Summary
You can now import your Coverfly profile here!
And, you can read the step by step instruction on how to import your credits on the Stage 32 blog here!
Needless to say, much has been happening in the screenwriting industry these last few months. In addition to everything happening business wise, all of the Industry Arts websites - Screencraft, We Screenplay, The Script Lab has shut down and, yes, even Coverfly, is about to shut down.
What does that mean for you? Opportunity, opportunity, opportunity.
Fresh off the announcement of our new Global Screenwriting Contest Hub which was announced in Deadline, we are now thrilled to announce that we are launching a Coverfly profile import AND a brand new Executive Portal designed to get our most accomplished writers in front of our 3,000 executives. Matchmaking at the highest level!
We can’t wait to tell you all about it in our FREE webinar - After Coverfly + How to Best Position Yourself in 2025 and Beyond.
Come join our CEO and WGA screenwriter, Richard “RB” Botto, our Director of Development Services Geoffroy Faugerolas (formerly of Coverfly) and our CTO, Mitch Lusas (also formerly of Coverfly) for a lively, factual, and informative webcast moderated by the Managing Director of Stage 32, Amanda Toney.
Yes, we’ll tell you how you can import your Coverfly profile, all your accolades, rankings and Red List mentions right into your Stage 32 profile!
Yes, we’ll tell you all about our new, exclusive and proprietary Executive Portal and how it will benefit our most accomplished and recognized writers and other creatives from our 1.3 million member community, including those who have won contests, earned “Double Recommends, were featured on the Coverfly Red List and much more!
Note - during the live webinar Coverfly's website was down, but, as a reminder, you can now import your Coverfly profile here!
Yes, we will talk more about our new and already massively popular Stage 32 Global Screenwriting Contest Hub and the incredible contests that await you including the Oscar qualifying Hollyshorts Film Festival competition, the BAFTA qualifying Manchester Film Festival Screenwriting Competition, the prestigious Page Screenwriting Competition and many more! We’ll even tell you some new contests that have been added to the portal recently!
And if that wasn’t enough, we’re going to talk about the state of the screenwriting business and how you can best position yourself for the remainder of 2025 and beyond!
This is going to be an exciting 90 plus minutes of inspiring, motivating and actionable information.
So, while others may be shutting down, we’re revving up! Let’s get your Coverfly profiles into Stage 32, position yourself to be seen in your new exclusive Executive Portal, get you entered into the biggest and most respected screenwriting contests and get you prepared to close out 2025 strong!
What You'll Learn
- How to import your Coverfly profile to Stage 32 and keep your accolades alive
- The ins and outs of the Global Screenwriting Contest Hub and its top-tier contests
- Strategies to leverage the Execs Portal for direct access to industry executives
- Practical steps to elevate your screenwriting career in 2025
- Tips for selecting contests that align with your genre and goals
- How to maximize Stage 32’s 1.3 million-member network to boost your visibility
Who Should Attend
Executive
Richard "RB" Botto
Richard "RB" Botto has created the online platform and marketplace designed to democratize the entertainment industry, Stage 32. By leveling the playing field for all film, television and digital content creators and professionals worldwide, Stage 32 provides networking and training opportunities as well as direct access beyond the gatekeepers.
Launched in 2011, the Stage 32 community has grown to over 1 million entertainment creatives and professionals worldwide. In addition, Stage 32 has curated the world's largest educational library with over 2,000 hours of webinars and classes designed to help all film, television and digital content creators and professionals hone their craft and navigate the industry.
RB is also a producer whose films have played at dozens of festivals around the world including the Sundance-award-winning feature Another Happy Day, written and directed by Euphoria creator Sam Levinson. He was on the producing team of What Lies Ahead starring Rumer Willis and Emma Dumont and Rain Beau’s End starring Ed Asner and Sean Young. He is the Executive Producer on projects with Gidden Media and National Lampoon. Through Stage 32 he has helped incubate Chick Fight, starring Malin Akerman and Alec Baldwin, produced by Yale Productions and Ramo Law, and 10-31, produced by Eli Roth and Orion Pictures and Crushed on Tubi.
As a working writer RB sold his original television series to a mini-major studio and attached an A-list showrunner from Apple at the helm. He works on active writing assignments and has sold two feature film scripts.
As an actor, he began his career as a theater actor in New York and his latest film On the Corner of Ego and Desire premiered at the Raindance Film Festival.
