San Antonio, Texas — October 29, 2007 — More than eleven hundred participants representing states from Florida to Washington and foreign countries from Scotland to Nigeria were on hand for the presentation of the Jubilee Awards during closing ceremonies at the fourth 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 Festival. “With...
Christian filmographers will be taking a hard look at the influence of Disney on American culture as part of the Third Annual Christian Filmmakers Academy to be held October 22-24 in San Antonio, Texas. During a three-lecture symposium on Disney, the CFA’s faculty will dig deep into the corporate and artistic legacy of the communications giant often accused of being the most anti-family media conglomerate in the world. “Perhaps no individual of the 20th century had a larger impact on media’s influence on family culture than Walt Disney,” remarked Doug Phillips, president of Vision Forum and founder of the Christian...
The fourth annual San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival and Jubilee Awards, to be held in the Alamo City on October 25-27, will feature films which tackle some of most controversial themes in Christendom, including feminism, abortion, and real-life martyrdom, along with uplifting films that encourage the family. The 35 semi-finalists chosen were narrowed down from a field of over 120 entries, including submissions from professionals, first-time filmmakers, as well as graduates from Vision Forum’s Christian Filmmakers Academy. The “Best of Festival” winner will receive a beautiful Jubilee Award and a prize check worth $10,000. “America is in culture war,...