Screen Directors Guild of Ireland
The Guild is a representative body supporting over 160 Screen Directors working across the genres of film, television, animation, video art and commercials. The Guild is at the forefront of campaigning for the economic rights of Directors and raises their status as creators of their work.
Irish Screen Directors contribute a huge amount to Society and popular culture within Ireland and beyond resulting in the increased export potential of work through the creation of successful industry projects such as the 'Directors Finders Series'.
The Guild supports its members with a range of legal issues e.g. contracts and is in the process of establishing the first Irish Collecting Society (Screen Directors Collecting Society of Ireland) which will distribute payment to Directors for secondary transmission of their work in foreign, UK and the Republic of Ireland territories by signing off on agreements with other Societies and Broadcasters.
Throughout the year the SDGI hosts a number of events:
Directors Finders Series Award: 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, L.A to an audience of American distributors & industry professionals with a view to securing a U.S distribution deal. An international panel of experts, including a representative from Pathe U.K selects the winning Director.
Overall, last years series was outstandingly successful, with overwhelming industry attendances at both the Dublin & L.A events. The Screen Directors Guild of Ireland is very excited about the 2009 Directors Finders Series.
Mentoring Programmes: An opportunity for Directors to go on location and watch another Director at work. The programmes have been a very successful and the most recent mentoring was conducted by IFTA award winning Director Ciaran Donnelly ('Spooks', 'The Tudors', 'George Gently' and 'Stardust' and Chairman of the Guild).
Directors Clubs: Six times a year the Guild hosts this event in the Guild's state of the art screening room in Temple Bar. The clubs involves a Director screening their most recent project before an informal Q&A session. The screening room was made possible through the generous support of SONY Home Entertainment.
SDGI Board of Directors: Ciaran Donnelly (Chairman), Lenny Abrahamson, Declan Recks, Jim Sheridan, Trish McAdam, Lance Daly, Terry Loane, Conor Horgan and Neil Jordan.
Contact: Claire McEwen – Acting Executive Director Email: claire@sdgi.ie
If you would like more information about the Guild please visit http://www.sdgi.ie
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