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European and Irish legislation ensures Screen Directors get a fair share of remuneration from their work and includes new rights to: fair pay; transparent information; possible additional remuneration and a way to revoke a licence. If you are asked to waive your rights or agree to a buy-out, don’t!

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  • Training

January 22, 2025

Oxbelly Retreat Screenwriters Program

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January 23 to February 2, 2025

Sundance Film Festival

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January 26, 2025

Yola Language Heritage Project

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January 27, 2025

dok.incubator INT

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January 27, 2025

dok.incubator INT

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January 27, 2025

Look Aside Film Funds

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January 28, 2025

S481 Screen Talks: In Conversation with Joel Church-Cooper

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January 28, 2025

NI Screen Screenwriting Seminar: An Introduction to Genre

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January 31, 2025

Whickers Film & TV Funding Award

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January 31, 2025

Engine Short Film Scheme

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January 31, 2025

Fastnet Film Festival

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January 31, 2025

Female Eye Film Festival

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February 2, 2025

Catalyst International Film Festival

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February 3, 2025

Screen Ireland Production & Distribution Funding

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February 5, 2025

NI Screen: Crafting Compelling Crime Dramas

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February 5, 2025

Limerick Creative Communities Small Grant Scheme

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February 6, 2025

FÍS TV Summit

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February 6, 2025

The Big Pitcher

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February 7, 2025

Focus Shorts

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February 8, 2025

Directed by Her

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February 10, 2025

Galway Film Fleadh Feature Film Submissions

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February 10, 2025

Meath Film Festival

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February 10, 2025

Naas Film Festival

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February 12, 2025

Limerick Grants Under the Arts Act Scheme

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February 13, 2025

Arts Council Film Bursary Award

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Some Highlights from Our Annual Meeting of Directors

We’d like to thank our members, friends and partners who came out in force at our Annual Meeting of Directors on Friday, 10th May 2024.    Some Highlights from Our Annual Meeting of Directors Attendance: 74 directors joined us for the event. Open Discussion: We had a productive open discussion on the state of the industry for…

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SDGI Newsletter • June 2024

We hope you have all received your June 2024 newsletter – which has gone out to members, subscribers and friends. Lots to dig into in this month’s edition, which is packed again with everything you need to know for your directing career. We hope to see you next week at the Documentary Alliance event on…

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ARRI ALEXA

SDGI ARRI ALEXA TAKE

We are delighted to launch SDGI ARRI ALEXA TAKE – now open for applications! We encourage you to apply! The Screen Directors Guild of Ireland (SDGI) is excited to present the SDGI ARRI ALEXA TAKE, an initiative crafted to empower directors by providing a platform for exploration. This initiative welcomes both ambitious project proposals and…

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