Peter O’Donnell’s comedy ‘The Local Election’ follows journalist Kevin Behan who is sent to investigate rumours of corruption and scandal in small town Donegal as polling day approaches.

According to the synopsis ‘All hell breaks loose in this parody of modern and Irish life’.

After putting out a call for cast members earlier this week, Peter was inundated with messages from people interested in getting involved.

“It’s a story I started writing last summer, a sort of dark comedy about an election in a small town like Milford,” he said.

“It focuses on Kevin, who is about 40-years-old and is a journalist with the Donegal Herald. He spent some time in Dublin and in the Dáil covering ‘big politics’.

“He’s from Donegal but having been in Dublin he thinks this assignment will be no bother. That’s not how it works out though and it turns out to be the biggest challenge he’s ever faced.”

Peter O’Donnell spent some years living in Canada and Australia before returning to Donegal where he signed up for a film course in Letterkenny Institute of Technology.

Now in his final year, he had planned to make The Local Election his first full-length production. But on the advice of his lecturers, he has now decided to break it down into series format.

The pilot will be between five and seven minutes long. If funding can be secured episodes could be extended up to 20 minutes.

“My lecturer Matt McDonagh suggested a pilot and we talked about putting a funding package together,” said Peter.

“I’ve spoken to people about funding and I’m in contact with the Western Region Audiovisual Producers (WRAP) Fund. I seem to be ticking all the boxes at this stage so we’ll see how it works out.”

In terms of cast, Peter has enlisted the help of well known Donegal actors Lórcan Strain and Orson Sterritt. Following his online casting call, he now has a full crew in place and hopes to get shooting very shortly.

“I’ve all my locations sorted, including a pub in Milford, and the plan is to start shooting in three weeks time with the pilot ready for May.

“I think it will be relatable to everyone, young and old, because it parodies modern life and it takes a swipe at the likes of social media influencers. No one comes out of it particularly favourably, let’s put it that way.

“There’s a good cast lined up and I’m looking forward to working with them and seeing it all come together.”