PAVEE LACKEEN Selected for DGI America Finders Series
The Screen Directors Guild of Ireland is proud to announce that the recipient of the Directors Guild of America Finders Series 2005 is director Perry Ogden for his film Pavee Lackeen.The screening of Pavee Lackeen will take place in the Directors Guild of America in Los Angeles on October 28th. Perry Ogden will attend the screening and participate in a post screening Q & A. The purpose of the series is to spotlight undistributed low budget and/or independent feature films and their directors.
The Director’s Finder Series, initiated by the Independent Directors Committee of the DGA chaired by Steven Soderberg, has, since its inception, screened more than 75 independent films. Of those films, approximately one third have gone on to secure distribution. Participating filmmakers have directly acknowledged the Director’s Finders Series as providing the key screening which eventually led to their films being picked up.