German director Oliver Hirschbiegel (Downfall, Five Minutes of Heaven) is to be a special guests at the SDGI annual directors meeting in Dublin tonight, 22nd of November.
Hirschbiegel is set to join Irish directors in a guest-only dialogue, which will be moderated by IFTA and Emmy winning director Dearbhla Walsh (Little Dorrit, The Tudors).
The SDGI Foras na Gaeilge Award will also be awarded on the night. The cash prize award of €5,000 will go to an Irish director for his or her outstanding work in the Irish language. The winner will be announced by Paddy Breathnach (I Went Down, Man About Dog).
The event will also be launching a new partnership between SDGI and ARRI Alexa cameras, which will support directors with free use of their state-of-the-art equipment. Birch Hamilton, SDGI’s Executive Director speaking about the partnership said, “Directors are the lifeblood of the digital age and despite the landscape of film and TV changing, the director is the fulcrum around which a strong and vibrant film and TV industry is built.”
