Screen Directors Guild of Ireland

In the first of two Directors Club Animation Specials to be hosted by SDGI aiming at supporting the Animation sector in a very direct and practical way Paul Bolger's 'Happily N'Ever After' was screened in Denzille Lane Cinema on April 29th.

In dialogue with Tomm Moore of Cartoon Saloon following the screening, Paul described his experiences of directing his first animation feature covering areas such as funding and budget, the challenges associated with managing the different specialist animation units which worked on the film all over the world and the pitfalls to watch out for such as finding and signing the music for the film.
Attending directors got a real insight into the making of an animation feature and were looking forward to the next Animation Special event on May 22nd featuring acclaimed international French director Michel Ocelot.

Location, Location, Location ! Its a crucial decision - not just for buying a house - but for shooting movies. The perfect location offers fantastic landscapes, convenient access and nearby production facilities. But most of all .. it offers talented filmmakers.

Why not find out more by attending the Cross Borders: New Directors Debut in Drogheda on Thursday April 3rd in the Droichead Arts Centre, Stockwell Street, Drogheda, Co Louth.
A bus will leave from the Kilkenny Design Centre at 4.30pm on Thursday and return at approx 11pm.
If you would like to attend the event and/or reserve a place on the bus contact Fiona Ashe at info@asheproductions.org.

Dublin's Northside in the late seventies bought back many happy memories for those attending the Directors Club screening of Marian Quinn's debut feature '32A'. Fresh from screenings at the Berlinale Film Festival were it was nominated in the 14Plus Category and the New York Film Festival, Marians coming of age tail truly captured the joys and pains of growing up in Dublin.

A lively Q&A session followed the screening with Marian giving insights into the different challenges she encountered when making the film and how these were overcome.

The next Directors Club will take place on April 29th and which we are delighted to announce will feature for the first time an animation feature - Paul Bolgers Happily N'ever After.

The SDGI Director - Actor speed dating event in association with The Attic took place on Tuesday March 4th in Filmbase. Directors and actors took their seats at 7.30 with the movement of actors around the participating directors being controlled by a hearty blow of a referees whistle by every three minutes. 

In all over 35 actors were given the opportunity to showcase their work to the assembled gathering of over 15 directors. The pace remained fast with the final blow of the whistle happening at 10pm. If you missed the event but would like an opportunity to review the participating actors CV's and headshots call Liz Dodd on 01 6337747 on Mondays and Tuesdays.
All attending agreed that the event was very successful with some attending directors delighted to have identified actors which they would like to meet again with a view to casting immediately for up and coming projects.

Ronan Burke is the lucky winner of the 2 day edit on FCP at EGG Post Production to complete / update his directors showreel to DVD.

Alison O' Reilly won the second prize of dinner for 4 at the beautiful Brasserie Vers en Verres at the Radisson SAS Royal Hotel in Dublin.Congratulations to both our winners