Our festival is really a coalition of
supporting organizations brought together to produce these events.
This list represents that coalition. If you would like to become
a sponsor of our festivals, see our levels of
sponsorship.
Presenting Sponsors
 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.
www.fuller.edu |
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 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. www.familytheater.org |
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 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, and education. From award-winning feature
film and video productions (CINE Golden Eagles, New York, Chicago, and
Houston International Film Festivals, CINDY Awards, Excellence in Media
Angel Award, C.V.M. Crown Awards), to interactive/internet design, to producing
creative conferences, Water's Edge is committed to one principle:
The most impactful and satisfying communications are experiential.
We create experiences. www.Waters-Edge-Comm.com |
Major Sponsors
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 Pepperdine
University is a Christian university committed to the highest
standards of academic excellence and Christian values, where students
are strengthened for lives of purpose, service, and leadership.
Recently Pepperdine's Seaver College has added a specific program
in Film Study, www.pepperdine.edu |
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| Brehm Center
explores how the arts influence and shape our understanding and expression
of faith and belief with the help of the joint faculties of the Schools
of Theology, Psychology and World Mission from Fuller Theological Seminary.
www.fuller.edu/brehmcenter |
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 Los
Angeles Film Study Center
(LAFSC) is a one semester, off-campus student program of the Council
of Christian Colleges and Universities. Located in one of the primary
film and television production centers in Los Angeles and utilizing
state of the art camera and editing equipment, the LAFSC is designed
to integrate a Christian world view with an exploration of the work
and workings of mainstream Hollywood entertainment. Students at the
LAFSC practice visual storytelling, study theology in Hollywood, and
spend over 200 internship hours inside the entertainment industry.
www.lafsc.com |
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| Azusa
Pacific University offers more than 40 areas of undergraduate study,
20 master’s degree programs, and 4 doctorates to a total enrollment of
more than 6,800 students. The institution’s founding vision is to develop
scholars and disciples, doing so through off-site regional centers, study
abroad semesters, missionary opportunities, and innovative academic programs.
The Cinema Broadcast Arts (CBA) Program is the university’s newest academic
offering. Through the CBA Program students are encouraged to delve into
the depths of their imagination, while simultaneously building a solid
foundation grounded in faith, integrity, and the liberal arts. www.apu.edu/clas/commstudies/cba/ |
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 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. www.catholicsinmedia.org |
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 SermonSpice.com
www.sermonspice.com |
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 Creative Handbook is California's premiere production source book for commercials, features, TV shows, music videos and events.
www.creativehandbook.com |
Festival Partners
| Act
One: Writing for Hollywood is an interdenominational program to train
committed Christians for mainstream careers as screenwriters. The
program stresses professionalism, artistry, ethics and a personal relationship
with Christ. www.actoneprogram.com |
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 Angelus
Student Film Festival honors student filmmakers whose work explores
the complexity of the human condition with creativity, compassion
and respect.Angelus Award winning films reflect values such as REDEMPTION,
SPIRTUALITY, DIGNITY, TOLERANCE, EQUALITY, DIVERSITY, HOPE and TRIUMPH
OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT. www.angelusawards.org |
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 GroveFilms.com advances the careers of filmmakers by making high-quality downloadable short films available to churches and ministries across the world. GroveFilms.com is the film & media division of The Grove Center for the Arts & Media, based in San Clemente, CA. The Grove Center for the Arts & Media (www.thegrovecenter.org) exists to see Christ in culture through the arts & media. The Grove is developing a national retreat center for arts in the Church on its 12 acre property in North San Diego County. www.grovefilms.com |
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 Grace
Hill Media
Grace Hill Media is committed to highlighting entertainment for the faith community which shares in their beliefs, that explores their values, and that enhances and elevates their view of the world. The hallmark of Grace Hill Media is integrity. We constantly balance the wants of our clients with the needs of our audience, and always strive to act as counsel and advocate for both. In recognizing the business demands of Hollywood, while remaining sensitive to the values of the faith audience, Grace Hill Media stands alone in the entertainment industry.
www.gracehillmedia.com |
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 Biola University is a global center for Christian thought and spiritual renewal. Biola has seven schools offering over 145 academic programs ranging fromthe B.A. to the Ph.D. The seven schools are the School of Arts and Sciences, School of Education, Talbot School of Theology, Rosemead School of Psychology, Crowell School of Business, the School of Professional Studies, and the School of Intercultural Studies. www.biola.edu |
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| 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) www.focolare.org |
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 Paulist Productions creates films and television programs that reveal God's presence in the
contemporary human experience. Our mission is to challenge our viewers
to love others and to liberate one another from all that is dehumanizing.
We encourage other entertainment professionals to help unify the human
family through the power of the media. Since its inception, Paulist
Productions has produced many well-respected projects including the feature
films “Romero” and “Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story.”
Paulist also produced 28 one-hour Family Specials for ABC. Upcoming
productions include the ABC-TV movie “Judas” scheduled to air in the spring
of 2004 and “Saints Preserved”, a documentary made for the History Channel,
scheduled to air October 30, 2003. Paulist Productions continues
to develop new projects and is committed to its legacy of incisive, illuminating
and affirming television and film production. www.paulistproductions.org |
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Festival Affiliates
| The Beacon |
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Catholic
Academy for Communication Arts Professionals
website |
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| Inter-Mission
is an interdenominational network of Christian professionals in the entertainment
industry. With offices in Los Angeles, New York and Minneapolis,
Inter-Mission seeks to equip believers so that they can positively impact
culture through entertainment. www.inter-mission.net |
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| Maryknoll
Productions is the electronic media office of Maryknoll, the U.S.Catholic
mission movement. In addition to bilingual TV series such as The
Field Afar and Caminante, Maryknoll produces and distributes a weekly radio
program, Voices of Our World, as well as classroom videos and other materials.
In 1995, School of Assassins, a Maryknoll release, was nominated for the
Academy Award for Best Short documentary. More than 1,500 Maryknoll
priests, brothers, sisters and lay missioners in 37 countries around the
globe are dedicated to building a better world, discovering new faces of
God among people of different racial, religious and ethnic backgrounds.
www.maryknoll.org |
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| Pauline Media |
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| Tandem Arts |
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| Tribe is
a unique church of Christian iconoclasts, visual artists, musicians
and filmmakers, dedicated to integrating the arts and worship
through a circle of African drums, Celtic strains, Gregorian chant
and visual art. Seeking oneness with the sacred mystery
that is Christ, we learn to listen to the rhythms of silence and
deep knowledge of the Word to hear God speak. We believe
it is God’s deep desire to speak powerfully and profoundly by
His Spirit through His Church to redeem creation back to Himself.
Tribe is located in the Miracle Mile District of Los Angeles. e-mail |
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