Drastic Improvements Seen In Christian Films
The San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival attracted more than 200 entries, with 50 films chosen for the contest. The “Best of Festival” Jubilee Award, with a cash prize of $101,000, went to The Widow’s Might — a feature length comedy adventure that tells the fictional story of how filmmakers helped an elderly widow who was about to lose her home due to rising property taxes. It was written and directed by John Moore, a 19-year-old from Kaufman, Texas.
Doug Phillips is president of Vision Forum, which organized the Festival. He says the event shows how the quality of Christian movies has improved dramatically in recent years.
“Once upon a time, Christian films, frankly, were terrible. They were B-films, C-films, or D-films. That’s not true anymore,” he contends. “Now we have films that can compete with the world. Again, think about Fireproof [that earned] $33 million at the box office. This is a film with excellent production values, fantastic acting; and we’re seeing this more and more in our films.”
Other winners in the festival included The Terri Schiavo Story, which received the “Best Documentary” award. The “Best Biblical Family” award went to Blinding Faith, a story about a persecuted missionary. And Fireproof won top honors in the “Best Feature Film” category. Descriptions of all winning films are available on the Film Festival’s website.
(Source: onenewsnow.com)
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