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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

Looks like I might be getting more than one film premiere this year, by Lynn Robertson Hay

I fully expected that the first project I’d tell you about would be my film BRAVE THE DARK, starring Jared Harris, which shot in the States last year – but another project has leap-frogged over it. And amazingly, it’s…

Chris Jones · 21 June 2022 · 5 min

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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

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

Celestial Contact at Impact50!

I am delighted to announce that Alex Barton, meteor expert, is joining us at the premiere. And he is bringing a MASSIVE 8kg meteorite – the fusion crust of an iron meteor that superheated when it began to burn in the…

Chris Jones · 20 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

Indepth Interview with Impact50 Founder Chris Jones on Reviewmyscript.com

I recently did a lengthy interview for Reviewmyscript.com and it just went live… You can read the whole article HERE and below are the first few quesions and answer… What inspired the Impact50 movement and what kind o…

Chris Jones · 16 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

What writers will get from attending The Impact premiere? By Ben Marshall

I was a newbie writer when I entered 50 kisses – the first Create50 feature project. My script didn’t get picked (I wasn’t ready) but I watched the bold and diverse film it produced and read all 50 winning scripts to…

Chris Jones · 19 April 2022 · 2 min

How this all began and the magical throughline of creativity…

It all began with a riot. Four nights or rioting across the UK actually, but mainly in London. It was August 2011 and walking through Ealing the day after, on my way to the office at Ealing Studios, reminded me of a w…

Chris Jones · 14 April 2022 · 2 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…

Milethia Thomas·15 March 2018·8 min