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Discover and discuss some of the world's best Christian movies and meet a new generation of Christian filmmakers at the Churches Making Movies Christian Film Festival. If you want to see movies that move mountains and inspire generations, you're in the right place!
Resilience and the Lost Gems
11 year-old adventurer, “Rizzy” O’Neil (aka Resilience), is separated from her family while in pursuit of a mysterious local legend. She faces intense heat, thirst, hunger, treacherous terrain, deadly creatures, turbulent weather, all in a land designed to crush the living. Rizzy must call on all her wits, strength, skill, and faith to beat the clock and save her family, and just maybe, a piece of history too!
A Blood Throne
“A Blood Throne” focuses on the dysfunctional relationship between father and son, Herod the Great and Antipas, at the height of Herod’s delusion: the massacre of the innocents and the murder of his two eldest sons.
Salute
SALUTE is a powerful short film addressing the mental and spiritual struggle of young man trying to decide if it is right or wrong for him to join the military.
**This film has over 40% cast and crew involvement who has either served in the military and/ or their mother/ father served in the military, representing every branch branch of the US Military.
**This film has over 40% cast and crew involvement who has either served in the military and/ or their mother/ father served in the military, representing every branch branch of the US Military.
Freshman Year
Christian high school graduate is challenged by social and peer pressure during his freshman year in a state university.
Special Election
A local hero runs for mayor, but at a town hall meeting, a reporter surprises everyone with a video showing what he did one night on a country road.
When the Dust Clears
Cindy, a 9/11 survivor, struggles living everyday life 15 years after that day. While battling health and depression, she tries to find ways to cope but still finds herself reliving that tragic day again and again.
David and Goliath
The hand of King Saul's daughter, Merav, will go to the man who defeats the Giant. David prepares for the epic duel.
The Reliant
An economic catastrophe precipitates widespread rioting and looting, forcing a 21 year-old lovesick girl to care for her siblings in a stretch of woods bordered by lawless anarchy, wondering why a good God would let this happen.
A Blood Throne
“A Blood Throne” focuses on the dysfunctional relationship between father and son, Herod the Great and Antipas, at the height of Herod’s delusion: the massacre of the innocents and the murder of his two eldest sons.
The Reliant
An economic catastrophe precipitates widespread rioting and looting, forcing a 21 year-old lovesick girl to care for her siblings in a stretch of woods bordered by lawless anarchy, wondering why a good God would let this happen.
When all else Fails
A short story about the start of a future major league baseball player that overcomes serious injury and family tragedy as well as winning over his dad to the fact that baseball can be used to glorify God.
sinbit
What would happen if a smartwatch could keep track of your steps... and your sins?
Higher than the Earth
Learning that a baby suffers from a severe heart defect and urgently needs surgery makes it incredibly hard for a mother. Little Nick ist treated at paediatric ICU of Uniklinik Freiburg. Doctors a fighting months for his life, while his family does not give up hope.
Salute
SALUTE is a powerful short film addressing the mental and spiritual struggle of young man trying to decide if it is right or wrong for him to join the military.
**This film has over 40% cast and crew involvement who has either served in the military and/ or their mother/ father served in the military, representing every branch branch of the US Military.
**This film has over 40% cast and crew involvement who has either served in the military and/ or their mother/ father served in the military, representing every branch branch of the US Military.
Foreclosing on Faith
Heroic battles, passionate protests and widespread resistance are being witnessed in many parts of the United States.
But this isn’t politics, it’s a war raging within the Catholic Church to preserve countless spiritual homes from closure.
But this isn’t politics, it’s a war raging within the Catholic Church to preserve countless spiritual homes from closure.
Repression
Have you ever wondered how the battle going on within you would look if you were physically staring right at it? This faith-based short film will give you a visual of what the lead character Mike, is spiritually battling against and how it has caused depression, anger, and harmful events to occur in his life.
Wake Up Call
The Wake Up Call is a faith based film inspired by the real life choices and conflicts of the Christian Walk. Stacy is a church going, bible toting christian who is living a double life. Stacy loves hanging out with her best friends and loves her boyfriend Frank but Frank does not love the church as much as Stacy. But Stacy's life is turned upside down when she eventually gets what she has been praying for.
Chloe's Mountain
A young gifted girl is devastated by her parents being killed in an auto accident. Chloe immerses herself into her music and begins to get off track and farther from God. She finds herself living with her faith filled grandmother who is determined to help her turn around and help Chloe face the mountains in her life. The fun begins when Grandma (after her unexpected death) arranges for Chloe to go the a Christian collage in order to receive a large inheritance. What happens next only the God could orchestrate.
It's Good to Believe in God
She works hard for a better life, but is heavily in debt because of the CCP’s exploitation. Left without a choice, she crosses the ocean to pursue her dreams. Exhausted for so long, she experiences the emptiness, pain, and helplessness of just living for the sake of money. How does she end up escaping this life of emptiness and suffering and find a happy life?
Dinosaur Heart
Dinosaur Heart is a short documentary following Treffen Rexius and his family whose life was turned upside down after receiving devastating news at the doctor’s office. Being a completely happy and healthy 10-month-old baby, there was no reason to suspect anything was wrong.
Saved, Escape from Kim's Regime
Andy and his mother tries to flee from North Korea, but the escape plan goes desperately wrong. After crossing the border safely, their guide does not show up as agreed, and they are stuck in the hillsides in China in minus thirty degrees weather. After three days without food or water, they are suffering from severe frostbite and almost freezing to death.
Harvest is Plentiful but Laborers are Few
A Christian man comes to the realization that he has done little to nothing in helping or ministering to others.
Let me Live Again
Bishop Angel Nunez has been in ministry for over 40 years. This documentary film covers not only his life, but his continued efforts on immigration reform and social justice for all people. The message of this film is to tell the hurting and broken (especially the youth) that there is hope; and they can rise, and live again.
Bishop Angel Nunez has been in ministry for over 40 years. This documentary film covers not only his life, but his continued efforts on immigration reform and social justice for all people. The message of this film is to tell the hurting and broken (especially the youth) that there is hope; and they can rise, and live again.
Praize
A modern day Cinderella story about an aspiring poet/rapper's desperate search for love and her unwillingness to confront her painful past.
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