Alex Fletcher, Ross MacCartan, Arabella O'Brien, and Halle Gavin

LOGLINE

Three university students in their final year embark on a quest to make a film… about three university students in their final year embarking on a quest. Between losing actors, scheduling conflicts and creative differences, will these three even be able to get cameras rolling? Only a wizard can help…

SYNOPSIS

Thomas, Ben and Niall are three students in their last year of studying film at university, and the time has come to face the challenge of making their last short film together. The short in question is a fantasy-comedy centred on three students suspiciously similar to themselves who are also in their final year, who accidentally end up on a quest to get home. Getting this film made becomes far more difficult than they could ever have imagined, meaning they end up acting in the film, thus beginning an integrated double-layered story of friendship and loyalty as we watch their fictional quest unfold alongside their real-life production struggles. On their quest they meet a magical Wizard who requires three not-so-mystical items to be delivered to him: water, yeast and hops, but getting these items will put their courage, wits and bond to the test, as well as their filmmaking skills…