Most Recent 50 Kisses Updates
50 Kisses at BAFTA for Guinness World Records, the video
Just over a week ago, the writers of 50 Kisses gathered at BAFTA to celebrate the news that they had collectively entered the Guinness Book Of Records for the most co-writers on a feature film. Here’s the video of the event! Another Kiss? Here’s some
Sweet Home Films Take On California for 50 Kisses
Sweet Home Films in LA have confirmed they are playing the field for the 50 Kisses community. I just got this message from Kerry… ‘We have submitted 50 Kisses to Santa Monica FF, San Diego FF, AFI and Hollywood Reel Independent FF. We will submit
Sarah Page’s mum, came to BAFTA and wrote us a blog
Sarah Page, writer of ‘Beryl’ and winner of the Audience Award for 50 Kisses, brought her mum to the BAFTA screening. And she wrote us a blog about her experience. Here it is… At the ‘50 Kisses’ showing at BAFTA Chris Jones asked me to
Meet some of the writers and filmmakers behind 50 Kisses
Candid short interviews with some of the filmmakers and writers behind 50 Kisses. Filmed at the BAFTA screening to celebrate the Guinness World Record we secured on April 4th 2014. Another Kiss? Here’s some related posts 50 Kisses ~ The Contest ~ The Feature
50 Kisses Film Festivals Update: Good news and bad news
So the bad news first. We didn’t get into Cannes. Well that was to be expected as it was really a long shot, but we had to try. Here’s what they mailed us yesterday… I have the regret to let you know that your film
50 Kisses – Together we are strong! By Tom Kerevan
50 Kisses is the first of the Create50 projects from LSWF headed up by Chris Jones and Judy Goldberg. Select 50 short scripts from almost 2000 entries, ask directors from around the world to turn them into films, then select the best finished products and
Former Time Out Editor Dominic Wells reviews 50 Kisses
The result is a triumph. I watched it for a second time yesterday, when overall director Chris Jones celebrated with a special screening at BAFTA for all the writers, and it actually improves with a second viewing. The quick succession of twists and terrific ideas,
50 Kisses Screenwriters’ Celebrate Their Guinness World Record!
Today I joined a room full of ‘Officially Amazing’ people (there were snazzy hats to prove it!) who began a screenwriting project that became a feature film reality and has now become an official Guinness World Record for the most co-writers. And that in
50 Kisses World Record Certificate Arrives!
We just received the official World Record Holder certificate from Guinness, ahead of the official Awards at BAFTA tomorrow afternoon. When I was a kid I remember watching Record Breakers and being inspired to do something extraordinary. Never in my wildest dreams did I think
PRESS RELEASE: 50 Kisses enters Guinness Book Of Records
LONDON. The fifty one co-writers of ‘50 Kisses’ will gather at BAFTA for a special screening on April 4th to receive their official ‘World Record Holder’ Awards and celebrate their extraordinary achievement. ‘50 Kisses’ is an initiative run by the London Screenwriters’ Festival, designed to
’50 Kisses’ achieves a GUINNESS WORLD RECORD
‘We are delighted to confirm that you have successfully achieved a new GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title for ‘Most co-writers credited for a film’. We would like to congratulate you on your record-breaking achievement. You are OFFICIALLY AMAZING’ The co-writers of ‘50 Kisses’ are now WORLD
Final Draft come onboard the 50 Kisses BAFTA Award Ceremony On Friday as Sponsor
It’s just days now till the 50 Kisses BAFA Gala event and we are delighted to announce that Final Draft have come onboard as official sponsors of the event. We will officially announce our BIG news tomorrow and then celebrate with a screening and awards
2nd Directors Commentary Lands at 50 Kisses HQ, direct from Hollywood
https://vimeo.com/90533119 Evan and his wife Kerry Finlayson / Marlowe, (name depends on whether she is wearing the producer or actor hat) have also made a couple of low budget horrors and they have published a free e-book about their adventures, which you can download and
Recording The Directors Chat Track For Dream Date, the film that keeps on giving!
https://vimeo.com/114577165 As is true with many things that came out of Dream Date, this was our first ever Director’s Commentary. If you’re hoping to find a detailed discussion from which you might learn specific filmmaking techniques, this probably won’t be it. We decided to keep it
Screenwriter of ‘Neil’, Nigel Karikari remembers his 50 Kisses premiere in Australia
Screenwriter of ‘Neil’, Nigel Karikari remembers his 50 Kisses premiere in Australia. So… 50 Kisses the Movie premiered and I was gutted not be able to be there as looking at the pics it was a pretty swish occasion! Luckily I had some friends and
The First Directors Commentary For the 50 Kisses DVD / BluRay Is In!
