Books
- Screenwriting: The Sequence Approach
by Paul Joseph Gulino
- Story
by Robert McKee
Film Festival Conferences
- Austin Film Festival, Austin, TX, screenwriting conference
- Hot Docs Conference & Market, Toronto, ON – check out their Resources page for videos and publications about documentary filmmaking
- TIFF Industry Conference, Toronto, ON
Film schools
- Australian Film, Television and Radio School, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Capilano University School of Motion Picture Arts, North Vancouver, BC
- Columbia University School of the Arts Film Program, New York, NY
- Concordia University, The Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, Montreal, QC
- National Film and Television School, Beaconsfield, UK
- SAIT Film and Video Production, Calgary, AB
- Toronto Film School, Toronto, ON
- University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts, Los Angeles, CA
- Vancouver Film School, Vancouver, BC
Animation schools
- Brigham Young University Center for Animation, Provo, UT
- Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg Institute of Animation, Ludwigsburg, Germany
- Media Design School, Auckland, New Zealand
- MoPA Computer Graphics Animation School, Arles, France
- Ringling College of Art + Design, Sarasota, FL
Training
Software
- Trelby – free screenwriting program
Websites
- How do we evaluate films? has a list of 14 criteria that we use to evaluate short films – half focused on the story and half focused on filmmaking – and 12 embedded films to watch that illustrate (or contradict) these criteria including a short directed by Denis Villeneuve
- Movie Making Manual
- PRIMAA’s Filmmaking Resources – Grande Prairie’s filmmakers’ cooperative has compiled a great selection of training videos and resources for filmmakers
- Research – Stephen Follows’ film data and education website has a LOT of great information for filmmakers including:
- Submission platforms – see FilmFreeway vs Withoutabox and the rest for a list of submission platforms