AN award-winning film maker from Fermanagh has said it has been “absolutely amazing” to see a hard-hitting ad campaign he helped to produce receive a prestigious award from the Royal Television Society.

Brian J Falconer, who won a BAFTA last year for the acclaimed Boogaloo and Graham, has enjoyed further success with the three short films his production company, Out of Orbit, made for the Police Federation of Northern Ireland’s #WeAreYou campaign.

The films, which were executively produced by Sam Taylor, of Birmingham-based video making company Tinker Taylor, focused on the everyday challenges facing police officers, following the mothers, fathers and granddaughters behind the uniform.

Within the first four weeks of their launch, they were watched by over one million viewers online.

Last week at the Royal Television Society’s Midlands Gala Award Ceremony, the #WeAreYou films won the Digital Creativity category.

Chairman of the Police Federation for Northern Ireland, Mark Lindsay, congratulated the team on its success.

He said: “We Are You struck a chord. We set out to challenge and confront some stereotypes and we succeeded. That, in no small measure, was due to the creativity of Tinker Taylor and the talented and Bafta award-winning Out of Orbit team.”

Speaking to the Impartial Reporter this week, Mr Falconer said it was “absolutely amazing” for their ad campaign to be named winner, as they were up against some tough competition.

The Out of Orbit team is also made up of Christopher Myers, who has family in Fermanagh, and John Beer.

The #WeAreYou films, directed by Mr Beer and produced by Mr Falconer and Mr Myers, were shot in the Belfast area with a local cast and crew. Reacting to the award for the campaign, Mr Falconer said he “just couldn’t believe it” when he heard #WeAreYou being called out.

He added that the next two years would be busy for Out of Orbit, with the Belfast-based company planning to produce two feature films. They also have a lot of other different projects in development.

It has been a good end to 2016 for the Fermanagh producer, with the Royal Television Society award coming shortly after he was named as a recipient of one of the British Film Institute’s 2016 Vision Awards.

The BFI’s Vision Awards, generally spread over two years, are designed to enable up-and-coming film producers to build and develop their companies, slates and creative relationships.

It had intended to give 20 awards in 2016, but increased that allocation to 22 in response to the number of strong applications it received.