Additionally, RB's #1 best-selling book Crowdsourcing For Filmmakers: Indie Film and the Power of the Crowd, was published by Routledge under the American Film Market Presents banner, is available on Amazon and Audible, where it has garnered over 100 5-star reviews.
RB has been a keynote speaker and panelist all over the world at such festivals and conferences as the Cannes Film Festival (France), American Film Market (US), Tribeca Film Festival (US), Austin Film Festival (US), SXSW (US), Cinequest (US), Winston Baker (US), Hollyshorts Film Festival (US), Raindance Film Festival (UK), Hamburg Film Fest (Germany), Trinidad & Tobago Film Commission (Trinidad), Fest Festival (Portugal), Black Nights Film Festival (Estonia) and Harvard (US) on the business of the entertainment industry.
Geoffroy Faugérolas
Geoffroy Faugérolas (Geoff) is the director of development services at Stage 32. A writer, director, and producer, he most recently led writer advocacy, industry outreach, and packaging efforts at Coverfly. He played a key role in creating opportunities for over 800 writers and scouting specs for thousands of companies including "I Am Not Alone," the record-breaking short story sold to Netflix.
Before that, Geoff produced and directed content for major record labels, #1 Billboard artists, Academy Award-qualifying festivals, and Fortune 500 companies, earning Telly and ADDY awards. His writing credits include an episode of the original Snapchat series SOLVE and two episodes for an animated series produced by CTB, Russia’s leading production company.
He began his career in Motion Pictures Development at Paramount, New Regency, and Lionsgate, followed by work in TV Production at Imagine Entertainment and TV International at ICM Partners. Geoffroy is also a regular guest speaker at universities and industry Q&As. He holds an AFA in Filmmaking from the New York Film Academy, a BFA in Media & Communication from Pepperdine University, and an MFA in Producing from UCLA.
Mitch Lusas
Over the past three months, I've been quietly building at Stage 32 as CTO; waiting for the right moment to share what we've been creating.
For 15+ years, I've built tools across Hollywood... from games & platforms to AI & machine learning. Now I'm bringing that experience to Stage 32's mission of creating genuine opportunities for creatives.
Today's Global Screenwriting Contest Hub launch is just the beginning. We're connecting Oscar and BAFTA-qualifying contests with Stage 32's 1.3M+ member network, creating infrastructure that actually moves careers forward.
What makes this special?!
Richard Botto's passionate leadership, Amanda Toney's strategic execution, and bringing Geoffroy Faugérolas and Nate Witty from Coverfly to join Stage 32's incredible existing team.
This is just the beginning of what happens when you combine genuine care for creatives with cutting-edge technology.
Amanda Toney
As Managing Director for Stage 32, Amanda oversees operations and partnerships for the global business. She has produced over 3,000 hours of online education created exclusively for Stage 32, and works with hundreds of entertainment industry executives from around the world to serve as educators and mentors. She has spearheaded partnerships with such prestigious organizations as Netflix, the Cannes Film Festival Marché du Film, Canon, American Film Market, SXSW, Austin Film Festival, Raindance Film Festival, Hollyshorts Film Festival, PGA, WGA and DGA, as well as brands such as AT&T, Peerspace, Pond5, Mandy, Bondit Media Capital and her personal favorite partnership, Tito’s Handmade Vodka, which is the official vodka of Stage 32.
As a television producer she recently sold a scripted series to Amblin Television which she attached an A-list showrunner from an Apple show. She also sold a premium unscripted show to USA. As a film producer, Amanda has worked on Alix for Catlyst Studios filmed in Columbia, Paradise Falls: A Christmas Story filmed in Costa Rica, the psychological thriller What Lies Ahead starring Rumer Willis and Emma Dumont, Metaphorms, a Hungarian film, which premiered at the Raindance Film Festival and Dolphin Girl which premiered at the Oscar qualifying Hollyshorts Film Festival. She has also helped incubate Chick Fight, starring Malin Akerman, Alec Baldwin and Bella Thorne and 10-31 which is being produced by Eli Roth and Orion Pictures. She is an Executive Producer on Vagic with Amy Baer at Gidden Media, as well as My Clone's an A*Hole with National Lampoon.
Amanda has spoken all over the world at the Cannes Film Festival (France), Venice Film Festival (Italy), American Film Market (US), Hollyshorts Film Festival (US), Raindance Film Festival (UK), Hamburg Film Fest (Germany), Trinidad & Tobago Film Commission (Trinidad), Fest Festival (Portugal), Black Nights Film Festival (Estonia) and Harvard (US) on the business of the entertainment industry.