October 31, 2005

San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival Announces 2005 Jubilee Award Winners

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS — October 31, 2005 — More than a thousand participants representing states from New York to Washington and foreign countries from New Zealand to Romania were on hand for the presentation of the Jubilee Awards during closing ceremonies at the second annual San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival, held at the Lila Cockrell Theatre 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...

October 27, 2005

San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival to Host Press Conference for Release of Iwo Jima Film, 'The League of Grateful Sons'

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS — October 27, 2005 — The San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival will host a press conference on Friday, October 28 at 12:45 p.m. CDT to discuss the release and world premiere of The League of Grateful Sons, a powerful documentary that illustrates how fathers who fought during the bloody battle for Iwo Jima forever marked the lives of their sons, and how these sons have now risen to honor them. The press conference will be held in Room 008 in the lower level of the Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio, Texas. The world premiere of...

October 26, 2005

San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival to Host World Premiere of Iwo Jima Film, 'The League of Grateful Sons'

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS — October 26, 2005 — On Friday, October 28, the San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival is pleased to host the world premiere of The League of Grateful Sons, a powerful documentary that illustrates how fathers who fought during the bloody battle for Iwo Jima forever marked the lives of their sons, and how these sons have now risen to honor them. The premiere will be held in San Antonio, Texas at the Lila Cockrell Theatre at 6:30 p.m. “We are honored to be hosting the premiere of this documentary at our second annual film festival,” remarked...

October 24, 2005

Controversy and Hope: San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival Expected to Draw More than 1,200 to Second Annual Event

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS — October 24, 2005 — Vision Forum Ministries is pleased to host the second annual San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival and Jubilee Awards to be held on October 27-29, 2005 at the Lila Cockrell Theatre and Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio, Texas. The 2005 festival will feature more than forty independent Christian films on four screens over a three-day span. The “Best of Festival” winner will receive the $10,000 Grand Prize Jubilee Award. “The mission of the San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival is to encourage Christian filmmakers to neither retreat from society, nor to...