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You will not believe the IMDb score for The Impact

Time To Vote… We have had just 45 people vote on IMDb and 2,000 people in the end credits (screen grab above taken on June 12th 2022). So no matter your involvement in The Impact, if you are credited, it is in YOUR in…

Chris Jones·12 June 2022·1 min

Wonderful write up about Impact50 from Pamela Perry

Pamela Perry who was part of the screenwriting challenge for Impact50 just uploaded a lovely write up… here’s a bit of it… I had the opportunity to watch a screener of the film. The passion for storytelling and filmma…

Chris Jones · 17 May 2022 · 1 min

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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