Screen Ireland has announced the successful finalists for the Spotlight: Stage to Screen, the third iteration of Screen Ireland’s flagship writing talent development scheme, aimed at discovering and developing fresh and original new voices.

With 10 final projects, a total of 12 writers with a background in theatre and/or radio drama have been selected out of 120 applicants, to adapt a piece of their own stage or radio work for the screen.

The successful Spotlight projects and writers are as follows:

1. Down with Jazz by Esosa Ighodaro
2. Just Like You Said It Would Be by Anna Ní Dhúill
3. Looking for América by Janet Moran and Federico Julián González
4. The Community / Singing for Survival by Aisling Byrne
5. The Window Smashers by Rían Smith
6. Platforms by Ally Ryan and Becky Cheatle
7. Walk For Me by Kate Stanley Brennan
8. Feis Moms by Jonathan Hughes
9. Appropriate by Sarah-Jane Scott
10. Joss Paper & Roast Duck by Eve Li

To find out more about the writers / writing teams and their selected projects, please visit the Spotlight digital showcase here.