Screen Directors Guild Ireland

04/12/2024

Reminder: Join us at our Directors in Dialogue Meeting Wed 4th Dec 6.30pm -

22/11/2024

Trish McAdam’s Songs of Blood and Destiny will have its Dublin Premiere in the IFI on 26th November 2024.

Based on the epic poem, iGirl, by Marina Carr, Songs of Blood and Destiny is an intellectually playful comment on the state of Homo Sapiens, past, present and future​.

ARENA RTE Radio 1 –

"Marina Carr’s iGirl has been reimagined into a striking feature film by visual artist and filmmaker Trish McAdam"

Songs of Blood and Destiny stars Eileen Walsh, Cathy Belton, Brian Gleeson, Brian Quinn, Ella Lilly Hyland and Holly Sturton.

There will be a Q&A after with Trish McAdam and Marina Carr, hosted by Alice Butler.

Tickets at https://ifi.ie/film/irish-focus-songs-of-blood-and-destiny/

Irish Film Institute (IFI)

www.trishmcadam.com

21/11/2024

Cultural and Creative Industries Skillnet (CCIS) is committed to delivering skills development activities that meet the current and future needs of the cultural and creative industries.

To help achieve this goal, they invite you to complete a brief survey.

Your feedback is crucial in ensuring CCIS can effectively address these needs.

Please submit before the end of November.

Complete the Survey here

20/11/2024

2024 Books for Screen Guide -

15/11/2024

05/11/2024

Reminder: Join us at Work in Progress Meeting Wed 6th Nov 6.30pm!!

https://sdgi.ie/reminder-join-us-at-work-in-progress-meeting-wed-6th-nov-6-30pm/

05/11/2024

Reminder: Join us at Work in Progress Meeting Wed 6th Nov 6.30pm -

22/10/2024

SDGI has partnered with Publishing Ireland again to create a presentation of Irish books with available screen rights exclusive to SDGI directors.

Books are everywhere. As a director you have examined many books for optioning for film and episodics but how can you filter through the mountains of new books published each year to find the best new stories in fiction and nonfiction?

We invite you to join us for an afternoon as Ireland’s major publishers will present their top available books everything from contemporary mysteries to period sagas, biographies, and true histories, for a diverse range of audiences. As well as those presenting, a range of Irish book publishers will be present to discuss the books they feel you would be interested in.

Directors will come away with an understanding of the range of stories being told in Ireland today and an analysis of the key trends of Irish readers today and into the future and maybe even an option deal signed for their next project!

Continue the conversation with publishers directly at the drinks Reception hosted by SDGI afterward.

Date: Friday 8th November 2024

Time: 4.30pm - 5.30pm Drinks Reception 5.30 onwards

Venue: Printworks in Dublin Castle ( if you go in the entrance of Dame Street near Chez Max the printworks is on the left-hand side)

RSVP: [email protected]

As we feel this is of interest to the wider industry, non members, writers, producers and filmmakers welcome.

21/10/2024

Invite: Option that Book! Event for Directors 8th November -

10/10/2024

Alan Bradley's documentary 'Anorexia, My Family and Me' is airing on RTÉ ONE on Monday, 14th October at 21:35

- narrated by Angela Scanlon and intimately follows 3 families as they deal with one of the most fatal of mental health conditions - anorexia.

09/10/2024

Still time to apply for our Exploring Reality 2 residential immersive training in Cork!

This training programme will incorporate masterclasses from visiting international directors and industry professionals, exploring a variety of approaches to documentary film making. It will also include sessions on the business of international landscape for factual and documentary work now.

Exploring Reality 2 is a residential programme and will take place in Barnabrow Country House in County Cork in November 2024.

Deadline is 10th October 2024 at 5pm

https://sdgi.ie/launch-of-exploring-reality-apply-now/

01/10/2024

Deadline Extended! Apply now to Exploring Reality immersive residential training for documentary directors -

30/09/2024

Join us at Work in Progress Meeting Wed 2nd Oct 6.30pm -

29/09/2024

Exploring Reality 2.

Deadline is 30th September 2024 at 3pm!!

This training programme will incorporate masterclasses from visiting international directors and industry professionals, exploring a variety of approaches to documentary film making. It will also include sessions on the business of international landscape for factual and documentary work now.

Apply Now!

https://sdgi.ie/launch-of-exploring-reality-apply-now/

25/09/2024

The Irish Film Institute (IFI) Documentary Festival Opening Gala Screening is the World Premiere of 'The Gap in Consent' - Directed by Tom Burke https://ifi.ie/docfest/

20/09/2024

Apply now for Exploring Reality 2 SDGI's Residential programme for will incorporate a variety of approaches to documentary film making.https://sdgi.ie/our-work/programmes/exploring-reality/

Exploring Reality is a Documentary skills series launched by the Screen Directors Guild of Ireland

Exploring Reality is a unique series of workshops built on the talent of creative documentary directors that brings together a series of combined talks, workshops and masterclasses designed by documentary directors, for documentary directors.

We want to strengthen the ability of directors to produce innovative work so that they can take a creative and active role in the evolving market for documentary and respond to the trends in ground-breaking, collaborative, and interdisciplinary ways. Exploring Reality training programme will strike a balance between inspirational masterclasses and hands-on sessions to help directors as they explore the infinite creative solutions and possibilities open to them.



Exploring Reality 2 is a residential programme and will take place in Barnabrow Country House in County Cork in November 2024. Each applicant will pay a fee of €200. This includes access to the full training programme and assurance of full accommodation for 4 nights with all meals included. It will be an intensive 4 day experience, full of film screenings, discussion and analysis and the chance to meet wonderfully talented filmmakers of all kinds..

This year there will be two modules:

MODULE 1 is for emerging documentary film directors based in Ireland and will take place from the 4th to the 7th November (inclusive). Each applicant should have previously made at least one documentary for broadcast/festival release. To apply for this module, please email [email protected] with a full and comprehensive CV and attach links to your work. Please include information on an upcoming project you would like to bring to the workshop for discussion. Interviews will take place over zoom.

MODULE 2 is for experienced documentary film directors based in Ireland and will take place from the 25th to the 28th November (inclusive). Each applicant should have previously made at least five documentaries for broadcast/festival release. To apply for this module, please email [email protected] with a full and comprehensive CV and attach links to your work. Please include information on an upcoming project you would like to bring to the workshop for discussion. Interviews will take place over zoom.



Deadline is 30th September 2024 at 3pm. See SDGI Website for more details.

29/08/2024

We invite members to join us at our 'Work in Progress' meeting on Wed., 4th Sept at 6.30pm at Windmill Lane Studios.

"connect and share experiences"

https://sdgi.ie/join-us-at-work-in-progress-meeting-wed-4th-sept-6-30pm/