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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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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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Irish directors come from a long tradition of storytellers, and tell great screen stories across the global stage. Search our unique database to find world-class Irish directors of film, TV, documentary, animation, commercials, music videos and shorts.

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Directors Calendar

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  • Submissions

April 21, 2025

Louth International Film Festival

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April 23, 2025

The Listening Pitch

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April 24, 2025

Creative Europe Desk Ireland Skills and Talent Developmen

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April 24, 2025

Bloomsday Film Festival

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April 24, 2025

Arts Council Agility Award

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April 25–27, 2025

TITE Film Festival

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6pm April 30, 2025

SDGI x Irish Writers Union Speed Networking

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April 30, 2025

Facing In/Facing Out: A Development Workshop for Screenwriters

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May 1, 2025

Leitrim Artist Mentorship Programme

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May 5, 2025

Talent Camp Odense (Denmark)

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May 6, 2025

Culture Ireland | Regular Grant Scheme

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May 7, 2025

Directors Work in Progress

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May 7, 2025

Arts and Disability Connect Round One 2025

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May 8, 2025

Emerging Directors Awards 2025

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May 8, 2025

FilmOffaly Documentary Mentorship 2025 – Mentors Wanted

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May 9, 2025

Annual Meeting of Directors 2025

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May 9, 2025

FilmOffaly Smartphone Filmmaking Course

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May 11, 2025

Creative Heartlands Adaptation Film Bursary

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May 12, 2025

The Marketplace at Galway Film Fair

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May 14, 2025

Creative Europe: TV & Online Content

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May 20, 2025

Austin Film Festival

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May 22–25, 2025

Fastnet Film Festival

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May 23, 2025

Announcing Animation Ireland’s Meitheal 2025

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May 28, 2025

Small Sparks

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May 30, 2025

Cork International Film Festival

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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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Megan K. Fox

Megan K. Fox is one of two directors on comedy horror series Video Nasty screening on Virgin Media and BBC 3 and BBC NI. Megan directs episodes 4 and 5 of 6 episodes, with veteran UK horror director Christopher Smith directing episodes 1, 2, 3 and 6. Video Nasty tells the story of three mostly normal…

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2025 IFTA Awards

Congratulations to all the brilliant directors nominated for the 2025 IFTA Awards DIRECTOR – FILM Eva Birthistle – Kathleen Is Here John Crowley – We Live in Time Brian Durnin – Spilt Milk Damian McCarthy – Oddity Christine Molloy, Joe Lawlor – Baltimore Rich Peppiatt-  Kneecap   DIRECTOR – DRAMA Paddy Breathnach – The Dry Brian Kirk – The Day of the Jackal…

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