ICVM: 50th Annual Crown Awards Finalists Announced!
The 50th Annual ICVM Crown Awards, honoring the best in indie Christian film and TV, announced the finalists during the ICVM Storytellers Conference this week in Orlando, FL. Five finalists were chosen in each of the 17 categories, which received entries from 22 countries around the world.
The finalists will vie for the Gold, Silver and Bronze Awards at ICVM’s gala awards ceremony during NRB’s Christian Media Convention on May 22-25, 2023, in Orlando, Florida.
ICVM’s Storyteller Conference, a 4-day event which takes place each fall, also featured the first-ever Christian Film Market, where filmmakers with finished films made deals directly with distributors. It also featured a Script & Story Pitch-a-thon, educational seminars, networking events, forums and pre-release screenings. This year marked a special year where we welcomed Lion's Den DFW to present projects and investors to our ICVM family.
For 50 years the International Christian Visual Media Association (ICVM) has been helping educate, network, empower and inspire Christian filmmakers and distributors around the world.
The finalists, by category:
BEST COMEDY For Prophet - Mark Stewart Iverson, Producer, Director, Writer Game Changer - Joel DeVisser Writer, Producer Mayberry Man - Mayberry Man LLC Stealing the Show - Nathan Blair Director The Sound of Violet - Allen Wolf Producer BEST MUSIC/WORSHIP PRODUCTION Break Every Chain - Steph Carse, Producer, Performer Counting the Grace of God - Celebrate Christmas in Singapore LTD I Believe Music Video - Jurgen Peretzki Director, Stacey Peretzki Singer It is Well With My Soul - John Grooters Director Lament for the Unborn -William Craven Producer, Shane McMullin Director BEST CHILDREN’S PROGRAM Beyond the Bayou - Wild Brothers Productions Cocoa Talk - John Brandon, Erick Goss of Winsome Truth Dot Conner: Webtective- Huff Media Productions Game Changer - Joel DeVisser Writer, Producer Torchlighters: The Richard Allen Story - Vision Video BEST DOCUMENTARY UNDER $50,000 Greening Israel: The Battle for Israel’s Trees- Benjamin Hilton, Producer Love Works - Vision Video Station Identification: The Story of WTLW-TV- John Ondo Producer, Director The Impact of Obedience: The Ray Baker’s Story - GemStone Media The Wild Brothers: Island of the Four Kings - Wild Brothers Productions BEST DOCUMENTARY OVER $50,000 7 Yards: The Chris Norton Story- Katie Norris, Producer Cowboys without Borders - Big Day Pictures Morningstar - Murdo Macleod, Director Return To Palau - Michelle Hamel Director The Listening Road - Neil Tomba, Writer, Jonathan Link, Director BEST FOREIGN FILM A Drop of Water - TheVit Media Christmas is a Person - Celebrate Christmas in Singapore LTD Counting the Grace of God - Celebrate Christmas in Singapore LTD Empty Church - Maxim Maximov Director, Andrey Lipov Producer Judgement and Mercy - Endre Nagy Producer Rebecca: Nigeria - John Grooters BEST SHORT FILM Candlelight-GemStone Media Rebecca: Nigeria - John Grooters The Beloved - Ethos Visuals & De Ja Vu Media Inc. The Buick Special - South Georgia Studios The Peace of Christmas - Huff Media Productions The Smuggler - Adrian Serecut, Producer, Director Uncommon Negotiator - Brian Glassford , Director BEST SERIES Cyprian - International Media Ministries Learning the 5 Love Languages -John Grooters The Chosen: Season 2 - Angel Studios The Listening Road - Neil Tomba , Writer, Jonathan Link Director Torchlighters: The Richard Allen Story - Vision Video BEST TELEVISION PRODUCTION Beyond the Bayou - Wild Brothers Productions Creative Icons Pilot Episode - Anne Miranda Producer, Scott Magie, Writer, Director KiDs Beach Club - Confidence- KiDs Beach Club LLC The Chosen: Season 2 - Angel Studios Park Sehyun's Cross View - Park Sehyun Producer BEST NON-THEATRICAL RELEASE MOVIE
7 Yards: The Chris Norton Story - Katie Norris Producer An Unlikely Angel - Durrell Nelson Director, Rebecca Rogers Nelson, Screenwriter Empty Church - Maxim Maximov, Director, Andrey Lipov, Producer Let Me Have My Son - Messenger Film Testament: The Parables Retold - ROARLIGHT, Paul Syrstad, Director Washington’s Armor - Tammy Lane Director
BEST THEATRICAL RELEASE MOVIE
No Vacancy - Kingstone Studios Peace River - Benjamin Jones Producer, Douglas James Vail, Director Running the Bases - UP2U Films Sight - David Fischer & Darren Moorman, Producers The Mulligan - Rick Eldridge, Producer BEST EVANGELISTIC PRODUCTION An Unlikely Angel - Durrell Nelson , Director, Rebecca Rogers Nelson, Screenwriter Running the Bases - UP2U FIlms The Chosen: Season 2 - Angel Studios The Mulligan - Rick Eldridge, Producer Washi Paper Gospel - Second Level Ministry BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE Cris Krusen as Ben Whitmore Sr. in “Let Me Have My Son” TC Stallings as Cecil Johnson in “No Vacancy” Brett Varvel as Luke Brooks in “Running the Bases” Terry Chen as Dr. Ming Wang in “Sight” Pat Boone as “The Old Pro” in “The Mulligan” Chris Norton as Himself in “7 Yards : The Chris Norton Story” BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLL Jillian Murray as Janie Caswell in “An Unlikely Angel” Karen Abercrombie as Eden in “Angels Unaware” Valentina Garcia as Archangel Raphael in “For Prophet” Christine Jones as Ingrid Amblin in “Healing River” Jasmin Wright-Curley as Magdalene “Magdalene” BEST STUDENT FILM A Drop of Water - TheVit Media Beyond the Bayou - Wild Brothers Productions Tango Para La Vida - Taylor University The Wild Brothers: The Island of the Four Kings - Wild Brothers Productions Three Questions - Zac Johnson, Director , Writer BEST SOUNDTRACK A Peep Behind the Scenes - The Academy of Arts Logos Theatre Kathy Lee Gifford Presents The Way- Rock Road and Rabbi Trust The Mulligan - Rob Pottorf, Composer The Sound of Violet - Conrad Pope, Composer Peace River - Cody Kurtz Martin, Composer BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY A Cross in the Desert - Hadzi-Aleksandar Djurovic, Director of Photography I Will Rise - Isaac Alongi - Director of Photography Princess Cut 2 Hearts on Fire - Dan Parsons, Director of Photography Sight - Michael Balfry, Director of Photography 7 Yards: The Chris Norton Story - Jonathan Link, Director of Photography For more information please contact:
Paul Sirmons
President, ICVM
[email protected]
407-230-5397
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