Redemptive Film Festival
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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.
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.
, 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.
for distributing the film "JESUS," a two-hour docudrama that has had more than 6 billion viewings worldwide since 1979.
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.
, Clearview International and in the 1980s as President of Kensington Film Services in Notinghill London.
Film festival
A film festival is an organised, extended presentation of films in one or more movie theaters or screening venues, usually in a single locality. More and more often film festivals show part of their films to the public by adding outdoor movie screenings...
located in Virginia Beach, Virginia
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
. 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.
Lifetime Achievement Awards
The Redemptive Storyteller Awards for Lifetime Achievement are given to individuals in the professional film community who have contributed to redemptive storytelling.2010
Dr. Linda SegerLinda Seger
Linda Seger is a screenwriting coach and script consultant best known for her method of analyzing movie scripts, which she originally developed as her college dissertation project. She has consulted on over 2000 screenplays with the likes of Ron Howard, Ray Bradbury and Jennifer Hilldebrand...
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.
2009
Dr. Paul CrouchPaul Crouch
Paul Franklin Crouch is a religious broadcaster and, along with his wife Jan, co-founder of the Trinity Broadcasting Network .-Biography:...
, Founder and President of Trinity Broadcasting Network
Trinity Broadcasting Network
The Trinity Broadcasting Network is a major American Christian television network. TBN is based in Costa Mesa, California, with auxiliary studio facilities in Irving, Texas; Hendersonville, Tennessee; Gadsden, Alabama; Decatur, Georgia; Miami, Florida; Tulsa, Oklahoma; Orlando, Florida; and New...
, 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.
2008
This year, the award went to a project, instead of an individual: The Jesus Film ProjectJesus (1979 film)
Jesus , is a 1979 motion picture which depicts the life of Jesus Christ according primarily to the Gospel of Luke in the Bible...
for distributing the film "JESUS," a two-hour docudrama that has had more than 6 billion viewings worldwide since 1979.
2007
Filmmaker Ken Wales received the award for his work in the industry, including his involvement in such projects as the award-winning TV series ChristyChristy (TV series)
Christy is an American drama series which aired on CBS from April 1994 to August 1995, for twenty episodes.Christy was based on the novel Christy by Catherine Marshall, the widow of Senate chaplain Peter Marshall...
and Amazing Grace
Amazing Grace (2006 film)
Amazing Grace is a 2006 U.S.–UK co-production film, directed by Michael Apted, about the campaign against slave trade in the British Empire, led by William Wilberforce, who was responsible for steering anti-slave trade legislation through the British parliament. The title is a reference to the hymn...
. He also was Vice President of Production for Walt Disney Pictures and has served as production supervisor and consultant for many other features.
2006
The first recipient of this award went to Professor Andrew Quicke for 25 years of writing, directing and producing for BBC television Reuters VisnewsVisnews
Visnews was a London-based international news agency. By 1992 it was owned by NBC News , BBC and Reuters, until Reuters bought out the remaining shares of the company that year...
, Clearview International and in the 1980s as President of Kensington Film Services in Notinghill London.