| Redemptive Film Festival | |
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| Location | Virginia Beach, Virginia |
| Founded | 2006 |
| Directed by | Christopher Cunningham |
| Hosted by | FireWorks International |
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Redemptive Film Festival is a film festival located in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Founded in 2006, it has been an annual event in November. It showcases films, both shorts and of feature-length, professional and students filmmakers. Entries are judged by a panel of film and television professionals. The festival awards the Redemptive Storyteller Award to all films that meet its standard of excellence.
The festival aims at providing a forum for filmmakers (professionals or students), to showcase and be rewarded for their work on themes that depict the redemptive purposes of God, either through human beings or supernatural occurrences; and to participate in the process of redeeming and empowering victims of modern day slavery. For the purposes of this competition, a redemptive film is any film whose main purpose is to depict the act of redeeming, rescuing, or delivering any person from a state of crisis or helplessness.
The festival believes that most often, God uses humans to redeem other humans, though sometimes He intervenes through other methods, and therefore they look for films that portray this. Films which demean religion, include gratuitous violence, nudity or profanity are not suited for this competition. Films do not need to reflect Christian teachings but must adhere to basic Judeo-Christian Values, such as the respect for life, justice and morality.
The Redemptive Film Festival is not just interested in promoting redemptive films, but they are also actively involved in the process of redemption. Proceeds from the festival are donated to helping to rescue and empower the victims of modern day slavery. Today there are more than 27 million slaves in the world, more than the number of people extracted from Africa throughout the 400 years of the slave trade. Towards this end, the Redemptive Film Festival partners with the International Justice Mission, a human rights agency that secures justice for victims of slavery, sexual exploitation and other forms of violent oppression. IJM lawyers, investigators and aftercare professionals work with local officials to ensure immediate victim rescue and aftercare, to prosecute perpetrators and to promote functioning public justice systems.
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The Redemptive Storyteller Awards for Lifetime Achievement are given to individuals in the professional film community who have contributed to redemptive storytelling.
Dr. Linda Seger received the award for over her work, specifically in the area of script consulting. Dr. Seger created and defined the job of script consultant when she began her business in 1981 She has consulted on over 2000 scripts, including over 40 produced feature films and about 35 produced television projects.
Dr. Paul Crouch, Founder and President of Trinity Broadcasting Network, was selected for his efforts to tell the greatest redemptive story ever, primarily through Christian broadcasting, as well as his role as Executive Producer of various films.
This year, the award went to a project, instead of an individual: The Jesus Film Project for distributing the film "JESUS," a two-hour docudrama that has had more than 6 billion viewings worldwide since 1979.
Filmmaker Ken Wales received the award for his work in the industry, including his involvement in such projects as the award-winning TV series Christy and Amazing Grace. He also was Vice President of Production for Walt Disney Pictures and has served as production supervisor and consultant for many other features.
The first recipient of this award went to Professor Andrew Quicke for 25 years of writing, directing and producing for BBC television Reuters Visnews, Clearview International and in the 1980s as President of Kensington Film Services in Notinghill London.