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Coffee & Content: Why the Creative Process Is Meant to Change & Challenge
Eyes Like Cameras - Predicting Future Trends
The Dawn of Narrative Liquidity
By the Numbers: 40 Different Writers Have Met with Producers & Managers via Stage 32 Contests This Year (It's Only March)
Stage 32 Now Certifying Houston, Texas!
The Numbers Don't Lie: What the WIFTI Summit, IWD & Women's History Month Are Telling Us to Do Next
The 10 Pillars Of A High Achiever
Coffee & Content: Why Big Ideas Need Smart Execution to Succeed
Insider Intel: Commercial Films Are Going Indie. Where Does That Leave Arthouse Films?
Insider Intel: What The Spec Market Is Actually Looking For Right Now!
Tune In For Cannes Film Festival Updates - Live Behind The Scenes!
And...we're off! The 2025 Cannes Film Festival is in full swing, and Stage 32 is all over the Croisette! For those of you who weren't able to make it to France this year, we want to make sure that you, too, are part of the action. Stop what you're doing right now, pick up your phone, and go follow our fearless leader, Richard "RB" Botto, and Managing Director Amanda Toney: Instagram @stage32 @rbwalksintoabar X @stage32 @rbwalksintoabar Facebook @stage32 We …
How To Have An Epic Q&A About Your Film At Festivals
It is thrilling after all your work on a film, to have the exhilarating experience of a dynamic and successful Q&A at a film festival with a packed audience. Conversely, most of us have experienced the shock of seeing a Q&A where no questions were asked. Worse is having your short-screened with others and ending up the only one not having a question asked after hearing, “Well, guys, that’s all we have time for as the next film is coming in.” You Can Pack Those …
Meet Your Cannes 2025 + Stage 32 Expert Panelists!
Happy Wednesday, Creative Army! The Cannes Film Festival in France is right around the corner! For those of you who missed it, we recently announced the official Cannes 2025 Stage 32 events schedule and partnerships right HERE on the Stage 32 Blog. Being involved each year in coordinating industry-leading panels with remarkable expert panelists from all over the world is one of our greatest honors and pleasures. This year, we're particularly proud of the lineup that we've put togeth…
Announcing More Access & Opportunities with Executives on Stage 32
Happy Tuesday, Creative Army! As the world continues to get smaller we love bringing together our community together every day through our platform. We wake up every day intending to give you all the tools and resources you need to help with your professional development as a creative. That's why I’m incredibly excited to share a major development that will elevate how we serve you here at Stage 32. As of yesterday, Monday, May 5th, we have officially migrated all of our co…
Ask Me Anything with Stage 32 CEO Richard "RB" Botto: The Current State of the Industry - Now Available On-Demand
Happy Friday, Creative Army! Since 2011, Stage 32 has been at the forefront of the global entertainment community, working every day to connect you to the resources, relationships, and real-world insight you need to move your creative journey forward. Whether you’re a writer, director, actor, producer, editor, or composer, our goal has always been to give you unprecedented access to industry leaders and decision-makers—and keep you informed on where the industry is headed ne…
Cannes Film Festival Marche du Film Is 2 Weeks Away!
About the 2025 Cannes Film Festival Marché du Film The countdown is on—the 78th edition of the Cannes Film Festival is just around the corner, running May 13–24, 2025, in the breathtaking city of Cannes, France. For over a decade, Stage 32 has proudly partnered with the Marché du Film as an official education partner, and this year, we’re taking things to new heights! Whether you’re a seasoned Cannes regular or planning your first adventure to the …
Talking Business: Understanding Waterfalls & Collection Accounts
Welcome back to TALKING BUSINESS: Insights from the Independent Film Industry, hosted by Stage 32 Thought Leader and Business Consultant, David Zannoni, from Freeway Entertainment and Zannoni Media. In TALKING BUSINESS, David brings you in-depth conversations on the behind-the-scenes of the filmmaking business with industry veterans. In today’s seventh episode, David is having a chat with his Freeway colleague Daniel Simonyi, who is Head of Legal for Collection Account Management.…
Cannes Roll Call 2025: Who's Going? Who Has Films? + Stage 32 Events
The Cannes Film Festival in France is coming up in a few weeks! As you all know, Stage 32 has worked directly with and has had an official presence at the Cannes Film Festival Marche du Film for over a decade. From education initiatives, partnerships, and parties, Stage 32 always has its finger on the pulse of the world's biggest film festival and market. Also, for the last 11 years, Stage 32 has been an official education partner of the Cannes Marché du Film. In addition to our…
How To Package Your Documentary Feature
At some point, most filmmakers come across a great idea for a documentary film. It might be an interesting topic or personality, and you just know there is a story that must be told. But similarly to narrative filmmaking, there’s a huge difference between having an idea and being able to carry it into a finished motion picture. We talk about “packaging” in scripted films, attachments, pre-sales, and budgets, but oftentimes overlook the importance of doing the same thi…
How To Stay Sane When The Entertainment Business Is Changing So Fast
I have had the honor of being a member of Stage 32 since 2013. To say “It’s rough out there” in 2025 is like saying “the weather is nice” during a tornado. It’s not just rough out there in the entertainment world right now. It’s brutal! It’s a climb out of the pit of Hell’s despair. Imagine this: You are living a happy-go-lucky life until your twenties, when all of a sudden, your brother or sister kills himself or herself. Five year…
Free Ask Me Anything Webcast with Stage 32 CEO Richard “RB” Botto: The Current State of the Industry
What’s up, Creative Army! It’s been a wild start to 2025 for the entertainment industry as a whole. And I know many of you have been feeling it, too. Between my travel schedule, the LA fires that hit close to home, the ongoing M&A (mergers and acquisitions) activity reshaping the business, and the powerful resurgence of independent film, I’ve been on the ground, in the meetings, and having conversations with industry leaders every single week. And let me tell you&…
Money is Money in Hollywood
Stage 32 Reader, we meet again! Most of you know me as a prolific script doctor and as a working screenwriter, but I’ve also got more than a decade of experience working in the trenches of film finance. My career has given me a front-row seat to the rise and fall of packaging and presales as a business model for Hollywood, and I’ve blogged extensively on the unsustainability of any entertainment business plan that cashes out of a project’s risk before we’ve actua…
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