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Be the Pikes Peak of Filmmaking

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:37:00 PST

In addition to the networking, ICVM is a great festival because there's always a fun outing planned. Designed to foster networking and deepening of relationships, the outings have included baseball games, trips to national parks, and golf games. (Well, if you're Brad Mix's friend, that is!) This week we took the cog railway up to Pikes peak. It is #34 of the 50 peaks over 14,000 feet in Colorado. (The tallest is Mt. Elbert - not quite as catchy a name) On our return trip Mark asked our conductor why Pikes Peak was so famous if it's not the tallest mountain in Colorado. Are you ready for the answer? Pikes Peak stands out ...

Connecting Christian Filmmakers at ICVM

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:00:45 PST

It's Saturday morning. The last trophy has been handed out (thanks, Rachel!), the A/V equipment put away, and the conference signs are gone. But the conversations continue. New friends and "old" colleagues linger in the hotel lobby or at the breakfast table sharing stories and learning more about each others' lives. Layne and I call it the "ICVM Afterglow." You know how it is. You go to an event or church service that's so great you don't want to leave. The people you're with inspire and challenge you, and ...

"The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry" Coming Soon to Theaters

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 01:17:48 PST

Press Release

Five & Two Pictures is releasing a very special film called The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry coming to theaters September 18th that is gaining momentum. Well-known author/speaker Josh McDowell says this movie is “loaded with excellent truths from God’s Word.”

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Game Show Attempts to Convert Atheists

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:38:35 PST

Reuters News Service

What happens when you put a Muslim imam, a Christian priest, a rabbi and a Buddhist monk in a room with 10 atheists? Turkish television station Kanal T hopes the answer is a ratings success as it prepares to launch a gameshow where spiritual guides from the four faiths will seek to convert a group of non-believers.

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Rebecca St. James Stars in "Sarah's Choice

Thu, 9 Jul 2009 23:35:01 PST

by Angela Walker

Rebecca St. James, multiple Dove and Grammy®-award winning singer/songwriter from Australia, is the lead in Sarah's Choice, a new film from PureFlix (The Wager, Hidden Secrets) due out this November.

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Advice for Christian Filmmakers

Wed, 8 Jul 2009 22:34:56 PST

Today at the ICVM Catalyst Conference, filmmakers received great advice from novelist Karen Kingsbury and producer John Shepherd (The Ultimate Gift). Both climbed to the top of their careers in different ways and have great experience to share. From Karen: Follow your dream and don't give up on it. There are road signs and mile markers along the way if you'll just watch out for them. her dad and a college professor spoke into her life, and ...

New Release: Census And The Star - DVD

Wed, 8 Jul 2009 17:44:36 PST

Explore the mysterious circumstances of Christ’s birth in this captivating look at the first Christmas.

Joseph and Mary traveled to Bethlehem by order of the Emperor, Augustus Caesar. This census has long confounded historians seeking to reconcile the Bible with recorded history. The evidence to address that is both intriguing and insightful.

The mysteries continue when a star appears to announce the birth of the King of the Jews. What was the star? What did it look like? When did it appear? Foreign Magi, or Wise Men, saw the star and followed it to Jerusalem and Bethlehem seeking Jesus. These little-understood figures were among the first to discover Jesus in what was surely a life-changing, as well as history-making, event.

Explore the star as the Magi did, following it to better understand Christmas. Trace what the Magi did as they gazed into the night sky those thousands of years ago.

Find answers to these questions and more... What really happened on the first Christmas?

DVD Special Features:

Glossary of Names and Terms, on-screen and in PDF
Study Materials, on-screen and in PDF
Chronology Information in PDF
Additional Interviews
Stellarium: Free planetarium software (for Windows, Mac, and Linux)

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New Release: Cancer Stories - DVD

Wed, 8 Jul 2009 14:15:52 PST

These intimate and emotionally moving stories share individual experiences in fighting a life and death battle against Cancer.

The stories are as varied as the people telling them. They include a NASA space engineer, a sports champion, successful career men and woman, children and housewives, moms and dads, all battling various forms of Cancer.

Cancer Stories is intended for anyone who has ever experienced the pain and triumph of this ever-increasing scourge, either on a personal level or via a family member or friend. Its very real, firsthand accounts reach the heart and, in spite of the difficult subject area, still offer comfort and encouragement. Cancer Stories approaches this dreaded disease from both a personal and medical perspective leaving the viewer both educated and well informed.

Cancer Stories’ personal accounts embrace the essence of what it means to cope with cancer with courage and dignity from the perspective of those who know from personal experience.

