Filmmaker ready to roll with next project after win

A Kerry filmmaker, who won the Rising Star category at the Irish Film and Television Awards, is not sitting on his laurels.

Ger Barrett, 25, received the accolade for producing and directing Pilgrim Hill, which had already been acclaimed at festivals at home and abroad.

He will be starting work on his next major project, a drama with an urban theme, being shot on location in Dublin in April.