We are a bit late on this, but congratulations go out to the shortlisted candidates for the second UNTITLED public screenwriting competition.

Organised by the Irish Film Board and the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival, the competition asked entrants to submit an idea for a live-action or animated movie within the “family film” genre.

The shortlisted entrants are George Kane for A Sleigh In A Manger, Nick Wilkinson for Icarus O’Neil’s Rising Dilemma, Emma Hogan for Snot Grot, Eoin Rogers for The Cloud Giant and Lee Cronin for Arthouse.

The shortlisted writers, who are competing for a bursary of €16,000, will present the first few scenes of their films to a panel of professionals at JDIFF next month.