Most Recent 50 Kisses Updates

‘Never Forget’ by LCB Films enters festivals
Never Forget is a short, part of a british competition and if it wins will be part of the feature film “50 Kisses“. It is also the first film I directed and was a director of photography (yes both at the same time). As you

50 Kisses – Where are we now?
So, we’ve been quiet. You cannot fail to notice this. Truth be told we grossly underestimated how much time and effort the post production and tie up process would take for 50 Kisses. Why? Well, for one we have a team of volunteers and are

Dream Date BTS
Cool slideshow of BTS images from their shoot for Dream Date, from Makelight Productions in Germany. Very cool. Another Kiss? Here’s some related posts 50 Kisses ~ The Contest ~ The Feature ~ The Premiere in Houston, Texas by Laura Koons Yes We Made The

Making ‘The Moment’ (twice) By Anthony Carpendale
Better late than never… Four months past the deadline, I’m wheezing to the finish line with my take on popular 50 Kisses script, ‘The Moment’. Actually, two Moments as we filmed two complete versions, our talented actors Noel Bateman and Terence Drew swapping guns to

From 50 Kisses to 2 Pages a Week by Robert J. Lee
“It’s like not being able to enjoy your weekend because you have homework to do.” That’s how I described running my blog Two Pages a Week recently to a producer. A feeling I think most of us can relate to but one to which I

Make the most of your 50 Kisses film
The 50Kisses competition has entered a quiet period, as those in charge of creating a feature film consisting of many separate and, often, very different short films beaver away at the seemingly impossible task. Roughly 130 films sit idle, waiting to hear whether they have

50 Kisses has all been about “Taking Chances”
The making of 50 Kisses has been a long road.We’ve learned a lot as we have travelled from script competition, to film competition to post production. One of the things we have been pleasantly surprised by is the amount of engagement and affection for the

50 Kisses is now fine cutting and close to picture lock
So we have been a little quiet for the last couple of months as we have been beavering away at post-production on 50 Kisses. I sat today with editors Simon Reglar and Ricky Milling and watched what was pretty close to a fine cut of

50 Kisses Edit Update
We have been working away on the edit of 50 Kisses and we have had to batten down the hatches in order to get it done. And we still have a long way to go. Sadly, we still cannot reveal the shortlist as that will

Entering competitions and funding processes – top nine tips from the real world
As the 50 Kisses song initiative draws to a close, I thought I would share some of my personal observations about the entrants, what we can learn from them, and how we can apply those lessons to our own scripts and films when submitting to

Smasheroo: from page to screen by Evan Marlowe at Sweethomefilms.com
Saturday afternoon found me squatting in my bathtub with a digital camera, distorting my spine and kicking up my sciatica. My wife Kerry was on the toilet, Kaden was at the sink, and a hazardously thin girl named Jamie was struggling to reach in with

Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained, by Jonny Evers
Part 1: How It All Came About This whole thing started when I attended a scriptwriters event back in June. Props must go to Euroscript, who host them for free every couple of months, as an incentive to sign up to their courses (which, to

The Making of “Practice Makes Perfect” By: Samantha Skelton
I came across the 50 Kisses competition two days before the script stage was about to close, and I told myself, “I have to do this.” Not only is it an amazing catalyst for up-and-comers’ careers, but getting to collab with writer’s and filmmakers all

50 Kisses Music Challenge
50 Kisses post production is in full swing and we are looking for some songs for both the end titles and the trailer. Are you a composer? A songwriter? A band? Do you know anyone whose work would fit in 50 Kisses? Or someone who

Writing “That Good Night” by Kenneth Lemm
I am still dazed by the experience afforded by the 50 Kisses competition. I stumbled across the competition quite by accident, and immediately envisioned the story I would set out to tell. It was one of those moments when later asked ‘where did you get

‘Colton’s Big Night’, Behind the Scenes with Sebastian Solberg
Last week we had the cast and crew screening for ‘Colton’s Big Night’. The showing was in London at the Genesis Cinema. It was a wonderful night with all the cast and lots of the crew members turning up to see their hard work on

Editing 50 Kisses… The Team Assembles
After my post a few days ago about the future of 50 Kisses, and after much consultation, deliberation and thinking, we have some announcements to make. Many of you contributed to the blog post – and we were blown away by the passion, commitment to

Writing Poster Boy by Tracey Flynn
It was said to me recently, “You’ve been at this a while; about time you saw some success.” “This” being screenwriting, which I have been “at it a while,” but I realised, after stewing on this comment, that the writing is only part of it.

