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.

Listen to the filmmakers and screenwriters ‘chat track’ for ‘50 Kisses’ and find out how they did it
We released ’50 Kisses’ online last week and today we are releasing the official DVD chat track for the movie. On this version of the film, over 30 of the filmmakers and writers discuss their experiences of ’50 Kisses’ and just how it all came together for them. The film is played in slow motion

50 Kisses Will Premiere Online on Xmas Day 2014
Following the news that 50 Kisses has been rejected from Sundance (thanks LA based Marlowes for chasing it), we can announce that there is no reason to hold back the movie from the internet. On Xmas day, you will be able to watch 50 Kisses online, download an MP4 (for your own device) and embed

50 Kisses Success Story from Nick Grills
The other day I was at work doing my boring supermarket job when I looked across to the book section and saw The Guinness Book of World Records 2015. It gave me a surge of excitement to know that I had some small part of page 165. My script Last Chance was one of those

50 Kisses in the Guinness Book Of Records
I just got my copy of the 2015 Guinness Book Of Records and can confirm that yes, 50 Kisses is listed on the bottom right of page 165 in the movie makers section. We are in very good company sharing the page with Steve Spielberg, Johnny Depp, Tom Cruise, Robert Downey Junior and Stan Lee.

50 Kisses on London Live with the World Record
As with most media exposure, you get a call, jump in a cab and 30 minutes later you are on TV – and it happened again just now, with 50 Kisses being featured on London Live to help publicise the launch of the new Guinness Book Of World Records today, now in its 60th edition.

Phil Peel takes 50 Kisses to the Rhode Island Film Festival
50 Kisses with extra Love wows America Well that was quite a journey.. From filming our short film Love in London …to Edinburgh, New York, Genesis Cinema, and finally Rhode Island International Film Festival. …and being applauded by 3000 people. 50 Kisses – the Directors Cut …or as I like to call it 50 Kisses

50 Kisses wins the Rhode Island Film Festival
Great news, 50 Kisses has won the Rhode Island Film Festival in Providence, RI. Filmmaker Phil Peel and actress Holly Jacobson (from the segment ‘Love’) were there to collect the award on all our behalf’s. We actually created a ‘directors cut’ of 50 Kisses reinstating ‘Love’ for this North American premiere and by all accounts

Closed Captions and subtitles in 35 degree heat for 50 Kisses
We have been working hard for the last few days creating subtitles / closed captions for VoD platforms. Hannah Mark who is working with us right now has been stuck in a tiny office, diligently working through the film with a program called Subtitle Workshop. You would think you could just use the scripts, but

50 Kisses selected for the Bay Street Film Festival, Ontario
We just got this email about the Bay Street Film Festival in Thunder Bay, Ontario! Congratulations! Your film 50 Kisses has been officially selected for this year’s 10th annual Bay Street Film Festival in Thunder Bay, Ontario. The festival runs from September 3th to September 7th 2014. We’d like to invite you to attend our

50 Kisses Gets North American Premiere at Rhode Island Film Festival
GREAT NEWS! We have a North American Premiere for 50 Kisses at the prestigious Rhode Island Film Festival! Site HERE. Dates: August 5th to 10th 2014 This is a GREAT festival, I went about five years ago (video blog here) – the venue and audiences are outstanding and I am really amped that we have

50 Kisses on Turkish TRT TV
Another Kiss? Here’s some related posts 50 Kisses Masterclass 1 – recutting your film 50 Kisses The Feature Film Enters Post Production From 50 Kisses to 2 Pages a Week by Robert J. Lee Why 50 Kisses has given my music career a boost, by Fuzzy Jones Don’t miss out on the big publicity opportunity

50 Kisses on BBC WM with Noreen Khan
Tracey Flynn, screenwriter of Poster Boy and Anil Rao, filmmaker of Neil, both joined me for a chat on BBC West Midlands Saturday Radio show with Noreen Khan ahead of the screening tonight on the Giant Screen here in Birmingham. It’s still quite amazing that 50 Kisses is going to play on an iMax screen