NI SCREEN/BBCNI GREEN LIT SHORTS 2025 Short films provide an essential platform for emerging filmmaking talent. They test directors and writers,' ability to tell a compelling story on a tight budget and an even tighter running time. Directors get valuable experience working with experienced actors and crew. More importantly, short gilms serve as an effective calling cards for directors trying to catch the eye of film and TV producers. Like Fis Eireann, RTE and Virgin Media in the Irish Republic, NI Screen and BBC Northern Ireland have made full use of short films as a means of developing emerging talent. And in the run-up to Christmas, there's a chance on the BBC iPlayer to see the work of three filmmakers under NI Screen and BBC Northern Ireland's GREEN LIT initiative. First up is Oisin Kearney's 'Helpless' starring 'Sex Education' actor George Robinson as Cillian, a former paramedic confined to a wheelchair who suspects a neighbour he has a crush on...