The Toronto Screenwriting Conference
The conference for professional screenwriters and the people that work with them
The Toronto Screenwriting Conference Returns this Winter!
After a 4-year hiatus, we are proud to bring back the Toronto Screenwriting Conference (TSC). Through the years the TSC established itself as a premiere screenwriting conference for screenwriters and the people who work with them. In Winter 2025, we are back doing what we do best, offering masters-level insight and training to the screenwriting community.
In our new monthly series, we have put together three must-attend panels, designed to deliver cutting edge content through a Canadian lens, and all with a global perspective.
Please join us as we explore the art, business and craft of screenwriting in a global context.
A Message from Glenn Cockburn:
April 14, 2025 @ TIFF Lightbox, 7:00 pm
Corey Mandell, famed UCLA Screenwriting Instructor, award winning screenwriter and playwright and Toronto Screenwriting Conference favourite returns to the TSC to deliver an essential master class on writing scenes that grab the reader’s attention and keep them reading.
February 24, 2025 @ TIFF Lightbox, 7:00 pm
Procedural drama series have been a mainstay since the early days of television. In spite of an expanded TV Universe, procedurals still draw the biggest linear audiences for their networks as viewers continue to embrace programs that offer familiar formats, stories and indelible characters. Our In Conversation about Procedurals, features an outstanding panel, including: Amy Cameron EP and Founder Cameron Pictures, Jocelyn Hamilton, President Lionsgate Canada, and screenwriter/producer, Chris Pozzebon Executive Producer of Blindspot (NBC) and Hard Boys (Hulu/Corus). Together we explore the challenges of writing compelling procedurals and the skills that writers need to possess to succeed in this genre.
March 24, 2025 @ TIFF Lightbox, 7:00 pm
Featuring Linda Schyler and Stephen Stohn discussing how they built one of the preeminent showrunner training habitats in the last 30 years and joined by Sarah Glinski and Michael Grassi discussing what they learned at Degrassi and how those lessons have helped them become two of Canada’s top showrunners.
As the CRTC moves forward with the implementation of Bill C-11, the Writer’s Guild of Canada (WGC) continues to take an active and direct role in advocating for its membership and the new definition of Canadian program. Neal McDougall, Assistant Executive Director of the WGC and Kelly Lynne Ashton, Screen-based Media Consultant, sit down in conversation with Glenn Cockburn to discuss the WGC’s positions on what defines a Canadian program and the market forces impacting careers in screenwriting.
Sponsors
The TSC would like to thank our 2025 sponsors. Without their support, the TSC would not be possible.
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