Books

• Screenwriting: The Sequence Approach by Paul Joseph Gulino
• Story by Robert McKee

Film Festival Conferences

• Austin Film Festival, Austin, TX, screenwriting conference
• 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
• Hamburg Media School, Hamburg, Germany
• 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

• CFC (Canadian Film Centre), Toronto, ON
• GIFTS (The Gulf Islands Film and Television School), Galiano Island, BC
• NSI (National Screen Institute), Winnipeg, MB

Internships

• CMPA (Canadian Media Production Association) National Mentorship Program for film, television, and interactive media production internships

Software

• celtx – free Basic Scriptwriting program
• 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
• Pixar’s Rules of Storytelling
• The Story Spine: Pixar’s 4th Rule of Storytelling
• 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:
  • The seismic shift in the world of film festivals
  • Film School Director
  • Is Seed & Spark’s high crowdfunding success rate for real?
• Star Wars: The Phantom Menace Review by Red Letter Media– the 10-minute segments below present a bitingly funny critique that covers the basics of any Screenwriting 101 course you could take but in a far more entertaining fashion
  • Part 1 of 7
  • Part 2 of 7
  • Part 3 of 7
  • Part 4 of 7
  • Part 5 of 7
  • Part 6 of 7
  • Part 7 of 7
• Submission platforms – see FilmFreeway vs Withoutabox and the rest for a list of submission platforms

Alberta filmmaker/media arts cooperatives offering workshops and courses

• CSIF (Calgary Society of Independent Filmmakers)
• FAVA (Film and Video Arts Society Alberta), Edmonton
• PRIMAA (Peace Region Independent Media Arts Association), Grande Prairie