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We promote the economic and creative rights of screen directors and raise awareness of their role and status as artists.

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Know Your Rights

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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Susanne Bier Announced as Honorary Guest at Annual Meeting of Directors

SDGI is honoured to have Susanne Bier as our Guest of Honour  at the Screen Directors Guild of Ireland’s 19th Annual Meeting of Directors 2022. Bier has directed the Netflix film ‘Bird Box’ (2018) and the international series ‘The Night Manager’ (2016), which won two Emmys and three Golden Globes, ‘The Undoing’ (2020) and ‘The First Lady (2022).…

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19th Annual Meeting of Directors 20th May 2022

The Screen Directors Guild of Ireland’s 19th Annual Meeting of Directors will take place on Friday 20th May 2022 from 10.30am in the MOLI Museum, 86 St Stephen’s Green Dublin 2. Susanne Bier is our Honorary Guest this year and will receive Honorary Membership of The Screen Directors Guild of Ireland and join directors in dialogue with…

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Role of Director Workshop

Lack of understanding of the role of director can often lead to challenges with trainers, funders, producers, crew. SDGI is working with Adare HR to create a detailed framework of skills and craft of the role of director. The aim of this is for trainers, producers, funders to understand with detail the skills and talent of a director by looking at the an entire framework. We hope that you can use…

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Ethics in Documentary Workshop

In a rapidly changing and increasingly tightened production schedules for documentary, understanding and staying connected to the ethics around documentary is critical  to protect the director and all involved in making a documentary. SDGI would like to create a Code of Ethics for Documentary to support directors in what is often considered a grey area…

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Membership

Don’t’ miss out on advancing your career as a director. Join SDGI and be part of the Director’s community. We are at every table making your voice heard on the issues that matter. Our campaigns are driven by our collective strength and have your say in issues for directors.

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Directors Calendar

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  • Funding

March 27, 2024

PITCH MUSIC SERIES

  • Events

March 27, 2024

Online Career Clinic for Creatives

  • Funding

March 29, 2024

NI Screen Feature Documentary Development Application Call

  • Funding

March 29, 2024

NI Feature Documentary Development

  • Training

March 29, 2024

”Become a Self-Shooting PD” – Belfast

  • Training

March 29, 2024

Mentoring Carers in the Screen Industry: Open Call for Mentors

  • Festivals

March 30, 2024

Dublin Smartphone Film Festival

  • Submissions

March 31, 2024

Boyne Valley International Film Festival

  • Submissions

March 31, 2024

May The 4th Sci-Fi Film Festival

  • Residencies

March 31, 2024

Kino Guarimba international film training program 12-day artistic residency in Calabria

  • Submissions

April 1, 2024

Wscripted’s Fourth Cannes Screenplay List

  • Funding

April 2, 2024

Innovation WIP

  • Submissions

April 2, 2024

Storyland 2024

  • Other

April 3, 2024

Emerging Directors Awards 2024

  • SDGI Events

April 3, 2024

Directors in Dialogue

  • Festivals

April 4 to March 7, 2024

Irish Film Festa

  • Funding

April 4, 2024

PITCH DOCUDRAMA SERIES

  • Submissions

April 4, 2024

Coimisún Na Meán Sound & Vision Round 53 | VMTV Call for Submissions

  • Submissions

April 5, 2024

Irish Pavilion at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival and Marché du Film

  • Funding

April 5, 2024

PITCH FEELGOOD FORMATS

  • Events

April 5, 2024

FÍS Games Summit 2024

  • Training

April 6, 2024

First Steps to Filmmaking: A Careers Workshop for the Irish d/Deaf Community

  • Other
  • Submissions

April 7, 2024

Channel 4 First Cut Pitch

  • Training

April 7, 2024

The WideShot: Talent Development Programme for Young Diverse Storytellers

  • Training

April 7, 2024

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Campaigns

We campaign for the creative and economic rights of directors by influencing industry policy and practice — everywhere our members are impacted.

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Programmes

Our programmes offer screen directors vital opportunities for creative and professional growth.

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ARRI ALEXA TAKE

This creative launchpad supports experimental and conceptual visual films using the ARRI ALEXA camera to spark discovery and inspiration.

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Foras na Gaeilge

This annual SDGI award recognises outstanding contributions by directors with work in the Irish language.

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Mentorship

We match and facilitate funding of director mentoring for confidential creative and moral support.

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Finders Series

Winning Irish directors are selected to showcase their work in LA's Director's Guild of America Theatre annually.

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The Voice Fund for Directors

The Voice is a creative conceptual development fund designed with Screen Ireland aimed at investing in the vision of a director to develop high value, well refined projects for feature film and television. The Voice aims to generate exceptional screen work with the early creative leadership of a director and refined development before bringing it…

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