FSDD's Ultimate Guide To FilmStack Resources

FKA as the HFF FilmStack Guide... the migration is complete.

This guide to all that FilmStack has been building and sharing initially launched on HopeForFilm. As of 11/9/2025, it migrated over to FilmStack Daily Digest, where it will hopefully be maintained for you reading pleasure and further utility.

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30+ Resource Lists Generated by our FilmStack community.

Before you go and get all squibble with me, you may only count 14 TOPICS but several have multiple sections, friend.

1. FilmStack:

   1. FilmStack Author/Publisher/Participant 2025 Roster

      1. Jon Stahl’s FilmStack Roster

      2. Mikhail Skoptsov’s Film & TV Newsletter Catalogue

   2. FilmStack Manifesto v1.0

   3. FilmStack Challenge Of The Month Directory

   4. FilmStack Daily Inspo Challenge Archive & Roster

2. Cinema Ecosystem

   1. Good things /Bad Things In the Cinema Biz, 2024 (54 Good, 218 Bad!) ( Ted Hope )

3. Funding:

   1. Film Financiers (200+) ( Ted Hope )

   2. Fiscal Sponsors ( Amanda Sweikow ; added 09.21.25)

   3. Screenwriting Fellowships And Grants (This one is not on FilmStack, but was the first one that I shared in that original posts).

4. Film Distribution

   1. NonDe Distribution Template ( Ted Hope)

   2. Case Studies:

      1. Case Study Masterlist ( Courtney Daniels)

      2. 18 1/2 Case Study ( Dan Mirvish )

      3. Atelier Format Cast Study List

      4. Distribution Advocates Film-ADE

      5. 8 Above/Jon Reiss Case Study: Hundreds Of Beavers:

      6. Lingo On Docs Case Study: Union

      7. Lingo On Docs Case Study: Invisible Nation

   3. DaaS Providers & Hybrid Distributors (Ted Hope)

5. Film Business

   1. The People’s Innovations To Movie Distribution (17+ Part Series in process)

   2. Film Business’ Inflection Points ( Ted Hope

6. Film Education:

   1. Film Schools (Ultimate North America Ranking List of 276)

      ( Dan Mirvish )

   2. FilmStack Reading List ( Ed William )

   3. Some of the #MustRead Books & #MustListen Podcasts on Hollywood and Cinema-making. ( Dear Producer )

   4. Film Business’ Secret Formulas (ongoing series by Ted Hope )

7. Film Exhibition:

   1. Micro Theaters ( Ted Hope )

   2. Libraries, Museums, etc.

      1. Indianapolis ( Skip Berry )

8. Film History:

9. Film Promotion:

   1. Podcasts / Film-related (80) ( Ted Hope )

10. Manifestos

    1. Cinema History ( Dario Llinares )

    2. Filmstack Manifesto v1.0 ( Ted Hope )

10. Masterclasses:

    1. HopeForFilm Masterclasses ( Ongoing Series by Ted Hope )

11. Movie Lists:

    1. Comedies (100) ( Decarceration) (added 11/9/25)

    2. Democracy-related Films, 2024 (40) ( Ted Hope )

    3. Microbudget Features (100+ <$300K Films Everyone Should See) ( Ted Hope )

    4. Mumblecore Movies / Influential (7) ( Donny Broussard )

    5. Single Location Movies (37, I think) ( Lauren Greenwood )

    6. Short Films By FilmStackers (20) ( Lauren Greenwood )

12. Producing:

    1. Producers’ Rate Sheet ( Dear Producer )

    2. HopeFor Film Producing Masterclass

       1. Intro To Producing

       2. Part Two: How To Produce Well

13. Tools For Filmmakers:

    1. Apps For Filmmakers ( Donny Broussard )

    2. Software For Microbudget Filmmakers ( Donny Broussard )

So what else do you have to add to the list?

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