Screen Directors Guild of Ireland

The Screen Directors Guild of Ireland is delighted to announce the seventh 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 1st July 2011.

Enquires
valerie@sdgi.ie or by calling 01 633 7747
Application forms available here or by emailing Valerie Zaporozceva, Assistant to Executive Director, on the above email.

The winning Director of the 2010 Directors Finders Series was Ian Power with his film 'The Runway'.

The film was launched at a Presentation Ceremony run in conjunction with the Guild's tenth anniversary celebrations & attended by internationally renowned directors, Michael Apted & Sir Alan Parker.
The Runway’ also premiered at The Galway Film Fleadh in 2010 and picked up the award for Best Irish Feature.

Ian travelled to Los Angeles at the end of September and met with distributors, studios and agents. This culminated in the screening of the film in the DGA Theatre on Sunset Boulevard to an invited audience of major U.S film agents, distributors, press and industry professionals on Friday 1st October. This was followed by a Q&A session chaired by internationally acclaimed director, Jim Sheridan. Ian remains in communication with a number of distributors regarding the feature following the screening and is in discussion with other industry representatives regarding forthcoming projects.

“All told, the Director’s Finders Series far exceeded my expectations. I had thought that it would be a good opportunity for the film and for me as a director, but the truth is that it was a great opportunity.” – Ian Power

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 Screen Directors Guild of Ireland, in association with the Directors Guild of America (DGA), is delighted to announce the 5th Annual Directors Finders Series 2009.

The Directors Finders Series Award presents an Irish director with an opportunity to showcase their film in the state of the art Director’s Guild of America Theatre, Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles to an audience of American Distributors and industry professionals with a view to securing a U.S.A distribution deal. The Directors Finders Series spotlights works of fiction, documentary or drama feature submissions from Irish Directors who have not secured U.S distribution for their films.

An international panel of experts, including a representative from Pathe U.K will select the winning Director and film who will then travel to Los Angeles where an official screening will take place on Friday 7th August 2009 in the DGA Theatre.

SDGI will launch the winning film on Thursday 16th July in Dublin in The Morrison Hotel at a special awards ceremony hosted by internationally acclaimed Directors Neil Jordan & Jim Sheridan.

Overall, last years series was outstandingly successful, with overwhelming industry attendances at both the Dublin & Los Angeles events. The Screen Directors Guild of Ireland is proud to present the 2009 Directors Finders Series.

The submission deadline for applications - 27th April 2009.

For further information contact Michelle Connolly on michelle@sdgi.ie

Proudly supported by: The Irish Film Board, The Directors Guild of America, Culture Ireland, American Airlines, Paulaner & The Morrison Hotel.