TRADES:
Deadline
Variety
The Hollywood Reporter
The Wrap
WRITING SOFTWARE:
(I don’t knowingly endorse programs using AI) I use Final Draft and Highland 2, but I’ve tried everything.
Arc Studio Pro
CeltX
Fade In Pro
Final Draft
Highland
Scrivener
Slugline
Studio Binder
Trelby
Writer Duet
WRITERS ROOM/PRODUCTION:
Writers Room Pro
Miro
Scriptation
Google Docs Writers Room
NON-PROFITS:
Film Independent
UCLA Hollywood Diversity Report (2024)
Sundance Institute
Think Tank for Inclusion & Equity (TTIE)
Women In Film
The Writers Lab
HELPFUL WRITERS:
Scriptnotes w/ John August and Craig Mazin
Wordplayer Columns w/Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio
The (Javier / Javi) Grillo-Marxuach Experimental Design Bureau and his 11 Laws of Showrunning
By Ken Levine
Go Into The Story w/ Scott Myers
Bang2Write w/ Lucy V. Hay
Save The Cat w/ Blake Snyder (RIP – My old mentor)
WRITERS GUILDS:
WGA West – Writers Guild of America, West
Writers Guild Foundation
WGA Best Practices for Writers Rooms
WGA East – Writers Guild of America, East
WGC – Writers Guild of Canada
WGGB – Writers Guild of Great Britain
IAWG – International Affiliation of Writers Guilds
ACADEMIES/AWARDS:
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (Emmys)
Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (Oscars)
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTAs)
American Theatre Wing (Tonys)
Peabody Awards
Hollywood Foreign Press (HFP) (Golden Globes)
Independent Spirit Awards
REVIEWS/COMMENTARY:
Cinephilia and Beyond
Creative Screenwriting
IndieWire
MovieWeb
Rotten Tomatoes
Screen Anarchy
Screen Crush
Slant
The Film Stage
Reverse Shot
Moviemaker
Screen Rant
Script Mag
Total Film
SlashFilm
RESEARCH/DATA:
IMDb
Center for the Study of the Public Domain (at Duke Univ.)
AFI Lists
TV Tropes
Box Office Mojo
Letterboxd
Movie Poster DB
TasteDive
The Numbers
QuoDb
Variety’s Slanguage aka Slang Business Language
The Whiteboard of Banned Jokes on Workaholics
Logline It
CONTESTS/SERVICES:
Moviebytes (Massive repository of contests)
ScreenCraft
Film Freeway
Coverfly
PAGE
Roadmap Writers
The Black List
CONFERENCES/FESTIVALS:
“THE BIG FIVE”
Cannes Film Festival aka Festival de Cannes
Venice Film Festival aka La Biennale di Venezia
Berlin Film Festival aka Berlinale
Sundance Film Festival
Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) (Most popular in North America)
INDIE
Telluride Film Festival
Sundance Film Festival
Austin Film Festival (AFF) (Largest Screenwriter Conference)
Raindance Film Festival (UK)
Tribeca Film Festival
NOTABLE
New York Film Festival (NYFF at Lincoln Center)
Slamdance Film Festival (Utah)
Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) (Largest in USA)
Locarno Film Festival (Switzerland)
Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF)
CALIFORNIA
AFI Fest
American Film Market (AFM)
San Francisco Film Festival (Oldest in USA)
Santa Barbara Film Festival (SBFF)
Palm Springs Film Festival
Catalina Film Festival
AUSTIN
Austin Film Festival (AFF)
ATX TV Festival
Fantastic Festival (Austin – All Genre)
SXSW
ASIA
Busan Film Festival (China)
Shanghai International Film Festival (also SIFF)
Tokyo International Film Festival
THE SOUTH/MIDWEST
Atlanta Film Festival
Chicago International Film Festival (Longest Running Competive FF in North America)
Nashville Film Festival
UK
BFI London Film Festival (LFF)
British Urban Film Festival (BUFF)
Cambridge Film Festival (Longest Running in UK)
Edingburgh International TV Festival
Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF)( One of the Major European Festivals along w/ The Big Five)
FrightFest
Glasgow Film Festival (GFF)(Friendliest Film Festival in the World)
London Screenwriters Festival
Raindance Film Festival (UK)
London Indian Film Festival (LIFF)
SOUTH ASIAN/INDIAN-FOCUSED
London Indian Film Festival (LIFF)
Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA)
International Film Festival Of India (IFFI) (Oldest, Most Prestigious))
Mumbai Film Festival (MFF)
Dharamshala International Film Festival (DIFF)(Social Justice Focused)
Indian Film Festival Of Melbourne (IFFM)
CONS:
Anime Expo
Wondercon
San Diego Comic-Con
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