2005 San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival Photos
I intend to write much more about the SAICFF since I gleaned so much from the event. The films were great, but as I mentioned before, they were not the highlight. The workshops and speakers were tremendous, and the fellow attendees made it such a wonderful event. I got to renew old friendships and to even meet a few new friends. Below are some pictures that give you a taste for the people, speakers, and events of the San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival.
Mom, Josh, Susanna, Nate, and yours truly got up early Thursday morning to make the 10-hour trek from Wichita to San Antonio. It was an uneventful drive, which is just as we like it.
Susanna took advantage of her time in the van away from others to get all dolled up. This is the "before" picture.
And the "after" pic. Very pretty, Susanna.
Josh, Phillip Bradrick, and my little brother Nate enjoy some fellowship time. I met Phillip about two years ago when his brother Peter and I were VF interns. Peter is now on staff, and Phillip is an intern. It was great to see them again.
A friend with a young lady at his side. Congrats, Mark and Amy!
Colin Gunn is simply tremendous. He has a wonderful Scottish accent and enjoys discussing the rich, hearty Reformed theology of his fathers. We very much look forward to his documentary The Monstrous Regiment of Women, which will refute modern feminism and bolster the testimony of biblical womanhood.
Here are some members of my family with another great defender of biblical womanhood: Carmon Friedrich and two of her children. I really enjoyed meeting some of the Friedrichs for the first time.
Isaac Botkin is considered among the world's greatest CGI animators. I attended an interesting workshop in which he presented a few basics of CG. It was great to see him again and to meet many of his family members. He and his father attended last year, and they brought the whole family this year.
Vision Forum has been working on what they call The Faith of Our Fathers Project. The League of Grateful Sons, which is part of this project, tells the story of a journey to Iwo Jima on the 60th Anniversary of a historic battle between the US and Japanese for this Pacific island. Without the Botkins, The League of Grateful Sons would not have happened since they performed the arduous labors involved in producing this documentary. We were blessed to see the world premiere on Friday at the festival. This film stands alone as a World War II documentary that does not merely tell the story of a war, but primarily seeks to communicate hope and vision to fathers and sons. As Doug Phillips has noted, these World War II veterans are a last vestige of the pre-modern world in which men fought and died to defend women and children. These stories of discipleship, boldness, and perseverance would have been lost forever were it not for the tireless work of Doug and his crew, including the Botkins.
Pictured above is a performance of World War II period tunes by The Sentimental Journey. It was quite a show and set the atmosphere for the world premiere of The League of Grateful Sons.
We had an enjoyable time of fellowship with the Lavine family prior to the Awards Ceremony on Saturday.
Lourdes Torres poses with my sister Susanna for a picture. I have known the Torres family since my internship days, and they are dear friends and servants of the Lord.
I enjoyed Ron Owen's workshop about writing music for movies. He is pictured above on my left.
Alabama Supreme Court Justice Tom Parker received the award for best political film on behalf of the Littons who produced Intent. Appropriately, The Honorable Howard Phillips, father of Doug Phillips and a former presidential candidate, presented the award. Beall Phillips stands on the stage at right.
Arthur Rasco, with his wife Hanna, accept the $10,000 Grand Prize Jubilee Award for "Best of Festival." They produced a wonderful narrative entitled, "No Greater Love." I enjoyed Arthur's film from last year called "Modeling Charity," and he stepped it up a notch this year with "No Greater Love."
Other highlights not pictured above include the workshops, of which we have very few good pics; Charlie Zahm and George Sarris who performed several times during the film festival; and the Arneson River Theater where we enjoyed presentations on Friday evening.
Stay tuned for more pics and thoughts about the festival and the trip to San Antonio.
posted by C.S. Hayden @ 10:30 PM
2 Comments:
Thanks so much for sharing these. We are definitely hoping to go next year and we are already looking forward to it. We would have given a lot to be able to go this year and even considered it at the last minute. We're starved for good fellowship. I think that's one reason Jesse and I have been hanging around your blog so much recently!
You're welcome, Crystal. Thanks for the encouragement; I am glad that my blog can serve a small role in helping people fellowship. It's weird that in this day of isolation and atomization caused in part by technology, we can also have fellowship and community thanks to such things as the blogosphere. I cannot say that blogs are a sufficient substitute for real, person to person interaction, but at least they help facilitate some level of fellowship.
We will have to plan a trip next year to SA. As I have mentioned, even apart from the films, the fellowship is worth the expense and time it takes to attend the SAICFF.
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