Ronika Merl

Ronika Merl

Screenwriter, Director and Film Festival Director

Enniskerry, Ireland

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January 2021
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About Ronika

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RONIKA IS AN AWARD-WINNING SCREENWRITER. SHE ALSO DIRECTS, AND RUNS THE WICKLOW STORIES FILM FESTIVAL.
She has consulted on projects in the US, UK, South Africa and Australia, and has worked with an Oscar winning producer.
Having placed highly in both the Academy Nicholl Fellowship as well as the Austin Film Festival in 2019, she has since expanded her slate to contain more than 22 feature-length scripts. She has lectured at Griffith College and has given multiple workshops in Ireland and the UK.
In addition to this, she is the artistic director of the Wicklow Stories Film Festival, which was launched in 2022 and was funded and supported by Creative Ireland.
Her textbook for Irish Screenwriters "The Hustle" is now available on Amazon or can be purchased directly from her.
Her poetry collections “I Love You, Dave Taylor” and “Joy Clings” are available on , with her new book “She.” coming out in January 2024.
HER DIRECTORIAL FEATURE DEBUT “THE GREEN MAN” WILL RELEASE IN 2024, AND IS CURRENTLY IN PREPRODUCTION, AND THE TRAILER FOR HER TV SHOW, PRIG, WILL RELEASE IN JANUARY 2024.

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  • The Closing

    The Closing Budget: $1M - $5M | Drama Burdened with debt, David goes on a journey to a mysterious island to discover his dead father's secret family, only to find much more darkness lurking beneath the surface.

  • Any Corner

    Any Corner Budget: $0 - $100K | Drama Andy's world is falling apart as he waits for his long lost girlfriend Zara to return. 

  • What Remains

    What Remains Budget: $0 - $100K | Experimental Drama A couple makes a list of things they'd like to burn to forget their child. 

  • The Mine

    The Mine Budget: $1M - $5M | Romance Fantasy A ghost haunts an ancient mine in the desert, the way he haunts Lily's imagination, but when she finally descends to be with him, she must decide if she wants to be part of his world, or part of the living world. 

  • ANA

    ANA Budget: $5M - $10M | Action Drama Ana grew up in the midst of a drug war in the Guatemalan jungle, so when she returns and is kidnapped years later, she must use her skill as former Guerilla warrior to free her best friends and herself, so she can return to her children in Ireland. 

  • BlackBird

    BlackBird Budget: $100K - $1M | Biography Drama Anna became a prostitute to escape her personal hell at home, only to find that the journey upwards is a lot harder and will take a lot longer than she anticipated. **Optioned**

  • The Indian Wife

    The Indian Wife Budget: $30M+ | Drama Karina sets herself on fire to escape a hellish life, and is swept away to Australia, where Robin has been living in abject loneliness. The two grow close, but Karina must return to India to save her two young daughters. Drama

  • Baabul

    Baabul Budget: $100K - $1M | Drama Nisha has closed herself off completely, until Aman comes along to remind her of what it means to have family, only to betray her in the worst way possible, sending her on a journey of discovery and emancipation. Drama

  • The Finca

    The Finca Budget: $100K - $1M | Thriller Uncovering a cult in the Guatemalan jungle becomes an obsession for ambitious journalist Pixie, before she is pulled in too deep and must fight to escape.

  • Green Summer

    Green Summer Budget: $0 - $100K | Romance Drama A cottage in Ireland is the inheritance that has torn a family apart, and David must reconcile with his adopted brother. But he finds a different family along the way. Drama

  • Haveli

    Haveli Budget: $1M - $5M | Romance Fantasy Priya is called by the desert, so she travels to the mysterious land of Rajasthan in India to find an ancient family secret, and a jinn that has been granting wishes for 400 years. Fantasy, Romance

  • The House with the Blue Windows

    The House with the Blue Windows Budget: $0 - $100K | Romance Drama John is running from an unbearable situation at home, and finds love and family in the Irish countryside with Aicha, but the peace they live in is fragile and breaks at the touch of a feather. Drama, Romance

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