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This is a "go to" festival for international filmmakers with Jewish films who want to have their films premiere in Hollywood. The 11th L.A. Jewish Film Festival May 18th through May 25. Opening night on May 18 will be a grand, red carpet, star-studded gala at the Steve Tisch Cinema Center at the Saban Theatre, Beverly Hills. LAJFF will recognize the Laemmle Theater family with a special honor for their ongoing commitment to film and filmmakers. This family, headed by legendary Universal…
The second edition of the 'Women in Motion' program will take place in Cannes from May 11 to 22, 2016 at the 69th Festival de Cannes. The year’s official poster is of Frances McDormand whose presentation at last year’s first edition illuminated gender bias practices within the film industry in the most captivating, funny and serious presentation of the several presentations given. During her Talk on 22 May 2015, the actress addressed the impact gender discriminati…
Man, what a contest. The 1st Annual Stage 32 Comedy Writing Contest not only provided some amazing concepts and ideas, but the writing had our judges in stitches…and with a very tough job to do. In the end, the average scores were higher than we’ve seen in some of our other contests to date, a testament to the creativity of the incredible writers within the Stage 32 community. I'd like to announce and congratulate the winners of the 1st Annual Stage 32 Comedy Contest: Come…
Calypso and eco-Inspiring animation apparently are Panama`s next big step, as upcoming producer Anghelo Taylor seems about to prove. Taylor, belongs to a line of talented Panamanian producers to keep an eye on. Accion, the Panama film company led by Anghelo Taylor together with a team of long-standing Panamanian talent is present at every major international market including, of course, Cannes and Berlin, and their networks go beyond continents including China. Their wide network and in…
This past Wednesday our CEO, RB, was invited by the Stage 32 and WGA member Bill Taub to speak at the WGA panel aimed at examining the challenges and demands of creating and distributing a web series. RB was joined on the panel by speakers such as Joelle Garfinkel (creator, Cam Girls) with David Slack (EP/director, Cam Girls), Diarra Kilpatrick (American Koko; The Mysteries of Laura), and Sam Miller (L.A. Beer); Michael Ajakwe, Jr. (Founder, LAWEBFEST). It was quite an amazing and educa…
Today, I have something really cool for the entire community. I'm thrilled, honored and proud to announce that Sydney Levine, author of the industry leading blog, SydneysBuzz, is bringing her incredible reporting to Stage 32. Sydney and her crew of associates focus on international film industry developments and analysis of the international film market related to buyers, sales agents, filmmakers, film festivals and distribution. The addition of SydneysBuzz, which for the last few years…
It’s that time again! Time for the April 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, exclusive…
Hey guys. For the 2nd straight year, Stage 32 has been invited to the Marche du Film NEXT program at the Cannes Film Festival. NEXT highlights companies bridging the gap between entertainment and tech, such as Netflix and Amazon, and we're thrilled and honored to be a featured company once again.In addition to opening the NEXT program with a panel, we have a number of parties and meetups planned throughout the fest. We'll be announcing the lineup shortly right here on the Stage 32 Blog. …
Hey guys! As you know, we're always working on ways to improve your Stage 32 experience. Hopefully, you've noticed many of the subtle (and not so subtle) enhancements we've already made in 2016. And, I'm happy to state, many, many more are on the way. On the February edition of On Stage With RB, I highlighted two of the recent changes we made designed to serve you more content and make searching of the entire Stage 32 site - from people to educational offerings to Lounge discus…
Greetings Earthlings! What a great reaction for the first article - thanks to everyone for reading and commenting! February has been a busy month for camera announcements. And I suspect March will be as well leading into major events like WPPI and NAB. Canon, Nikon, Sony, and even Pentax had major announcements. And interestingly, only one of them was mirrorless. I don’t know… seems like the entire planet is talking ‘mirrorless this&…
Greetings Earthlings! For those of you who may not yet know me, I hail from the universe of planet5D and I am the legendary planetMitch - the only guy who can claim he is his own planet! Actually, I make a lot of jokes with this 'planet' thing but it is just a little fun that hopefully gets you to enjoy what we're doing and not think of me as some boring old gas giant about to die out in a blaze of a supernova. The team at Stage32 invited me to be your guide thru some of the events goi…
For those of you that have been in the community for a while, you will know that Stage 32 encourages gender equality in the creative industry. When Stage 32 exec, member, actress and producer Alysia Reiner (Orange Is The New Black, Sideways) formed her own production company Broad Street Pictures last year we were in full support. Together with her producing partner Sarah Megan Thomas, they sought out to "find wildly entertaining and thought provoking tales about brilliant women doing r…