SAN ANTONIO, TX — February 12, 2013 — More than 1,800 participants from around the world were on hand in the Alamo City for the presentation of the Jubilee Awards during closing ceremonies at the 8th Annual San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival (SAICFF), held at the Lila Cockrell Theatre in downtown San Antonio last Saturday night. An additional 5,000-plus registered users tuned in via the web to watch the free live broadcast of the event.

SAN ANTONIO, TX — October 15, 2012 — The San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival (SAICFF) is pleased to announce that the winner of the Best Dramatic Short Film Jubilee Award, bestowed during their annual Jubilee Awards Ceremony, will now receive an added benefit — the opportunity to contract with EchoLight Studios to produce a feature-length film with a budget up to $250,000. This opportunity is being made possible, thanks to EchoLight Studios’ decision to sponsor the SAICFF’s Short Film Award. In light of this development, the SAICFF has officially extended the deadline for all film submissions for the 2013...

SAN ANTONIO, TX — February 29, 2012 — More than 2,100 participants representing forty-five states from coast to coast and such foreign countries as Bulgaria, Romania, and Uganda were on hand for the presentation of the Jubilee Awards during closing ceremonies at the 7th Annual San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival (SAICFF), held at the Lila Cockrell Theatre in downtown San Antonio this last Saturday a mere twenty-four hours before the 84th Annual Academy Awards. The ‘Best of Festival’ Jubilee Award — with its $101,000 cash prize — went to Courageous, the fourth feature film produced by Sherwood Pictures and...

SAN ANTONIO, TX — January 7, 2012 — Vision Forum Ministries and the San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival (SAICFF) announced today that Curtis Bowers will join the panel of judges for the 2012 festival, to be held February 23-25 in the Alamo City. In serving as a judge for the SAICFF, Bowers will play a part in selecting Jubilee winners in multiple categories and awarding the largest single cash prize for an American film festival: the grand prize of $101,000 for Best of Festival. Mr. Bowers is a former Idaho state representative, businessman, husband to Lauren, and father of...

Now Accepting Film Submission Entries! We are pleased to announce that we are now accepting film, treatment and score entries for the 2012 San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival held February 23-25, 2012. Make history as we stand together in furtherance of distinctively biblical, independent Christian filmmaking. Submit your entries for the opportunity to become a semi-finalist and compete for the largest single cash prize in America for any film festival, and the largest single festival prize ever given to an independent Christian filmmaker — the $101,000 Best of Festival Jubilee Award! Film Submission Pricing & Deadline Information Early Bird...

SAN ANTONIO, TX — November 1, 2010 — More than 1,700 participants representing states from coast to coast and such foreign countries as Ireland, Nigeria, and New Zealand were on hand for the presentation of the Jubilee Awards during closing ceremonies at the sixth annual San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival, held at the Municipal Auditorium in downtown San Antonio this last weekend. “Our goal with the Jubilee Awards is to reward the work of Christian filmmakers who have artfully communicated a Christian worldview through their film production,” explained Doug Phillips, founder of the San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival....

SAN ANTONIO, TX — October 29, 2010 — The San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival which kicked off yesterday in the Alamo City, will be hosting an exclusive, pre-release screening of the highly-anticipated new film, Ace Wonder: Message from a Dead Man, tonight at 7:30 at San Antonio’s Municipal Auditorium. The film is the latest project of HeuMoore Productions, whose last film, The Widow’s Might, won the $101,000 Grand Prize, as well as the Audience Choice Award, at the 2009 festival. “We’re pleased to be featuring a sneak preview of Ace Wonder to our audience tonight,” stated Doug Phillips, founder...