Screen Directors Guild of Ireland

The Screen Directors Guild of Ireland is delighted to announce the sixth annual Directors Finders Series run in association with the Directors Guild of America.

This event presents Irish feature directors a unique opportunity to screen their film in the prestigious DGA Theatre, Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles to key distributors & film industry representatives in an effort to gain a US distribution deal.

This opportunity also affords the winning director a unique networking experience during their time in LA in order to enhance & develop their international directorial career.

Criteria
The film must be shot in Ireland and directors must be members of SDGI (new membership is available to directors working in Ireland, subject to certain criteria). The film can be fiction or documentary and must be feature length. The feature must not have US distribution. There is no timeline stipulation and the decision will be made by an international panel of industry experts including a representative from UK distribution house, Pathe! UK.

Entry Deadline is Friday 11th June 2010.

Enquires
michelle@sdgi.ie or by calling 087 814 0713
Application forms available here or by emailing Michelle Connolly, Production Manager on the above email.

The SDGI AGM 2009 was held on Wednesday 2nd of December in the Sycamore Club, Temple Bar.

An update on the Screen Directors Guild of Ireland activies is outlined in the SDGI AGM document.

The SDGI Animation Directory lists over 60 directors working in the medium of animation.

This directory represents a very fine collection of animation directing talent in Ireland. In the very near future you will be able to view samples of the directors work on this website. Our live action directors will be represented there also. So well done to Steve Woods in particular for getting this organised and I hope it acts as a catalyst in the recognition of animation directors in Ireland.

Ciaran Donnelly
Chairman
Screen Directors Guild of Ireland