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Stage 32 Presents: The 11th Annual Austin Film Festival Rooftop Bash!
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Worldwide Premiere of the Stage 32 Short Film Program - Today Only
I am honored to present to you the worldwide premiere of the inaugural Stage 32 Short Film Program. This program was curated by the incredible industry executives who judged our First Annual Short Film Contest and features 6 amazing directors (from 3 countries) all with bright futures ahead. This is the same program that played at Raindance last fall and will be shown this summer at Hollyshorts. The films and the filmmakers will also be exposed to over 500 more industry executives workin…
Worldwide Stage 32 Short Film Program Screening
Last year marked the first annual Stage 32 Short Film Contest, which produced entries from our members in 29 countries. We brought in an impressive lineup of judges to help us curate our inaugural Stage 32 Short Film program. These judges included some of the brightest minds behind productions such as WHIPLASH, SHORT TERM 12, UNREAL, SUNDAYS, HENLEY, and more (to read more click here). The result was curating an impressive lineup of 6 short films, represented by 3 differen…
Cannes 2016 in Competition: “The Wailing” Opens in U.S. June 3
From the acclaimed director Na Hong-Jin and starring Hwang Jung-Min, Chun Woo-Hee and Kwak Do-Won, this film was in Cannes Film Festival where critics praised it. Over six years in the making, this is the follow-up to the globally acclaimed “The Yellow Sea” And “The Chaser” and is his third film to premiere at the Festival de Cannes. It smashed box office records upon its debut in South Korea (20th Century Fox distributed it there and coproduced with Side Mirror o…
SydneysBuzz - Cannes Emerging Talent
Halfway through the Cannes Film Festival, the buzz is about “Jackie”, now in post-production, an account of the days of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in the immediate aftermath of John F. Kennedy's assassination in 1963, directed by Pablo Larraín whose Directors’ Fortnight contender “Neruda” is receiving raves here. Another hot Directors’ Fortnight film “Mean Dreams” with Bill Paxton is praised by one important film buyer as “M…
The Marché du Film and Cinando Award Best Seller Pitches at Cannes
This Cannes, the Marché du Film and Cinando handed out their first-ever prize: the Cinando Best Seller Award. Thirteen sales agents from all horizons were invited to participate in a pitching contest that took place on May 17th at the Marché du Film. Selected pitchers were given details of a real project, “Codename Madeleine”, inspired by historical events, from an original idea by Pan Nalin, its director. They then had 48 hours to prepare a 5-minute pitch that…
Cannes Film Festival Awards 2016
As we mounted the stairs of the Red Carpet for the last time, the Closing Night Awards for the Cannes International Film Festival were announced by the Jury President, George Miller, Director of “Mad Max: Fury Road”. The eight additional members, four women and four men -- Arnaud Desplechin, Kirsten Dunst, Valeria Golino, Mads Mikkelsen, László Nemes , Vanessa Paradis, Katayoon Shahabi and Donald Sutherland presented the awards. Surprise of the evening…
Panamanian - Venezuelan Feature Hands of Stone Pays Tribute to Robert De Niro in Cannes
On Monday, May, 16th, the Festival de Cannes welcomed Robert De Niro in the Grand Theatre Lumière of the Palais des Festivals for a unique and special screening in Official Selection of "Hands of Stone" by Venezuelan director Jonathan Jakubowicz. The movie is about Panamanian boxer Roberto Duràn (Edgar Ramírez) and his manager and coach Ray Arcel (Robert De Niro) who takes him to the highest worldwide successes of the ring in the '70s and '80s, including le…
RB's Stage 32 News, Notes, Discussions and Other Fun Stuff (May 20, 2016)
Greetings from sunny Cannes! Welcome to the weekend, everyone. This will, again, be a quick intro. We’re still out here wall-to-wall with meetings and events. It’s been amazing to connect with so many Stage 32 film creatives! Over 250 attended our rooftop party and we've now learned that 33 Stage 32 members (that we know of) have films at Cannes! You can see all of our Cannes video updates on the Blog. (https://www.stage32.com/blog) One other quick point – …
Live From Cannes - Talking Stage 32 Member Success & Cannes News
We wanted to share a Cannes update. So far we have met hundreds of Stage 32 members from all around the world, 32 which have films screening here at Cannes, and that are competing, which has been so inspiring! Like this blog post? Please share it on social media (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, email etc) by using social media buttons at the top of the blog. Or post to your personal blog and anywhere else you feel appropriate. Thank you. As always, we welcome thoughts and rema…
Live From Cannes - VR, Arri, Success Stories & A Film After-Party
Stage 32 Founder & CEO Richard Botto broadcasts live from a 2016 Cannes Film Festival film after-party and talks about VR, Arri cameras, financing, Stage 32 success stories and brings you inside a Cannes Film Festival party. Like this blog post? Please share it on social media (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, email etc) by using social media buttons at the top of the blog. Or post to your personal blog and anywhere else you feel appropriate. Thank you. As always, we welcom…
It’s Not Hard to Take Charge: A Woman’s POV on Directing Films
As a woman, I'm sometimes asked why I picked a male dominated business to be in. My response is always the same, “Besides nursing and teaching (with the exception of university, then the workplace mostly consists of males), most professions are already male dominated.” They stop and think about it and then say, “You’re right.” Any woman that wants to have a professional career of her own must always compete among the men. So I have had to learn to adjust mys…
Stage32.com Party At the 2016 Cannes Film Festival - Meet our Members
Meet Stage 32 members from all over the world who have had success using Stage32.com! Like this blog post? Please share it on social media (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, email etc) by using social media buttons at the top of the blog. Or post to your personal blog and anywhere else you feel appropriate. Thank you. As always, we welcome thoughts and remarks on ANY of the content above in the Comments section below...
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