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Storyland is an award-winning initiative by RTÉ.ie and Screen Ireland, a program that develops and showcases new, original Irish short dramas by emerging talent in writing, directing, and acting. It operates as a competitive call-out for scripts, with the top finalists receiving funding and support to produce their 25-minute short dramas, which are then broadcast on RTÉ2 and the RTÉ Player.

When her mother dies, a 10-year-old girl secretly runs the family dairy farm to help her distraught father, until it becomes too much.

Set in a rapidly changing Dublin, Work|Werk follows Saoirse, a poet who moonlights as a stripper, navigating the city’s social and economic divides. When she unexpectedly runs into Manchán, a former acquaintance turned property developer, their awkward street reunion escalates into a tense encounter inside the club - a space she now claims as her own. The film explores class, ambition and survival in contemporary Ireland, revealing the resilience and complexity of a woman living on her own terms.