KickTraq

Yesterday was truly an astonishing day for those of us who were closely monitoring the Kickstarter campaign. It is difficult to be precise because of different time zones, but basically it seems that something over £1,500 was pledged throughout the... (Read More)

We would very much like to welcome John Gray from Canada as our new executive director following his generous pledges over the last few days. John does have a family connection with Symi but has never visited the island. So we are delighted that he... (Read More)

We start our last week of the campaign having hit two of the big milestones in the last 12 hours. Yesterday afternoon we hit the important 50% point. This put us close to £10,000 and this morning we were wondering how much closer to that we would... (Read More)

As promised earlier, we have now unveiled a new reward which is specially for fans of ITV1's Emmerdale and of Kurtis Stacey, who played the character of heart-throb farm hand Alex Moss. Devotees will recall that Alex Moss was murdered last Christmas,... (Read More)

We are delighted to report that yesterday (Thursday) we had our 100th backer. And many of you, those who have visited and know Symi, may well know who they are. Our 100th backer is The Olive Tree, the well-known café on Symi run by Jenine and Tina.... (Read More)

We're feeling quite humbled this morning to find that we now have 93 people who have so generously backed the Kickstarter campaign for The Judas Curse. The approaching 100-mark seems quite a milestone in its own right, and a lot of people. So it... (Read More)

We're delighted to announce this afternoon that Richard Syms has been cast for the role of Frank, the father of Chris (being played by Kurtis Stacey), in The Judas Curse. Richard's career reads like a role call of all your favourite television... (Read More)

Former Emmerdale actor Kurtis Stacey has written an exclusive piece on looking forward to playing the lead character, Chris, in The Judas Curse and filming on Symi in October. It appears today in scriptwriter James Collins' daily blog, Symi Dream at:... (Read More)

Rodiaki, the Greek regional daily newspaper for Rhodes and the Dodecanese islands area, has carried a report on The Judas Curse. For those of you that read Greek, here is the link to the online version:... (Read More)

We’re delighted to announce that Kurtis Stacey has joined The Judas Curse in the starring role of “Chris”. Many of you will recognise Kurtis from his memorable two-years as swarthy farm hand heart-throb Alex Moss in the ITV1 drama Emmerdale.... (Read More)

We thought you might like two know that reports on The Judas Curse have appeared in two Australian newspapers - one in Greek, one in English. You may know that following the collapse of the sponge industry in the 20th century, a number of sponge... (Read More)

As promised, the first of our updates for this week - the new video. We had some criticism of the original one. One reviewer called it "dry", and hinted it was overlong. So we listened and took on board those comments. We hope you will agree the new... (Read More)

Great news. We just had to share this with everyone immediately. We have this afternoon broken through to the £4,000 level. Thank you so much to all those who contributed today and pushed us through. We are certain there was one person who was... (Read More)

No, we haven't suddenly changed the location for the film. But one of our backers came up with a brilliant suggestion which we have acted on immediately. And I don't know why we didn't think of this before. The city of Tarpon Springs in Pinsellas... (Read More)

Thank you to all those that have got our Kickstarter campaign off to such a great start. After three days we have nearly reached £2,000. Many of you are regular visitors to Symi and are readers of scriptwriter James Collins' Symi Dream blog, and we... (Read More)

Navin Dev director del film independiente Red Kingdom Rising prepara su próximo proyecto, The Judas Curse. Por ahora ha iniciado una campaña crowdfunding en kickstarter.com donde nos comenta los entresijos de su próxima película de terror. Su objetivo ahora es llegar a las 19.700 libras y empezar a rodar en Octubre de este mismo año, la localización, isla griega de Symi. (Read More)

The relatively undiscovered Greek island of Symi has been chosen as the setting for a new horror evoking the classic style of such 1970s films as The Exorcist and Omen. The producers of The Judas Curse say the island’s spooky shell of a village, fallen into decay since the Second World War, will provide the perfect location for the film to be shot there in October. (Read More)

You’ll know that I’ve been talking a lot about this film project which will happen in Symi in October if funding is raised. Well, 1066 Productions Ltd who are to make the film, will be raising the funds through a ‘Kickstarter’ campaign. It’s called ‘crowd funding’, a system where everyone has a chance to put something into the making of a film, from £1.00 to £5,000 or more. The whole thing is about raising a small amount of money (in film terms), and in return, giving contributors something in return, the ‘perks’ as they are called. (Read More)