Filmmaking Resources

Filmmaking Resources:
Altered Esthetics - www.alteredesthetics.com
Creative Capital - www.creative-capital.org
FilmFestivals Entertainment Group - www.filmfestivalspro.com
Filmmaker Magazine -www.filmmakermagazine.com
Filmmaker Magazine's Do-It-Yourself Distribution Guide
indieWIRE - www.indiewire.com
Internet Movie Database (IMDB) - www.imdb.com
mnartists.org - www.mnartists.org
Movie Bytes - www.moviebytes.com
Winnipeg Film Group - www.winnipegfilmgroup.com
Zoetrope.com - www.zoetrope.com

Screenwriting Resources:
Minnesota Screenwriters' Workshop - www.screenwritersworkshop.org
American Accolades Screenwriting Competition - www.americanaccolades.com
AMPAS Screenwriting Fellowships - www.oscars.org/nicholl/index.html
Chesterfield Writers' Film Project - www.chesterfield-co.com

Companies + Vendors:
Cinequipt - www.cinequipt.com
DVDTransfer.com - www.dvdtransfer.com
Innovative Business Products - www.innovativebp.com
Kodak - www.kodak.com
Lights On Minneapolis - www.lightson.com
Pixel Farm - www.pixelfarm.com
Z Systems - www.zsyst.com
Kristian Derek Ball, Sound - kristianderekball.com
Michael Croswell, Composer - www.pkfmusic.com
Chan Poling, Composer - www.chanpoling.com
Todd Syring, Composer - www.syringmusic.com
Gavin Lake, Composer - www.gavinlake.com
Inner Chamber Guns - innerchamberguns.com

Funders:
Bush Foundation - www.bushfoundation.org
Corporation for Public Broadcasting - www.cpb.org
Independent Television Service (ITVS) - www.itvs.org
Jerome Foundation - www.jeromefdn.org
Metropolitan Regional Arts Council - www.mrac.org
MN State Arts Board - www.arts.state.mn.us

Youth Media Resources - Local:
Phillips Community Television (PCTV) - www.phillipscommunitytv.org
Center for International Education - www.thecie.org
In Progress - www.in-progress.org
Minneapolis Television Network - www.mtn.org
Saint Paul Neighborhood Network - www.spnn.org
Perpich Center for Arts Education - www.mcae.k12.mn.us
TVbyGIRLS - www.tvbygirls.tv

Youth Media Resources - National:
Listen Up! - www.listenup.org
Educational Video Center - www.evc.org
Youth Media Distribution - www.ymdi.org
Young People's Media Network - www.ypmn.blogspot.com
UNICEF's MAGIC - www.unicef.org/magic
Freechild - www.freechild.org/YouthMediaOrgs.htm
Youth Rights Media - www.youthrightsmedia.org

Media Arts Organizations:
Asian Media Access - www.amamedia.org
Cinema Revolution Society- www.cinemarevolution.com
Digital Pictures - www.digitalpictures.com
Directors Guild of America - www.dga.org
www.filmmakersalliance.com - www.filmmakersalliance.com
IFP - www.ifp.org
www.itvs.org - www.itvs.org
Intermedia Arts - www.intermediaarts.org
Minnesota Film & TV Board - www.mnfilmtv.org
National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture - www.namac.org
Northern Guild - www.thenorthernguild.com
Springboard for the Arts - www.springboardforthearts.org
Writers Guild of America - www.wga.org

Research:
Film Threat - www.filmthreat.com
Filmmaker.com - www.filmmaker.com
IndieFilmmaker - www.indiefilmmaker.org
LA.COM - www.la.com
The Numbers - www.the-numbers.com

Business Plan Resources:
Business Plan for Films - www.megadox.com/docdetail.php/5459?a_id=74
Understanding film financing and writing business plans - www.moviemoney.com/
Business Plans for Film & Movie Projects - www.surfview.com/sejwcbp1.htm
Business Plan FAQ - http://sbinformation.about.com/cs/businessplans/l/blbplanfaqindex.htm
Box Office Mojo - http://www.boxofficemojo.com/
Sample forms and contracts - http://www.dependentfilms.net/files.html

Film Schools:

Minneapolis College of Art and Design - www.mcad.edu
Minneapolis Community and Technical College - www.minneapolis.edu
Minnesota State University Moorhead - http://www.mnstate.edu/cadt/
FilmSchools.com - www.filmschools.com
Film School Confidential - http://www.filmschoolconfidential.net/?p=schools 

Full Sail - www.fullsail.com

 

Theaters and Festivals:
Atomic Midnights at St. Anthony - www.incredibleshows.iwarp.com
Cinema Slop - www.stitzel.com/cinema
Cinema Treasures - www.cinematreasures.org
Drive-In Theaters in MN - www.drive-ins.com/theaters/mn/status_op=open
Egofest Short Video Film Festival - www.egofestival.com
FilmFestivals.com – www.filmfestivals.com
Flaming Film Festival - www.flamingfilmfestival.com
Free Range Film Festival - www.freerangefilm.com
Heights Theatre - www.heightstheater.com
Inside Film Online - www.insidefilm.com
Landmark Theatres Minneapolis -
www.landmarktheatres.com/Market/Minneapolis/Minneapolis_Frameset.htm
Minnesota Film Arts (Oak Street Cinema/Bell/MSPIFF) - www.mnfilmarts.org
Riverview Theater - www.riverviewtheater.com
Sound Unseen - www.soundunseen.com
Square Lake Solstice Film Festival - www.solsticefestival.org
Twin Cities Black Film Festival - www.tcbff.com
Walker Art Center - http://calendar.walkerart.org/index.wac