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

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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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  • Training

March 24, 2025

Transitioning from Documentary to Drama Directing | April 2025

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March 27, 2025

Dublin Editors: In Conversation with Michelle Tesoro ACE

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March 28, 2025

Expression of Interest Camera Department Fundamentals

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March 28, 2025

Queer Spectrum Film Festival

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March 28, 2025

Screen wexford Film Professional Development Fund 2025

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March 28, 2025

Screen Wexford Shadowing Fund

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March 31, 2025

Female Filmmakers Festival Berlin

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March 31, 2025

Boyne Valley International Film Festival

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  • Submissions

March 31, 2025

VM Discovers 6

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March 31, 2025

PRISMA

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6:30pm April 2, 2025

SDGI x Writers Guild of Ireland Speed Networking

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April 3–4, 2025

Storyhouse

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April 5–6, 2025

Inside the Industry: Breaking into Animation & VFX

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April 8, 2025

Screen Ireland x SDGI Communications Session

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April 8, 2025

The Animators Workshop with Adam’s Animation Academy

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April 9, 2025

Online Scriptwriting Workshop with Laurie Hutzler

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April 11, 2025

Cannes Film Awards

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April 14, 2025

starGAZE 2025

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April 15, 2025

Council of Europe’s Pilot Programme for Series Co-Productions

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April 18, 2025

Docs Ireland Marketplace

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April 23, 2025

The Listening Pitch

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April 24, 2025

The Arts Council Agility Award

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April 24, 2025

Bloomsday Film Festival

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6pm April 30, 2025

SDGI x Irish Writers Union Speed Networking

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May 1, 2025

Leitrim Artist Mentorship Programme

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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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