Pleased to close out January 2026 with another two accolades. WINNER: Melbourne International Screenplay Awards & FINALIST: Berlin International Screenwriting Festival. Further proving the international appeal of SHADOW IN HAWTHORN BAY.
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2026 MANIFF screenwriting competition
My script À côté is officially a Quarter Finalist at the 2026 MANIFF Screenwriting Competition.
First screenplay.
First contest.
First selection.
Still can’t believe it.
So proud -- and only just getting started.
Deborah Bete
- 12 hours ago
Thanks Maurice Vaughan And funny enough, that wasn't even my final draft, I’ve done a ton of work since then.
The version I’m submitting to the next two contests is the real deal....
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Maurice Vaughan
- 12 hours ago
You're welcome, Deborah Bete. That's even more impressive. Hope your script keeps advancing at the 2026 MANIFF Screenwriting Competition and does great in the contests!...
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Deborah Bete
- 9 hours ago
Thanks Maurice Vaughan your words really made my day
Maurice Vaughan
- 9 hours ago
You're welcome, Deborah Bete. Glad they did.
Kevin Hager
- 3 hours ago
Good for you, and maybe you could help others.
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Another finalist place for 'Preincarnation'
My time-twisty sci-fi screenplay 'Preincarnation' was a finalist in last year's Sci-Fi & Fantasy Contest right here on Stage32. I just heard that it has also been awarded a 'final finalist' place in the Hollywood Genre Media Sci-Fi Screenplay Competition. One out of a total of 8 including runner-up...
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Maurice Vaughan
- 5 hours ago
Congratulations, Kendall Castor-Perry!
Darrell Pennington
- 3 hours ago
Awesome news!!!
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Global by default - the sovereign filmmaker!
The distribution landscape is shifting drastically for the first time, really, since the 1960s. Independent filmmakers are coming, again, into their own. Read how in the article and paper here:
https://independentproducersguild.org/paper-the-sovereign-filmmaker...
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My Cousin Juan
My name is Al Tessier. I’m an actor and filmmaker in Boston Massachusetts. I am looking for an executive and or producer to help me make my latest film come to life. “My Cousin Juan” is a story about the drug wars told from a human angle. How once you get into this business there is no easy way out....
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January Is GONE Already - Is Your Project Moving Forward?
Time is truly flying, and if you have committed to getting your project done in 2026, it's moving even faster. Do you need a couple hours consult to help get your footing or define your next moves? Script reviews/doctoring? Or do you need full development services - schedule/budget/decks? What you n...
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Shadow Dragu-Mihai
- 12 hours ago
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Land Your First Win: What You Can Learn From Other Stage 32 Success Stories
Over the past year, Stage 32 writers have signed with managers, entered shopping agreements, secured options, attached producers and directors, and gotten projects into development. Geoffroy Faugerolas (Stage 32's Director of Development Services) shares what we’ve learned by analyzing every success...
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Crazy Curly,Blondie and the Brunette. (Working title)
Hi! I’m developing an original TV series inspired by real-life experiences.
Genre:Adult Comedy/Coming-of-Age/Drama
Format:TV Series
In 1966 London, three very different girls form a friendship that helps them survive school, society, and themselves. Crazy Curly, Blondie and the Brunette is a dramedy a...
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Maurice Vaughan
- 13 hours ago
Hi, Cezara Paduraru. Welcome to the community. I’m a Stage 32 Lounge Moderator. I wanted to let you know I moved your post from the Screenwriting Lounge to the Your Stage Lounge because it’s promotion...
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Remember those projects that you feel like you can't finish them?
If you know anyone that has an unfinished project that they worked on for a long time and they really care about it, send them my way so I can help them finish it and be able to submit it to film festivals.
Maurice Vaughan
- 14 hours ago
Hi, Florin Marksteiner. I’m a Stage 32 Lounge Moderator. I wanted to let you know I moved your post from the Post-Production Lounge to the Your Stage Lounge since it’s written like promotion. Promotio...
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Florin Marksteiner
- 13 hours ago
Thank you so much! Still trying to figure it out. And for sure I can help in conversations with advice. Thank you!
Maurice Vaughan
- 13 hours ago
You're welcome, Florin Marksteiner. Great. Looking forward to your advice. I'm always looking to learn. Other members are too.
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THE SINGER - Feature Film Sci-Fi/ Fantasy/ Drama
LOGLINE:
In a futuristic city ruled by silence, a grieving father unknowingly protects a teenage girl with a forbidden voice, putting them on a collision course with a ruthless dictator haunted by her past—unaware that the child she once abandoned holds the power to expose her darkest secret and bring her entire regime down.
Maurice Vaughan
- 1 day ago
Really unique concept, Ela Ilham Von Schöning! I suggest making it shorter. It's 54 words. I suggest keeping your logline to 35 words or less/around 35 words....
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David Taylor
- 16 hours ago
So, the dictator's abandoned child is the teenager protected by the hidden voice? Is it the father's own voice which is forbidden because it's a city ruled by silence, or is it a mysterious other voic...
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You're welcome, Steven R Mitchell.
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