Guidelines now available for Director Conceptual Development Fund
Posted: 7th May 2020
Guidelines are now available and applications will open for The Voice: a new Director Conceptual Development Fund on Monday, 18th of May.
Screen Ireland and the Screen Directors Guild of Ireland are collaborating on ‘The Voice’: a conceptual development fund for directors which will invest in the vision of the director to develop high-value projects for film, TV (animation and live action) and documentary.
The Voice aims to generate exceptional screen work with the early creative leadership of a director and refined development before bringing it to a producer/financier. At the end of this process, directors will have created a proof of concept for a feature film or television show ready to take to a production company or to the market directly.
During the COVID-19 pandemic and the unprecedented impact it continues to have on the screen industries, Screen Ireland’s key priority is to provide practical and effective funding measures to support production companies and creative talent, across feature film, TV drama, animation and documentary.
For creative talent, aong with The Voice, this includes support for writers in the form of enhanced investment for existing screenwriting schemes. Producers can apply for schemes such as the Strategic Slate Development Fund, Enhanced Project Development Fund, and Strategy and Financial Planning support for production companies. The overall aim of these measures is to aid production companies and creative talent in developing a strong slate of quality projects, so that the industry can emerge from the current situation in a position to scale up production activity.