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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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  • Submissions

December 11, 2024

ilDÁNA

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December 12, 2024

WFT Short Film Showcase 2024

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December 12, 2024

Ireland’s Young Filmmaker of the Year, IFI Showcase 2024

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December 12, 2024

‘Thinking Through Images in Higher Education: Strategies for Teaching the Video Essay in Theory and Practice’

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December 12, 2024

Creative Europe: Cooperation Projects Info Webinar

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December 13, 2024

Visions du Réel International Film Festival Nyon

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December 13, 2024

Open City Documentary Festival 2025

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December 13, 2024

Visions du Réel

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December 20, 2024

Longford Short Film Bursary Awards 2025

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December 31, 2024

European Writers Club: Bridging Generations

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January 4, 2025 to November 18, 2024

First Fortnight Festival

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January 10, 2025

Irish Film Festa: Short Films

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January 10, 2025

RTS Ireland Awards

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January 10, 2025

Ireland’s Young Filmmaker of the Year Awards

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January 27, 2025

dok.incubator INT

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January 31, 2025

Whickers Film & TV Funding Award

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February 2, 2025

Catalyst International Film Festival

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February 6, 2025

FÍS TV Summit

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February 20 to March 2, 2025

Dublin International Film Festival

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February 21, 2025

ilDÁNA 2025

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February 28, 2025

Sheffield DocFest Film and VR

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March 18, 2025 to November 23, 2024

ACE Animation Special

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March 31, 2025

Female Filmmakers Festival Berlin

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May 9, 2025

Annual Meeting of Directors 2025

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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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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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