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.
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. http://www.ocic.org
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.
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.
The 1999 City of the Angels Film Festival Committee thanks the following sponsors for their generous support:
Frank Tobin Public Relations now
in its 10th year, is an entertainment public relations firm specializing
in television series, daytime dramas, special events, and personalities.
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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.
Family
Theater Productions was founded in 1947 by Fr. Patrick Peyton, CSC.
This unique media ministry has received over fifty international awards
for its radio, television and film productions. Known globally for
its motto "The family that prays together stays together," Family Theater,
a ministry of the Congregation of Holy Cross, is dedicated to enhance and
empower families through radio, film and television. 
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) 
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.
Odyssey,
A Henson and Hallmark Entertainment Network, is a 24-hour program service
that provides high quality and informant programs for today's family to
an audience of 28 million subscribers. In November 1998, Hallmark and Henson
partnered with Odyssey's existing owners Liberty Media and NICC (National
Interfaith Cable Coalition). All of these creative forces present
a program mix committed to high quality (The Muppet Show, The Collection,
from the Hallmark Hall of Fame), meaningful and spiritually (The Daily
Mass, Landmarks of Faith) significant entertainment.
Premise
is a multi-denominational fellowship of Christian professionals in film
and television now in its seventeenth year. The group includes those
individuals in the industry who specifically impact project content, including
directors, writers, producers, editors, agents, attorneys and managers.
Through prayer and mutual support, monthly meetings and seminars, Premise
encourages its members to strive for excellence as professionals, as artists
and as believers.
Reel
Spirituality is an international gathering of writers, directors, pastors
and other church leaders that convenes annually to discuss their common
vocation as "culture makers." Reel Spirituality focusses on images,
particularly as they relate to issues of spirituality. This pairing
of leaders from Hollywood and the church is a positive step towards bridge-building
between two culturally influential communities.
Roman
Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles
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. 
PortalUno
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Hispanic Internet Gateway to the World" - PortaUno is the
only state of the art search engine that is designed specifically
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informed with reports from news centers throughout Latin America.
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y Español.