The host of these programs is Nancy Myers, who herself has experienced Cancer and approaches the subject through a sensitivity born of her own experience. Join her and the many individuals the program visits as they collectively “tour guide” you through the maze of Cancer.

Two segments, approximately one hour each

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Find Me: First Rate Indie Thriller

Tue, 7 Jul 2009 23:42:14 PST

Aside from a few achingly long dialog scenes, Trost�s story moves briskly along from plot point to plot point�and in a fashion that makes this possibly the most compelling suspense film I�ve seen in the last year or so. ...

New Release: The Lost And Found Family - DVD

Tue, 7 Jul 2009 15:33:39 PST

Sometimes a door closes... and a whole new world opens up.

Five guarded and confused foster children. Two loving, but weary, foster parents. One grieving former socialite. Put them all under one dilapidated roof and you get eight unique individuals in a house.

Or maybe, just maybe, it becomes the family they've all been longing for.

he Lost & Found Family is a touching story of hardship, change, and the faith that God can make things better, no matter how difficult the situation appears in our eyes.

Hardship and change can affect anyone—from children in a foster-care environment to well-to-do socialites. Sometimes it's systemic; other times it's instantaneous. Ester Hobbes has led the good life with her loving husband. But when Franklin suffers a fatal heart attack, her life changes dramatically.

ranklin's business dealings have left Ester with little beyond the clothes on her back ... and an unknown piece of rental property. Leaving the life she loves in Chicago, she heads to rural Georgia only to discover that the house she owns is the home of Tony and Ramona ... and their five foster children.

Barely able to make ends meet and knowing only God can help turn around the lives of their troubled foster children, the last thing Tony and Ramona are looking for is a live-in landlord ... especially when they discover Ester's lawyer has the house for sale.

After an extremely rocky start, Ester begins to befriend Crystal, Jasmin, Max, Justin, and Teri, along with their foster parents. But when word comes that the house has been sold to a developer, these fragile alliances are shattered.

In dire straits, Ester cries out to God for help. But is there enough time for Ester and her new "family" to save their home?

The Lost & Found Family reminds us that God brings out the best in us when we show His compassion to those in desperate need of love.

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New Release: Fireproof Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - CD

Tue, 7 Jul 2009 13:42:40 PST

Get the entire Fireproof Soundtrack on this CD.

Fireproof, The Movie, touched the lives and marriages of over 4 million moviegoers when it debuted in theaters across America. Now, fans can get the artist tracks, plus 10 orchestral songs from the movie score all on one disc for the first time.

Fireproof Original Motion Picture Soundtrack CD captures the inspiring, faith-driven message of the No. 1 independent film release of 2008 and biggest hit DVD. The disc also includes a special bonus Fireproof Remix of John Waller’s While I’m Waiting with a poignant video.

Track Listing:

1.   Fireproof - Main Title - Mark Willard
2.   Brighter Day - Leeland
3.   This Is Who I Am - Third Day
4. On The Tracks - Mark Willard
5.   The Love Dare - Mark Willard
6.   Slow Fade - Casting Crowns
7.   Not Good Enough - Mark Willard
8.   What You Dont Have - Mark Willard
9.   House Fire - Mark Willard
10. While Im Waiting - John Waller
11. Temptation - Mark Willard
12. The Apology - Mark Willard
13. Personal Sacrifice - Mark Willard
14. You Belong to Me - Grey Holiday
15. She Did It To Me - Mark Willard
16. Love Is Not A Fight (Movie Version) - Warren Barfield

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Possibility Pictures Sends "Letters to God" from Orlando

Fri, 3 Jul 2009 17:52:51 PST

Press Release

David Nixon, best known as one of the producers of Fireproof and Facing the Giants, is directing Letters to God for his newly formed production company, Possibility Pictures. Inspired by a true story, the faith-based family film, filled with laughter, love, hope and triumph, is the first time out for Nixon and his partners, Kim Dawson (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles I, II and III; Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius) and Tom Swanson (Come Away Home).

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A Greater Yes, Family Approved

Fri, 3 Jul 2009 17:17:13 PST

Family Approved. Company: Pure Flix. Source: Video ...

Public Enemies: NOT Family Approved

Fri, 3 Jul 2009 17:05:54 PST

NOT Family Approved. Company: Universal Pictures. Source: Theater ...

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs: Family Approved

Fri, 3 Jul 2009 17:05:54 PST

Family Approved. Company: 20th Century Fox. Source: Theater ...