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San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival

The San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival was a competition for Christian independent filmmakers run by Doug Phillips's Vision Forum Ministries, with a Christian Filmmakers Academy of workshops attached. Its first Jubilee Awards, in 2004, drew more than 120 entries and carried a $10,000 top prize; for 2009 the Best of Festival award rose to $101,000. Screenings and ceremonies were held downtown at the Lila Cockrell Theatre and the Henry B. González Convention Center. Courageous won in 2012 and the documentary The Drop Box in 2013, the eighth and last edition. A 2014 festival had been announced, but by January 2014 the festival's site said it had shut down because Vision Forum Ministries closed.

Festival · San Antonio · Since 2004 · Ended 2013

When it ran
Held in varied: January 8–10
Lila Cockrell Theatre; Henry B. González Convention Center
Vision Forum Ministries; founder Doug Phillips
Old website ↗︎
Categories
Dramatic shorts, features, documentaries, commercial advertisements and promotional media judged on a biblical worldview
Christian Filmmakers Academy workshops held alongside the festival
Prizes
Best of Festival Jubilee Award: $10,000 in 2004, raised to $101,000 from 2009

Notable

The first Jubilee Awards, in 2004, drew more than 120 submissions; the $10,000 Best of Festival award went to the short The Art of Play ↗︎
In 2008 Phillips announced a $101,000 Best of Festival prize for the January 2009 festival, more than 10 times the earlier $10,000 award ↗︎
The 2009 competition was held January 8–10, 2009, with distribution contracts offered to all semifinalists and finalists ↗︎
The 2009 festival drew more than 2,400 people; its $101,000 prize went to The Widow's Might, by 19-year-old John Moore of Kaufman, Texas ↗︎
The 2010 festival opened Thursday, October 28 with ceremonies at the Municipal Auditorium and screenings at the Henry B. González Convention Center ↗︎
The 7th annual festival, in 2012, drew more than 2,100 people to the Lila Cockrell Theatre, and Courageous won the $101,000 Best of Festival award ↗︎
The 8th annual festival, in 2013, drew more than 1,800 people, and the documentary The Drop Box won Best of Festival ↗︎
By January 2014 the festival's site said it had been shut down because Vision Forum Ministries closed; a 2014 festival and February 17–19, 2014 academy had been announced ↗︎
The 2010 festival moved to the Municipal Auditorium because the Lila Cockrell Theatre, its long-standing venue for opening and award ceremonies, was under renovation ↗︎
Sources
  1. San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival (archived site, January 2013) SAICFF via Wayback Machine 2013-01-15
  2. San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival (archived site, October 2008) SAICFF via Wayback Machine 2008-10-04
  3. 2013 Festival Event Venue (archived) SAICFF via Wayback Machine 2013-01-18
  4. Festival Schedule (archived) SAICFF via Wayback Machine 2013-01-18
  5. 2004 Jubilee Award Winners (archived) SAICFF via Wayback Machine 2013-01-18
  6. 2009 Jubilee Award Winners (archived) SAICFF via Wayback Machine 2013-01-18
  7. 2012 Jubilee Award Winners (archived) SAICFF via Wayback Machine 2013-01-15
  8. 2013 Jubilee Award Winners (archived) SAICFF via Wayback Machine 2013-11-05
  9. SAICFF.org has been shut down (archived) SAICFF via Wayback Machine 2014-01-02
  10. Christian Filmmakers to Compete for Largest Cash Prize The Christian Post 2008-03-20

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