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Our fearless leader RB Botto's honest read on vertical microdramas: it's a gold rush, and no, it's not Quibi. Quibi overpaid for talent. This is cheap, fast, and putting people back to work right now.
His advice: keep a few in your pocket. The window to get in early is now.
Gold rush here to stay, or a moment that fades?
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For more great advice from @rbwalksintoabar, click here: stage32.com/blog/coffee-cont…
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Back at it. No rest for the wicked 😈 🎥
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"Once you overcome the one-inch tall barrier of subtitles, you will be introduced to so many more amazing films." Bong Joon-ho
He said it accepting the Golden Globe for PARASITE, and it reframed something a lot of audiences treat as a hurdle into an invitation. The best stories were never bound by language, only by our willingness to meet them where they are.
As a creative, what's a film from outside your own language or culture that changed how you think about storytelling?
#Filmmaking #Storytelling #WorldCinema
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Eight days. One festival. A whole lot of Stage 32.
Official education partner of the Marché for 10 years. Panels, a 40 commissioner reception, a new AFCI partnership in The Hollywood Reporter, and four nights at our Brown Sugar pop-up. Hundreds of members, face to face.
What's the one Cannes moment you'd have wanted in on?
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RB's full Cannes 2026 recap: stage32.com/blog/cannes-2026…
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More regions are offering incentives than ever. So why do productions keep hitting the same wall? A shortage of trained local crew.
Our new AFCI partnership, featured in The Hollywood Reporter, is built to fix that: 50 commissions trained worldwide, and a free webcast coming.
What does your region need most, incentives or crew?
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Read the blog and RSVP here: stage32.com/blog/as-featured…
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40 film commissioners. One yacht in the Cannes harbor. One throughline: production incentives attract projects, but workforce development is what lets a region deliver them.
That was the Stage 32 Certification reception — and the news that The Hollywood Reporter covered our new AFCI partnership. Big announcements still coming in 2026.
What does your region need most to grow production?
#FilmCommission #Cannes2026
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RB's full Cannes recap: stage32.com/blog/cannes-2026…
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Reps. Financing. Collaborators. Advice.
Most creatives are looking for at least one of them right now. Which one's at the top of your list?
We're doing a free live Q&A on exactly this tomorrow, 12 PM PT, hosted by our Head of Community Ashley Smith. Bring your question.
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A writer from Evan's last Stage 32 lab didn't get "great feedback." They got signed — by Evan himself, the manager teaching this one.
He's Co-Head of Animation at Zero Gravity Management, and his next 8-part lab gets you to a pitch-ready animation script. 10 seats, starts Saturday.
If you had one animated feature or series greenlit tomorrow, what story would you finally get to tell?
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Registration's open ahead of Saturday's first session: stage32.com/education/produc…
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Every creative journey gains momentum the moment you step into the right room.
This Wednesday, that room is free. Our Head of Community Ashley Smith is hosting the June Community Open House: live, fully interactive, built to help you turn Stage 32 into real traction. Can't make it live? Register and get the recording.
What are you working to build this summer?
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This year at Cannes, Stage 32 didn't find a bar. We took one over.
For four days, Brown Sugar became Gary & @rbwalksintoabar's Brown Sugar, our pop-up home base, where hundreds of creatives gathered every night to celebrate wins, find collaborators, and build something together. Not a random bar. A room full of people who get what you're building.
Where do your best creative connections actually happen, planned rooms or unexpected ones?
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TRACKER on CBS. Emmy-winning documentary. Leonardo DiCaprio EP. CAA background.
Chris Hazenbush has worked across all of it — and he is joining the Stage 32 Writers' Room Exec Hour on June 10th at 4PM PT.
#Stage32 #WritersRoom #Screenwriting #TVDevelopment #Documentary
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