“San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival (SAICFF) was a film festival located in San Antonio, Texas. It was founded and organized by Doug Phillips.^[1]{{better source|date=August 2016}} The Best of Festival or Jubilee Award carried a $101,000 cash prize, the largest single cash prize awarded. The festival was closed in December 2013 due to Vision Forum Ministries shutting down.

2007 competition

The winner of the Best of Festival Award was The Monstrous Regiment of Women, an antifeminist documentary by the Gunn brothers, who in 2005 won "Best Documentary" for their film Shaky Town.^[1] 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 Audience Choice Award.^[2]

2009 competition

There was no festival in 2008. The 2009 festival had 2,400 attendees and a record 250 entries.^[3] The 2009 $101,000 "Best of the Festival" award went to The Widow's Might,^[4]^[5] the story of a community coming to the rescue of a widow about to lose her home. Nineteen-year-old John Moore wrote and directed the film.^[3] Fireproof, which made the highest grossing independent film in 2008, won the "Best Feature Film" category,^[3] and a documentary on the Terri Schiavo case won Best Documentary.^[6] The festival was held on January 8–10. "Collection of Fortunate Events" won "Audience choice" award. Written and Directed by Ridge Mallery ^[7]

2010 competition

The winner of the 2010 festival was Grinding America Down, a documentary alleging hidden Socialism in the United States.^[8]

2012 competition

There was no festival in 2011, due not to a festival cancelation, but simply because the festival dates were moved from fall to winter, resulting in no festival occurring within the 2011 calendar year. The "Best of the Festival" award for 2012 was Courageous, a drama from the creators of Fireproof.^[9]

2013 competition

Cancellation

In October 2013, it was announced that the 2014 SAICFF was canceled for a variety of reasons, including its financial losses the previous year.^[12] The next month, it was announced that the festival was shut down due to the closing of the host, Vision Forum Ministries.^[13]

References

1. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CgSnGnAwZAYC&pg=PT71 |title=Quiverfull: Inside the Christian Patriarchy Movement |last=Joyce|first=Kathryn |year=2009 |publisher=Beacon Press |isbn=0807096229|pages=71–73 }}
2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.saicff.org/news/winners/2007/ |title=SAICFF 2007 Jubilee Award Winners |accessdate=May 20, 2012 }}
3. ^¹²{{cite web | title = 'Widow's Might' Wins $101K Prize at Christian Film Fest | work = Religion Today Summaries. Daily briefs of the top news stories impacting Christians around the world. | publisher = Crosswalk .com | date = January 21, 2009 | url = http://www.religiontoday.com/news-summary/religion-today-summaries-jan-21-2009-11598383.html | doi = | accessdate = }}
4. ^¹{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100927647|title=Christian Filmmakers Creating An Industry Of Faith|last=Hagerty|first=Barbara|date=February 21, 2009|work=NPR news|accessdate=March 1, 2011}}
5. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.saicff.org/news/articles/2009/04/the_significance_of_the_widows/ |title=The Significance of The Widow's Might to Independent Christian Filmmaking |date=April 10, 2009 |publisher=SAICFF web site|accessdate=May 19, 2012}}
6. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.saicff.org/news/winners/2009/ |title=SAICFF 2009 Jubilee Award Winners |accessdate=May 20, 2012 }}
7. ^{{cite web |url=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 |title=Christian Film Festival offers world premiere |last=Ratliff |first=Larry |date=January 9, 2009|work=San Antonio Express-News |accessdate=April 8, 2011}}
8. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.saicff.org/news/winners/2010/ |title=SAICFF 2010 Jubilee Award Winners |accessdate=May 20, 2012 }}
9. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.saicff.org/news/winners/2012/ |title=SAICFF 2012 Jubilee Award Winners |accessdate=May 20, 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120511120215/http://www.saicff.org/news/winners/2012/ |archivedate=May 11, 2012 |df= }}
10. ^{{cite web |last = Ellis |first = Sean |title = Independent film documents impact of wolves |work = Capital Press, Salem, OR |publisher = |date = May 18, 2012 |url = http://www.capitalpress.com/newest/SE-wolf-film-052512 |accessdate = 2012-05-21 |deadurl = yes |archiveurl = https://archive.is/20130118195552/http://www.capitalpress.com/newest/SE-wolf-film-052512 |archivedate = January 18, 2013 |df = }}
11. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.saicff.org/news/blog/2013/02/101000_best_of_festival_jubile/ |title=$101,000 'Best Of Festival' Jubilee Award: The Drop Box |accessdate=Feb 10, 2013 }}
12. ^{{cite web | url=http://christianfilmcentral.com/?q=blog/SAICFF-2014-Postponed | title=SAICFF 2014 Postponed | publisher=Christian Film Central | date=3 November 2013 | access-date=24 January 2014}}
13. ^{{cite web | url=http://saicff.org/ | title=SAICFF.org has been shut down | publisher=San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival | access-date=24 January 2014}}