Screen Directors Guild Ireland

2024 Books for Screen Guide -

2024 Books for Screen Guide

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

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

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

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

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.

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/

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/

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.