Backing The Debut: New Talent Focus And Our HouseBacking The Debut: New Talent Focus And Our House

Nerve Centre, 7-8 Magazine Street, Derry~Londonderry

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Three estranged siblings reunite for their mother's wake and an inheritance battle turns deadly.

Our House, starring Michael Shea and Hannah McClean (Blue Lights) alongside Andy Doherty, opened the 2026 Galway Film Fleadh, where writer/director Peter Young won the Bingham Ray New Talent Award.

Peter Young and producer Callum Harrison are joined by Ursula Devine of Northern Ireland Screen, the film's executive producer, to trace the journey. From starting out making short films, progressing to shadowing schemes to making their debut feature made through Northern Ireland Screen's New Talent Focus, Peter and Callum will share their experience in an essential session for emerging filmmakers wondering how to make that first feature happen.

Our House will screen at Nerve Centre on Saturday 28 November at 9pm.

Meet Peter Young

Peter Young is a Northern Irish Writer/Director with a focus on thriller, horror, and comedy. His creative voice is defined by character-centred stories that deliver in genre with a social-drama flair. After seven years making short films of increasing scale and receiving mentorship from acclaimed directors in the thriller space, Peter has recently completed his debut feature film, Our House, produced by Village Films Ltd. and funded by Northern Ireland Screen. Its world premiere was the opening night gala at the 38th Galway Film Fleadh, where he was awarded the Bingham Ray New Talent Award.

Meet Callum Harrison

Derry-born filmmaker Callum Harrison has many years of experience in feature development, alongside producing several short films, Homebird, which won Best Debut Short Fiction at the Galway Film Fleadh in 2022. He furthered his experience through Northern Ireland Screen's Producer Shadowing scheme, working with Brendan Mullin on In Flight and with Olly Butler on Saipan. His debut feature, Our House, was made through Northern Ireland Screen's New Talent Focus scheme with writer-director Peter Young. The home invasion thriller opened the 2026 Galway Film Fleadh.

Meet Ursula Devine

Ursula Devine leads on independent film at Northern Ireland Screen and oversees scripted development across feature film, TV drama and comedy. Her development and executive producer credits include several BIFA, BAFTA and IFTA-nominated and award-winning productions, including '71 (2014), Bad Day for the Cut (2017), The Dig (2018), Ordinary Love (2019), A Bump Along the Way (2019), Boys from County Hell (2020), Nightride (2021), The Last Rifleman (2023), In the Land of Saints and Sinners (2023) and Kneecap (2024).

Her more recent projects include Saipan (2025) and Our House (2026). In 2025, Ursula established the Greenlit scheme at Northern Ireland Screen in partnership with BBC Northern Ireland, with Rewarding (BBC) the first series to emerge from the initiative.