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What Stage 32's Community Is Really About (Beyond Scripts, Sets, and Showreels)
November Write Club Week 4: The Art of the Pitch- What Managers & Execs Actually Want to Hear
Coffee & Content: Reinvent the Story, Reinvent the Industry
Stage 32 Featured at the 43rd Torino Film Festival!
4 Reasons To Have Audio Description On Your Film
Insider Intel: 2026 Predictions
Making Our First No-Budget Feature: The Pure Vortex Production Chaos (Part 2)
Insider Intel: The Studio War & The Rise of Indies
My Stage 32 Story: Persistence, Healing, & Creative Breakthroughs in Year 3
Green Lights and Grey Areas: Expanding Creative Collaboration in Publishing
Women In Film, Los Angeles and Sundance Institute Hire Alison Emilio
Sundance Institute and Women In Film Los Angeles have hired Alison Emilio to the newly-appointed position of Director for the Systemic Change Project, a joint initiative of both organizations. Emilio, a seasoned executive who has more than 25 years of experience working in entertainment marketing, communications, branding, strategic partnerships, media relations, fundraising, cultural arts advocacy and nonprofits in both the U.S. and Canada, will begin working with WIF in July. The Syst…
Screenwriters: Leave Your Mistrust at the Door
While most emerging writers who do their research and keep a level head come to screenwriting with a clear understanding of how the industry works, it does happen that a new writer will arrive on the scene, with his or her mistrust put broadly - if not proudly - on display. After all, there have been stories (rare but memorable) of screenplays being stolen (as well as story credit and payment being withheld and consequently and successfully sued for), screenwriters seeing their original …
The Arab World in Cannes
Mohamed Diab’s “Clash” / “Eshtebak” opened Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival this year. It takes place in Cairo during the summer of 2013 - two years after the Egyptian revolution. In the wake of the ouster of Islamist president Morsi, two journalists are grabbed during protests, their cameras and IDs confiscated, and thrown into the back of a police truck. The Clash Full of detained demonstrators of divergent political and religious background…
Unabashed Confession: I heart Richard Botto
We are honored and humbled to bring you a post by Stage 32 educator, Lee Jessup. Lee is a tireless advocate for helping screenwriters navigate the industry. Over the years, she has assisted countless writers in moving their careers forward and we couldn't be happier to have her share with you today.
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…
On Stage With RB (May 2016) Announced!
It’s that time again! Time for the May 2016 edition of On Stage with RB! Every month our Founder & CEO, RB, brings on special guests who work in the industry, such as filmmakers and executives to offer advice to our community in an online webinar. Plus, he discusses the best way to use Stage 32 to help your career. Afterwards, he opens up the floor to you for a live 90 minute Q&A session about anything and everything in the industry. Best of all, this is FREE, exclusively…
6 Tips To Crush Your Interview At A Hollywood Talent Agency
Want to write, act, direct, negotiate, produce, walk a celebrity’s dog? Whatever your dream gig is, if you’re trying to break into Hollywood, there’s no better place to start than a talent agency. Everything you could ever need to launch a successful career is behind those spotless, heavy glass doors in Beverly Hills — or Culver City, you know who you are. The best (and worst) scripts to read. Contacts who will put your resume in the right hands and lie about how …
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...
Live From Cannes - Success Story after Success Story!
Stage32.com Founder & CEO Richard Botto live from the Charles Finch Filmmakers Dinner recaps the day at Cannes Film Festival - including meeting with Winston Baker, Raindance Film Festival, Deadline Hollywood, and tons of success stories of members connecting on the platform.
Live From Cannes - Behind the Scenes of MONEY MONSTER red carpet (George Clooney, Jodie Foster, Julia Roberts)
Stage32.com Founder & CEO, RB, takes You Behind The Scenes of MONEY MONSTER Cannes Film Festival Red Carpet
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