We are working hard on getting a chat track from all the filmmakers and all the writers so we can really get to meet all the creative voices behind 50 Kisses. And recording it has never been easier, it’s possible even with an iPhone! So
The 50 Kisses Film festivals push begins
We have begun submitting 50 Kisses to festivals and we have high hopes for our extraordinary movie. So far we have taken on the cost and time of submitting to… Cannes Film Festival (Un certain regard) BFI London Film Festival Edinburgh International Film Festival Rhode
Recording a DVD Chat Track For ’50 Kisses’ BluRay and DVD
Not content with the ‘herding cats’ experience that was getting filmmakers to send us their films for 50 Kisses. We have decided to do the DVD / BluRay writers and directors chat track! What we plan is a special version of the film on the
’50 Kisses’ Plays In Montreal, Canada
Here in Montreal we had a little get together of 18 people in my downstairs media room on Feb 16th. It was a fun evening of friends and fellow tech heads anxiously waiting to finally see the final product that was years in the making. Everyone was punctual and from the moment I hit Play
’50 Kisses’ Plays In Switzerland
I’d volunteered to host the Swiss showing, and although I couldn’t find a cinema to show the film at relatively short notice, I did manage to find an ideal space to show it, courtesy of Peter Stevens, developer/marketer of the EeBee iPad feedback app. We figured we could comfortably seat about 30 people and with
Fillmmaker Simon Foster on BBC Radio London discussing 50 Kisses
Another Kiss? Here’s some related posts 50 Kisses on BBC London with Sunny and Shay Enough by Simon Straub Chatting 50 Kisses on Colourful Radio with Pip Henderson and Jacqui Grant 50 Kisses on BBC WM with Noreen Khan 50 Kisses on BBC Midlands Tonight
50 Kisses HUGE Box Office Success… The numbers are in!
Charles Gant of the Guardian and first stop for all industry players looking for last weekends box office analysis just wrote in his piece on the UK box office figures… ‘Showing in a one-off screening the day before Valentine’s Day, 50 Kisses achieved a robust £9,435 at east London’s Genesis cinema. Billed as the world’s
How Making ‘Romantic Hideaway’ and 50 Kisses Fuelled my Filmmaking Ambitions by Kawita Sareen
All my life I thought about making this film or that film and never actually did anything. Since being a part of 50 Kisses I have been inspired by your passion, dedication and hard work. Having completed my 2nd short I have a few more projects in the pipeline now and this is all thanks
Video Postcard from the 50 Kisses Premiere
We are visual storytellers after all, so I thought I would create this video post card of some of the most extraordinary memories from the 50 Kisses World Premiere. For me, it’s really sinking in now – we made a feature film, a damn good one at that, a quirky one that makes you laugh,
The 50 Kisses World Premiere and Awards: A night I will never forget
Over 500 people attended the world premiere of 50 Kisses on February 13th 2014. It was a knockout event with red carpet, WamBam burlesque performers, awards, an after party and of course a movie premiere! First was the red carpet and the opportunity to get your photo taken by our professional photographers. I knew it
A Valentines Love Letter Video to Everyone Involved in 50 Kisses
Ahead of the premiere, I thought we should share a short photo montage from the 50 Kisses journey, featuring lots of the 127 films and filmmakers involved, plus music from the 50 Kisses soundtrack challenge. It’s a reminder of the scale and ambition of 50 Kisses, the global reach and just how remarkable it has
Yes We Made The Lesbian Film: What 50 Kisses Means to Us at MakeLight Productions
Over a year ago, my partner, Andromeda Godfrey, said that we should do this 50 Kisses competition. She has an uncanny intuition about these kinds of things so I always listen to her. Now we have a remarkable little film that is taking us places we always wanted to go and we have our first
Our 50 Kisses journey and one Dream Date at the Valentines premiere
Our script, ‘Dream Date’ was our first ever film script – short or otherwise. Which is why, when we found out it had been chosen as one of the fifty winners of the 50 Kisses competition, we were surprised and thrilled! The initial online feedback seemed positive enough, though we were slightly perturbed by the
How 50 Kisses has led directly to my first feature film in under 18 months by Andrew T Wright
I produced and directed one of the versions of Kulvinder Gill’s ‘Romantic Hideaway’. Our journey in making this short film, both within and outside of 50 Kisses has been extraordinary and exhilarating to say the least. With two film crews and the male lead bailing out at the eleventh hour and then our two
How 50 Kisses got me writing… and I now have a Manager in Hollywood, by Rob Burke
With the premiere of the feature length film coming up, I found myself thinking about what has transpired since that day in July, over a year and a half ago, when I found out my script, LOVE, was one of the final fifty short screenplays chosen to be part of the 50 Kisses project. Actually,