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The 2013 Christian Filmmakers Academy: Attend Live, or Watch From Your Own Living Room!
On February 4-6, hundreds of Christians passionate about movies, storytelling, and the arts will gather in San Antonio, Texas for the Christian filmmakers event of 2013 — the Christian Filmmakers Academy. From experienced film producers, to young aspiring filmmakers, and students of all ages, this year’s Academy will be educational and instrumental for networking, growing skills, and interacting with industry professionals. Students attending the event will enjoy more than 32 General Session lectures and break out messages, with hands-on opportunities. Visit online to view the complete schedule and register to attend.
Register for the 2013 ‘On Location’ Christian Filmmakers Academy
Announcing the Inaugural CFA Livestream Experience!
If you can’t make it to San Antonio for the 2013 CFA, we have the perfect solution! This year, for the first time, we are excited to offer Live-streaming of the Christian Filmmakers Academy. This will include over 22 sessions which we believe will be our strongest and most diverse collection of topics to date (this includes all general sessions and main-room breakout sessions).
Register Now for the CFA Livestream Experience!
Top Notch Instruction You Can Enjoy on Your Own Schedule — Just $295 for Your Entire Family!
Featuring three days of formal instruction from a top-notch staff of Christian filmmakers, directors, script writers, score composers, and marketing/distribution experts, including Fireproof and Courageous co-creator and producer Stephen Kendrick, the 2013 Academy can be watched from the online from the comfort of your home, at a very special price, and on your own schedule.
With over twenty hours of formal instruction and diverse topics, the Christian Filmmakers Academy is streaming all the General Sessions from our main ballroom, direct to you. Listen to lectures from veteran producers such as Geoff Botkin, Doug Phillips, and Steven Kendrick, or delve into the world of marketing and owning a film studio with industry experts Try Jacobson and the LeClerc brothers. View the complete Academy livestream schedule and register to attend at the special price of $295 — over 50% off in-class tuition of $595 per person.
Learn to script, cast, act, produce, and direct, and much more — all from a distinctively Christian perspective — online, from the comfort of your home!
Academy Faculty includes a powerful cast of Christian Film industry leaders:
- Doug Phillips, President of Vision Forum / Founder of the San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival
- Geoffrey Botkin, Veteran Writer, Director & Producer who has written and directed some of the most controversial and widely watched public affairs films of the last twenty years
- Justin Tolley, Production Manager, Assistant Director and Producer (Fireproof, Letters to God, Courageous, October Baby; Lost (TV series)
- Stephen Kendrick, Writer/Producer of Fireproof and Courageous
- Tryg Jacobson, nationally-recognized branding expert and the founder of the Jake’s Cafe
- Isaac Botkin, Director & Associate Producer, Visual Effects Technician (including with WETA Workshop), author of Outside Hollywood
- The Leclerc Brothers of Leclerc Brothers Motion Pictures, multiple Jubilee Award-winners
- Curtis Bowers, former Idaho state representative, businessman, producer, director, Winner of the 2010 SAICFF "Best of Festival" Jubilee Award.
- Colin Gunn, Best of Festival Award Winner 2007, and Best Political Film Award Winner at the 2004 SAICFF
- Benjamin Botkin, Christian composer, composed the soundtracks for Ace Wonder, The Mysterious Islands, and for the documentary Return of the Daughters, among other visual media projects
- Pat Roy, Writer & Producer, Jonathan Park
,Christian radio and media expert.
- Chad Burns, Director of Pendragon, Sword of His Father, and winner of multiple awards, Chad is founder of Burns Family Studios.
Register Now for the CFA Livestream Experience!
For just $295, your entire family can watch all the CFA’s main room sessions LIVE online from your own living room. That’s a huge savings over the in-person CFA registration fee of at least $525 per person, not to mention all the travel expenses you save.
Once you register, your confirmation email will have the details and links for joining the classroom sessions online. If your schedule won’t permit you to watch every session live, don’t worry, we will archive each live stream session for you so that you can go back and watch anything you missed at a later date (archived sessions available through March 29, 2013). Take advantage of the Academy Livestream option and sign up today.