Julie Alderdice

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.

Inspired by the Northern Bank robbery that took place in Belfast in 2004, Ourselves Alone is set in the house of a bank manager and his wife, who are taken hostage by brother-and-sister IRA members - Aoife and Sean. They plan to force the bank manager to help them carry out the robbery. But when a psychopathic third IRA member - Liam - arrives at the house unexpectedly, things start to go wrong.