The funding scheme was launched by the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council Arts Office last March, in a bit to promote filmmaking in the area.
Both winning projects will receive €10,000 in addition to facilities support from IADT. They will shoot over the Summer and are scheduled to complete their projects by November 2017.
Of the eighty applications for the two awards, IADT National Film School graduates are behind both of the winning projects.
Haste
Written and directed by Luke Leslie and produced by Aoise Ní Uiginn, is based on the true story of a Victorian student who finds himself alone aboard a terrifying runaway train – the newly opened Atmospheric Railway that ran between Dalkey and Kingston for 10 years from 1844.
The Lighthouse
Written and directed by graduate Ciaran Hickey and produced by Bjorn Mac Giollaa, is the story of a young girl who embraces the magic of her seaside town when she befriends the mysterious entity living in the lighthouse by the pier.