennan
• "Play Dead" written and directed by James Phelan
• "Prejudice" written and directed by Paul Walker
• "St Mary" written by Gerry Creechan & Paul Markey, and directed by Brian O'Toole

Producers Alan Keane and Declan Lynch received 80+ pitch documents for the available slots on the project. The entire slate of films was shot in a week, with the help of a coffee-fuelled production team, and on the strength of good-will and passion for new filmmaking. A fund-raiser to cover extra costs will be happening in the coming week.

The première of the Hotel Darklight anthology film will feature as the closing event of the Darklight Festival, on Saturday, 10th of October, at 9.30pm in the Light House Cinema, Dublin.

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StoryLand II

RTÉ is seeking submissions for 6 new pilot drama series to go online via its StoryLand site from January to June 2010.

We don't mind if you've made dozens of TV series or have never made anything before, as long as you have a good idea that will engage our over 18 audience for 6 episodes and can convince us that you have a team behind you to pull it off, then we want to hear from you.

RTÉ is hosting an information session at 7pm, Wednesday 30th September 2009 about the competition, in RTÉ, Donnybrook, Dublin 4.

Places are limited, so please RSVP to storyland@rte.ie to guarantee your place.

The application form, and details on how to apply, are available online.

The closing date for submissions is 1 November 2009.

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StoryLand II

RTÉ is seeking submissions for 6 new pilot drama series to go online via its StoryLand site from January to June 2010.

We don't mind if you've made dozens of TV series or have never made anything before, as long as you have a good idea that will engage our over 18 audience for 6 episodes and can convince us that you have a team behind you to pull it off, then we want to hear from you.

RTÉ is hosting an information session at 7pm, Wednesday 30th September 2009 about the competition, in RTÉ, Donnybrook, Dublin 4.

Places are limited, so please RSVP to storyland@rte.ie to guarantee your place.

The application form, and details on how to apply, are available online.

The closing date for submissions is 1 November 2009.

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