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Podcast Ep 005… Meet The Writers of T50 Vol III: Leo X Robertson and Eimear Kilcullen
Chris: So welcome to this podcast for Twisted 50 with me, Chris Jones, filmmaker, author and founder of Create50 and Twisted50 alongside Cristina Palmer Romero . Right back in the day, this is the first podcast that w…
Mistress Twisted · 8 February 2025 · 28 min
Can You Wirte A Christmas Horror Short Screenplay? Podcast with Bob Schultz
Chris: So welcome to this podcast with me, Chris Jones, about twisted 50, our horror anthology writing opportunity for new writers. The idea is write a short story under 2000 words in the horror genre, modern horror,…
Chris Jones · 3 September 2024 · 13 min
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
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