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What did the audience think at the online premiere of Impact50?

Last Saturday we hosted the private online premiere of Impact50… At first I thought turnout was low as the softeware reported only 35 people were watching. That turned out to be 35 people who were logged into their ac…

Chris Jones·27 June 2022·5 min

Photos from the Impact50 Awards

And finally, photos from the awards at the Impact50 world premiere. As ever, feel free to download and share on all socials. Over the weekend I will be sharing information about the official world record too! AMAZING!

Chris Jones · 9 June 2022 · 1 min

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Behind The Scenes at the Impact50 Premier and Awards Photos

Finally I can share all the photos from the party and event around the Impact premiere, awards pix imminent. They are taken by Sarah Olivier and Phillip J Coleman . As ever feel free to download and use in your own so…

Chris Jones · 6 June 2022 · 1 min

Signing the Poster for Impact50

As we did with 50 Kisses, we brought a special mounted poster to be signed by EVERYONE involved. We managed to get a photo of most people signing, so have a look and feel free to share the ones of you. You can downloa…

Chris Jones · 5 June 2022 · 1 min

A Crowd Created Feature Film Project by James Lingwood

Filmmaker James Lingwood who is attending the premiere just got some brilliant coverage and wrote an article for his film community below… A Crowd Created Feature Film Project Nearly a decade from conception to World…

James Lingwood · 28 May 2022 · 3 min

Final Poster Poll… meteor or no meteor?

So it’s almost Impact day and we need to decide. The team is split. With the meteor, or without the meteor? You can cast your vote below and see live results. Note the credits are still temporary. I will share my thou…

Chris Jones · 21 April 2022 · 1 min

50 Kisses Blog and Posts Resurrected

Over the last week and helped by the fabulous Milethia Thomas, we have managed to bring back the 50 Kisses blog, literally hundreds of posts on the whole journey. It’s fascinating to read and also inspirational to see…

Chris Jones · 18 April 2022 · 1 min

SECOND EDIT… ‘The Survivalist’ by Oakhaven Films

‘The Survivalist’ was a collaboration between The Glitch Collective (‘Mariana 627’, ‘What’s Wrong With Morris?’), Period 8 Pictures (‘A Beautiful Death’, ‘Too Many Cooks’) and the newly-established Oakhaven Films, mem…

Chris Jones · 12 July 2019 · 1 min

‘Blood Sweat and Tears’ by Gingersnap Productions FINE CUT

Producer and writer Stephanie Ginger who divides her time between the Algarve and the UK, formed Gingersnap Productions specifically to make one of her own scripts Blood Sweat and Tears for Phase Two of the Impact50 i…

Chris Jones · 3 July 2019 · 1 min

Meet the 46th and Final President of the United States… Filming The Final Address

Last Friday we shot the opening scene of The Impact, written by Joe Eszterhas and starring Olivia Williams. We shot in an extraordinary White House Oval Office reconstruction in Norfolk at RAF Coltishall in the sets o…

Chris Jones · 8 May 2018 · 1 min

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‘Francis of Fell End Farm’ – My Journey from Writer to Director

Amos Dewhurst as ‘Francis’ with Gwyn as ‘Moss’ As ‘Francis of Fell End Farm’ is now going through post-production, I think back over the past year since I decided to film the script. I knew that my script presented ch…

MTMilethia Thomas·15 March 2018·8 min

First Russian Team Creating a FIlm for the Impact50!

By the moment I entered the international team of Impact50 I had produced three shorts. However, I have never produced a short film, which was not made from my own screenplay. This was my first try. I read all the win…

Enni Red · 26 February 2018 · 5 min