Our festival is really a coalition of supporting organizations brought together to produce these events. This list represents that coalition. Additionally, the City of the Angels Film Festival benefits from the generousity of several corporate sponsors. If you would like to become a sponsor of our festivals, see our levels of sponsorship.
Cine & Media is a professional organization of people involved in some dimension of the film world who seek to explore the connection between movie entertainment and the spiritual core of the human condition. C&M is a meeting point of filmmakers, educators, and theologians. It is people who love films and believe that encouragement of the best in film can help raise the general level of culture. C&M sponsors dialogue through scholarly symposia, media education, and film festival participation. www.geocities.com/cineandmedia/
Association of Catholic TV and Radio Syndicators brings together for on-going education, spiritual enrichment, and project planning members of the Catholic communications community nationwide, whether from religious congregations or independent production companies, ACTRS seeks to nourish and support the work of those involved in non-print media. Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship. With their motto: "Growing in love for a lifetime", InterVarsity is a national organization whose mission is to establish and advance at colleges and universities communities of students and faculty who support each other in their Christian faith. InterVarsity welcomes people of every ethnicity and culture to be witnesses of God's purposes in the world.
The 2000 City of the Angels Film Festival Committee thanks the following sponsors for their generous support:
Frank Tobin Public Relations now
in its 11th year, is an entertainment public relations firm specializing
in television series, daytime dramas, special events, and personalities.
Southside Films produces dynamic, challenging and cutting-edge television and feature film programming. Past productions have included Vanishing Point (FOX), The Fixer (Showtime), and Who Killed Atlanta's Children (Showtime).
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Fuller
Theological Seminary is the largest seminary in North America, and
includes graduate schools of Theology, Psychology and World Mission at
its main campus in Pasadena, CA. The evangelical and multi-denominational
academic community prepares men and women from more than 80 countries for
ministry, mission and mental health careers. Fuller was the founding
organization of the festival. 
United
States Catholic Conference/National Conference of Catholic Bishops Office
for Film and Broadcasting produces weekly movie reviews which address
the moral as well as artistic considerations of individual films.
Capsule movie reviews can be accessed on the USCC/NCCB website, and each
week new movies and a selected family video are described on the toll-free
phone line, 800 311-4222. The Office's capsule reviews from 1966-99 are
available in book form in ``The Family Guide to Movies and Videos'' published
by Our Sunday Visitor Books. 
Catholics
in Media Associates supports and encourages Catholic professionals
who work in the entertainment industry. Since 1992, CIMA has given
recognition to those in the industry whose work has affirmed the highest
standards of the Judeo-Christian tradition. CIMA members write articles,
movie reviews and annually present entertainment industry achievement awards. 
Roman
Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles
Open
Call is an organization under the auspices of Paulist Productions.
Through programs and activities, Open Call seeks to connect and inform
people of the Christian faith within the entertainment industry.
Focolare
is
an international movement geared toward fostering unity among peoples.
“Whoever attempts to shift the mountains of indifference, hatred and violence
in today’s world faces a huge and heavy task. But what is beyond
the strength of a million isolated and separate individuals appears possible
to those who have made reciprocal love, mutual understanding and unity
the motivating force of their lives.” (From a 1996 address to
a UN symposium by Chiara Lubich, foundress of Focolare) 
The
Lloyd C. Douglas Committee of the First Congregational Church of Los Angeles
was created in 1996 to celebrate spiritual themes in feature-length films.
Each year, a panel of judges representing both the film industry and the
ministries of five different faiths present the Spiritual Quest Award to
a film released that year which best depicts themes of spiritual renewal,
transformation, and redemptive message. 
Loyola
Marymount University Department of Theological Studies and School of Film
& Television Two areas of study at LMU come together to sponsor
this year's festival: the Department of Theological Studies prepares students
for careers in ministry and scholarship in an environment of great intellectual
dynamism, ecumenical dialogue and constant prayerful witness in the Jesuit
tradition. The School of Film and Television forms the new generations
of filmmakers, well-schooled in the crafts of film and television, and
nurtured in a cooperative and respectful creative environment. Department
of Theological Studies 
Maryknoll
World Productions Since 1911, Catholics in the United States
have responded to the worldwide cry of the poor by becoming Maryknoll Missioners.
Today, Maryknollers help people overseas build communities of faith. Through
lives of service, Maryknollers translate the gospel of love into different
languages and in different cultures. Maryknoll World Productions
is the communications effort that reflects Maryknoll's activities through
television programs like the award-winning series "The Field Afar" and
international radio programs. 
Unda-USA,
the National Catholic Association for Communicators, brings together persons
who are working to communicate gospel values through today's powerful electronic
media. Our annual General Assembly provides opportunities for professional
development, spiritual renewal and social contacts. With our sponsorship
of the Gabriel Awards, we honor commercial and religious broadcasters and
producers who provide programming that serves viewers and listeners through
the positive, creative treatment of concerns to humankind. 
Faith
& Values Media is a service of the National Interfaith Cable Coalition,
Inc. (NICC), providing viewers with the best in high-quality, interfaith
programming. It is an organization of 70 different Jewish and Christian
faith groups with one misson: to make faith visible through the media.
Throughout its twelve-year history, what has made Faith & Values Media
television programs different from other religious television is strict
guidelines: no on-air fundraising, no proselytizing, and no maligning of
other faiths.
Showtime
Networks Inc. (SNI) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Viacom Inc. which
also owns the premium television networks The Movie Channel and Flix.
SNI operates and manages the premium television network Sundance Channel
which is owned by SNI, Robert Redford and Universal Studios Inc.
SNI also markets and distributes sports and entertainment events for exhibition
to subscribers on a pay-per-view basis. 
Water's
Edge Communications was established to utilize the visual arts in a
full range of creative media applications with a broad set of talents in
entertainment, marketing, education, and publishing. From interactive/internet
design to producing creative conferences, music videos, documentaries and
award-winning feature films, Water's Edge is committed to one principle:
The most impactful and satisfying communications are experiential.
We create experiences. 
HollywoodJesus.com
"Pop
Culture from a Spiritual Point of View". This enormously popular
website with over 15 million visits reviews films visually and looks for
the deeper more profound meaning behind movies, music and pop culture.
The founders of this innovative web ministry believe that the search for
God and life's meaning is reflected in Hollywood films and in the midst
of culture. 
PortalUno
"The
Hispanic Internet Gateway to the World" - PortaUno is the
only state of the art search engine that is designed specifically for the
US Latino Community. Hear live radio from all over the world. Stay
informed with reports from news centers throughout Latin America.
Find hundreds of thousands of Latino Internet sites. Do it En Inglés
y Español.