Getting your heart right – Answers to prayer is one of my favorite things to talk about. There have been so many answers to prayers over these last several days. Scripture says the effective, fervent, prayer of the righteous accomplishes…
Steve Cleary is serious about missions and using media to reach the lost for Christ. Cleary is the maker of Tortured for Christ, a feature length film screening Friday at the festival, and he shared his journey to finding the…
This morning, filmmakers had the honor of hearing from our Kenyan guest, Gathuku Kibunga, who is the Founder of Timazi Ministries with a heart for media discernment. He made a passionate appeal to Christian filmmakers for sexual purity in both…
This morning, filmmakers attended a feast – a feast of wisdom and biblical foundations for Christian filmmaking from Bill Reeves, Founder and President of the WTA Group. Reeves shared How to Live Out Your Faith in the Movie Business —…
“I had to learn the difference between a good idea and a God idea,” award-winning filmmaker Alex Kendrick shared during his keynote wrapping up day two of the Christian Filmmakers Guild. In sharing his testimony about how he and his…
Guild-goers got the rare inside baseball on making Christian films from some of the industry’s leading experts. Here’s just a small taste of the nuggets of truth shared in this afternoon’s filmmakers panel. Moderator Stephen Kendrick David Evans – Eye…
George Escobar is a co-founder of Advent Film Group and an accomplished writer, director,and producer. He has a series of workshops during the Guild that tackle how to write great scenes and dialogue. Today’s workshop dove into dialogue. “It don’t…
Bruce Marchiano’s keynote this morning focused on our desperate need for God, and the overwhelming vital importance of seeking Him in prayer. “I encourage you to make your movies on your knees,” he urged. “That’s a victory, when there’s…
Wow! Guild-goers were treated to a whirlwind history lesson on Christians and cinema. You read that right. Christians were early pioneers in using the medium of film for….wait for it….you guessed it…to spread the Gospel! Telfer started by reminding us…
Cheryl McKay, a screenwriter whose work includes The Ultimate Gift and co-writing Indivisible, confessed, “Rejection changed the course of my life.” She had my attention. “Have you ever had a dream that God said ‘No’ to? Well, I did. I…
