A call for all nations to submit films!

Transforming Stories International Christian Film Festival (TSICFF) is a festival showcasing powerful, inspiring, faith affirming, evangelistic, transforming stories to the world and the Body of Christ. The power of media is evident in this day and age, and movies have been a huge part of shaping the culture. Behind TSICFF is a greater mission – to transform cultures through storytelling. The festival encourages revolutionaries out there to produce stories which can transform culture into one that will be in line with The Kingdom of God, one of Justice, Peace, Righteousness and Love. And to accomplish this mission, the festival is willing to identify and reward talent that is of the highest standards.

What makes this festival so unique is firstly that it is the first International Christian Film Festival (TSICFF) to be held in South Africa and secondly, through the partnership and association in 2010 with the Lausanne Movement- Cape Town 2010, over 4500 International Christian leaders from over 200 regions in the world will be exposed to the winning films. This exposure gives the winning films a truly global reach and aims to inspire these Christian leaders to make use of films to evangelize, teach & transform their communities for the good. Each of these 200 world regions have been encouraged to submit films to the 2010 festival as well as future festivals. TSICFF is not only a film festival, its part of a global revolution encouraging film makers to produce films that will transform communities for the good!

Filmmakers can submit entries that communicate a message that fits into six themes. Visit Transforming Stories International Christian Film Festival website for more information on themes, entry fees and submission criteria.

Films will be ordered into the following categories for the film festival:

• Feature Films: 80 – 120 min (longer than 40 min)
• Documentaries: 20 - 60 min (longer than 20 min)
• Short Films: 5 – 30 min (longer than 3 min)
• Short-Shorts: 15 – 90 sec (shorter than 90 sec)

There will be an International Audience Award, Best Feature Film, Best Documentary, Best Short Film and Best Short Short Film. A panel of 5 international judges, representing 8 languages and the 5 continents, will select the best films. The prize money for the categories are $5000 for the overall winning feature film, $1000 for the best Documentary and $500 for the best Short Film and best Short-Short.

For further information email Transforming Stories Christian Film Festival or call 0027 (0)79 183 7164 / 0027 (0)21802 6809.