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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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Directors Calendar

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  • Events

October 14, 2024

DocCelerator Open Industry

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October 14, 2024

National Talent Academies | Sustainability Day

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October 14, 2024

With Jeremy Zag and Aton Soumache: Discover the World of Animation Filmmaking

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October 15, 2024

Production & Marketing for HETV Series Talks with Noreen O’Toole

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October 15, 2024

2nd Assistant Director (Casualty)

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October 15, 2024

IFTA SCREEN: DYNAMIC | DIVERSE

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October 15, 2024

Walking the Labyrinth Screening & How To Get Your Short Film Made

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October 15, 2024

Industry Masterclass with Jonathan Nolan

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October 16, 2024

With John Coven and Briana Yarhouse: How to Become an Animator?

  • Residencies

October 17, 2024

UCC/Arts Council Film Artist in Residence 2025

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October 17, 2024

EUNIC Short Shorts from Europe Film Fest

  • Festivals

October 17–20, 2024

Kerry International Film Festival

  • Other

October 18, 2024

Multidisciplinary Workshop with Twisted Lane

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October 18, 2024

NI Screen: Puttnam Scholarship Programme for Disabled Film Makers

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October 21, 2024

X-Pollinator 2025: Online Launch & Panel Discussion

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October 21, 2024

SPARK

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October 22, 2024

Neil Jordan – A Journey Through Cinema and Literature

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October 23–28, 2024

Westival

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October 23, 2024

Prepping Your Animation Pitch For A Global Market with Sarah Maizes

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October 23–26, 2024

GENERATION Fleadh

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October 24–27, 2024

Clones Film Festival

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October 24–28, 2024

IFI Horrorthon

  • Funding

October 25, 2024

Cine4 Development Scheme

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October 25, 2024

Series Mania Institute: Pitch Deck

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October 25–27, 2024

Ennis International Fantastic FilmFest

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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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