San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival

San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival
Location San Antonio, Texas
Founded 2004
Hosted by Vision Forum Ministries
Official website

San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival (SAICFF) is a film festival located in San Antonio, Texas.

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2007 competition

The winner of the Best of Festival Award was The Monstrous Regiment of Women, a documentary on Feminism by the Gunn brothers who in 2005 won the best documentary for their film "Shaky Town". Samaritan won the best narrative. A Cry from Iran took the Best Documentary Award. Best Biblical Family Award went to Joel's Journey. Heartstrings, directed by John Moore won both the Young Filmmaker’s Award and the much coveted Audience Choice Award.[1]

2009 competition

The winner of the 2009 festival was The Widow's Might,[2][3][4] (which was made by John Moore's friends and family) which won $101,000 as the winner.[5] The festival was held on January 8–10.[6]

References

  1. ^ http://www.independentchristianfilms.com/press/release_2007-10-29.asp
  2. ^ Hagerty, Barbara (February 21, 2009). "Christian Filmmakers Creating An Industry Of Faith". NPR news. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100927647. Retrieved March 1,2011. 
  3. ^ Langen, Jennifer (January 23, 2009). "$101,000 Award-Winning Film 'The Widow's Might' Receives Acclaim from Veteran Film Producer and IT Pioneer". ChristianNewsWire. http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/510619261.html. Retrieved February 6, 2009. 
  4. ^ Alanis, James (January 12, 2009). "Report from San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival". The Dallas Morning News. http://religionblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2009/01/report-from-san-antonio-indepe.html. Retrieved February 3, 2009. 
  5. ^ Rodriguez, Joe (January 24, 2009). "Former Wichitan part of award-winning film". The Wichita Eagle. http://www.kansas.com/living/religion/story/675086.html. Retrieved February 6, 2009. 
  6. ^ Ratliff, Larry (January 9, 2009). "Christian Film Festival offers world premiere". San Antonio Express-News. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SAEC&p_theme=saec&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=1262E9C88C6FE238&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved April 8, 2011. 

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