How to Crowdsource a Film: Chris Jones on the Omnibus Movie, 50 Kisses
By Randy Astle, first published on www.filmmakermagazine.com The Internet and digital filmmaking tools have opened up new possibilities of crowdsourcing material–Life in a Day, Declaration of Interdependence, One Day on Earth, even the interactive Star Wars Uncut–and given new life to the omnibus/anthology film format. The latest project to adopt the form is 50 Kisses, a

Watch trailer for 50 Kisses winner Starè Yildirim’s next film
From Starè… The trailer of my last film “Lovers of the Other Side” is competing at Krakow Film Festival, can u watch and if u like the trailer, can u click on the vote button next to the trailer? Big hug to my cast and crew 💕 lead actor is again non actor, just a

What I learned producing 50 Kisses by Gail Hackston
I can’t even begin to tell you how much producing 50 Kisses has enriched my life. But I also must tell you how much a pain in the arse it has been too! Like all film projects the buzz of the start quickly fades when you are knee deep in contracts at 2am and find

Can an android feel love? Project ‘NEIL’ from ‘50 Kisses’, an open screenwriting and filmmaking laboratory
Watch the eight films produced from the single two page screenplay ‘Neil’ by Nigel Karikari. A few of the 50 Kisses scripts were very popular with the filmmakers, including ‘NEIL’, which resulted in eight films being made from the same script. Here are the eight films back to back. It’s fascinating to compare each,

50 Kisses ~ The Contest ~ The Feature ~ The Premiere in Houston, Texas by Laura Koons
What an incredible journey for those who made it from script to screen. My own script was not chosen, so why in the world would I want to host a premier? Humbly, I declare I had a lot to learn and 50 Kisses was a great teacher. What the contest allowed for many of us

50 Kisses World Premeire video goes live!
On February 13th 2014, crowdcreated feature film ‘50 Kisses’ was simultaneously premiered and released in the UK. At a capacity screening at the Genesis Cinema, cast, crew, friends and family gathered to celebrate in style. ‘50 Kisses’ took just under two years from concept to completion with nearly two thousand scripts submitted, one hundred and

REVIEW: CHARLIE’S CAHIERS DE London/Exceeding expectations hugely as the Guardian points out
Review by Charlie Wiseman from IMDb This put it among the top rated films of the week. Is cinema at a Crossroad?Taking a step back for a more controlled step forward, in a crowd funded feature, acting as a catalyst for change? I used to write culture reviews for the Aga Khan appearing in India,

REVIEW: Roses are bled, Violets a strew, how wonderfully refreshing, to see something new!
By Roger Smith from IMDb The film finished and we were invited by the good shepherd on stage to go to the IMDb page to let the world know what we thought. OK so I have started this review in reverse, so let’s go back to the beginning. I’m an American in London and I

REVIEW: A sign post for a future wave of film makers and a mile stone in British Cinema…9 out of 10
By Alex Heaton from IMDb When I first heard of the concept for the 50 Kisses film (50 writers, 50 different production teams making 50 different films about a kiss, mostly taking place on Valentines Day that would form into one feature film) I have to admit I was completely sceptical. How could it work?

50 Kisses Audience Awards Arrive: Reflecting on ‘Beryl’
As we package up the audience awards for 50 Kisses, it has caused me to reflect on the strengths of the winner, ‘Beryl’, written by Sarah Page and made by Capital City. What struck me at the premiere was just how much the audience loved the film. I knew it was good, but I wasn’t

The ‘50 Kisses’ Audience Award Goes To…
I am delighted to announce the winner of the 50 Kisses Audience Award. At the premiere, we handed out voting slips and the results are below… So BIG congratulations to screenwriter Sarah Page for her script for Beryl, and team CapitalCity for their film. We have lovely trophies for you both and we will be

’50 Kisses’ Plays Gallup, New Mexico
On the evening of February 13th, here in Gallup, New Mexico, we held a pot-luck dinner and screened “50 Kisses” in the private showing room at the El Morro Theatre in downtown Gallup. A number of local filmmakers and film enthusiasts were in attendance. Twenty people turned out for our little premiere, which was perfect