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Why make Impact50? Interview with Sydney Science Fiction Film Festival

As part of the Sydney International Science Fiction Film Festival where The Impact is playing, the organisers asked me some questions, and I thought I would share them here too. You can get more info on the festival a…

Chris Jones·7 August 2023·2 min

The Impact Festival Run For 2023… What’s happening and can you represent the film?

Following the premiere of The Impact last summer , I entered the film into a schlew of top tier festivals. Sadly, none of the bit. This means I am now chasing big festivals, but not the huge ones like Sundance, Cannes…

Chris Jones · 8 February 2023 · 1 min

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Listen to Filmmaker and Screenwriter Richard Osborne on BBC Three Counties Radio

I just got the file of the recording of Richard Osborne, one of the filmmakers whose film is in Impact50, of his radio interview from a few weeks ago. Listen below…

Chris Jones · 22 June 2022 · 1 min

So it’s official! Impact50 has broken TWO world records!

We have smashed our own pervious record on ‘ 50 Kisses ’ with 67 screenwriters on The Impact, and beaten the film, The Owner, which had 25 directors. Impact50 has 40! No we are not registered with Guinness as they hav…

Chris Jones · 20 June 2022 · 3 min

The Impact50 Posters Have Arrived! Grab Yours Now…

We are making the posters available for £20 (for two posters), including shipping (in a cardboard poster tube). You can grab yours below… I am closing thisoffer at the end of June 2022. Also, once we sell out that’s i…

Chris Jones · 12 June 2022 · 1 min

Can You Rank The Impact on IMDb?

If you were at the premiere, you have now seen the film. It would be HUGELY helpful if you can rate The Impact now on IMDb, and if you feel like it, leave a review too. Here’s the link https://www.imdb.com/title/tt184…

Chris Jones · 4 June 2022 · 1 min

Impact50… The Premiere and Beyond…

The Impact was finally premiered on May 31st and what an evening it was! For me it was a personal milestone as I finally moved this mammoth project across the finish line. Eight years in the making, with thousands of…

Chris Jones · 4 June 2022 · 1 min

And The Winners Are… Impact50 Awards Fanfare!

On Tuesday we honoured the very best of talent involveed in Impact 50 at the premiere, while also remembering those who have departed over the years. And to be clear, we have set two new world records. One for most sc…

Chris Jones · 3 June 2022 · 1 min

Impact50 local Press Gathers Momentum…

Mark Hampton is currently winning the race for the most local press with two articles appearing over the last 24 hours. Well done Mark! Below are the links and also the link to an article from my local press where I g…

Chris Jones · 28 May 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

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And… We are BBFC Certified at 12A

We just got notice that we are now BBFC Classified as 12A, meaning children under 12 can only watch if accompanied by an adult. He BBFC say it gets this rating because of moderate threat, sex references, injury detail…

Chris Jones·26 May 2022·1 min

The Impact… Finally on the BIG Screen!

Today I visited the Genesis cinema to test the DCP (Digital Cinema Print) of the film on the big screen. It looked and sounded (now mixed in 5.1) totally sensational! Given the films were shot on everything ranging fr…

Chris Jones · 25 May 2022 · 1 min

Twelve days from now… The Impact Finally Makes Contact In London

I want to invite you personally to an extraordinary evening. Walk red carpet. Enjoy the celebrations and awards. Watch the movie in a theatre, as it should be seen. And network with hundreds of other filmmakers, write…

Chris Jones · 19 May 2022 · 1 min

Prepare for The Impact… Feature by filmink.com.au

by Dov Kornits May 18, 2022 The crowd-created feature was eight years in the making by sixty-seven writers and thirty-six directors (both world records), including Australians. If the premise of Don’t Look Up had you…

Chris Jones · 18 May 2022 · 4 min

Impact50 on film review site SplingMovies.com

Here are a few excerpts from the quite detailed and indepth review by Stephen ‘Spling’ Aspeling… While the coming apocalypse could lead to some dark places when it comes to rampant lawlessness, The Impact tends toward…

Chris Jones · 14 May 2022 · 1 min

Four Star Review of ‘The Impact’ with Film and TV, Review by John Higgins

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The world may be emerging from a global challenge, but film-makers are still determined to show the bad side of what is going on. We are still very vulnerable emotionally and financially, but creativity w…

Chris Jones · 5 May 2022 · 2 min

Grab YOUR Movie Poster for Impact50

After a HUGE amount of debate within the team and community, we have decided to use the poster with the meteor for all online presence. It works really well in the fast-paced environment of social media, such as accou…

Chris Jones · 29 April 2022 · 1 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

‘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