The 52nd Annual ICVM CROWN AWARDS, the longest-running faith-based film awards, recognize and promote the very best in indie Christian movies, documentaries, shorts, educational, music videos, foreign films, and more! PLUS we've added BEST DIRECTOR, BEST EDITING, and an exciting new opportunity for unproduced scripts, BEST SCREENPLAY!

SUBMIT IN MULTIPLE CATEGORIES: Your project can be submitted in multiple categories if you choose.

ICVM MEMBER DISCOUNT: ICVM members get a 20% discount on submission fees - EVEN ON EARLY BIRD RATES - so join ICVM now: https://www.icvm.com/join-icvm. IT'S ONLY $99 TO JOIN ICVM AS AN INDIVIDUAL, AND YOU GET A BIG DISCOUNT TO THE STORYTELLERS CONFERENCE AND MANY MORE BENEFITS AS WELL! COMPANY MEMBERS GET IT ALL TOO!

FINALISTS: Five 'Finalists' in each category will be honored during THE ICVM STORYTELLERS CONFERENCE held October 9-12th, 2024 in Dulles, VA (outside Washington DC) at the Hyatt Regency Dulles Airport.

THE ICVM STORYTELLERS CONFERENCE: Not only are our finalists celebrated, but we feature other major events: the INVESTORS LIONS DEN (a Shark-Tank-like event with Christian investors and filmmakers); the CHRISTIAN FILM MARKET (bringing 15 or more distributors looking for finished ready-to-distribute content); and our Script & Story Pitch-a-thon (distributors, sales agents and producers looking for new projects to get behind). All of that during four days of networking, education, seminars, screenings, and more! Crown Award Finalists will be announced on the final day! Sign up for the Storytellers Conference NOW at: www.icvm.com. Check out our 'early bird' rates!

WINNERS: The ICVM Crown Awards Ceremony announcing the top 3 winners (Gold, Silver & Bronze) in each category will be held at the National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) Media Convention Feb. 25-28th , 2025 at the Gaylord Texan Hotel in Grapevine Texas (Dallas area.)

GOLD DISCOUNT: We love offering discounts for FilmFreeway Gold members, too!

ICVM Gold, Silver and Bronze Crown Awards are given for each category.

Finalists will be announced at the ICVM Storytellers Conference Oct. 9-12th, 2024.

Winners of the ICVM Crown Gold, Silver and Bronze Awards will be awarded at the NRB Christian Media Convention , Feb. 25-28th, 2025, at the Gaylord Texan Hotel in Dallas area.

The ICVM Crown Awards honor films with CHRISTIAN CONTENT OR CHRISTIAN VALUES, that fits one or more of our 22 categories, and are handled by the FilmFreeway submissions process.

PLEASE NOTE: We reserve the right to disqualify any films submitted that do not adhere to our rules and terms. Content must be appropriate to our awards. There are no refunds for films or screenplay submissions disqualified for any reason.

CHOOSING CROWN AWARD WINNERS:
Our pool of jurists come mostly from our ICVM members, so your film is truly judged by your peers. They will review and score submissions by category. The top 5 submissions in each category will become the Finalists for that category.

BECOME AN ICVM MEMBER, AND YOU CAN JUDGE FILMS TOO! (Just not any category your film is in!) Contact: nancy.rogers@icvm.com

The jurists' votes will be tallied to determine the five Finalists in each category, and then the Gold, Silver and Bronze ICVM Crown Award Winners.

The BEST PICTURE winner will be voted on by the ICVM board and selected from the winners in the following categories: Best Documentary Under $50k, Best Documentary Over $50k, Best Foreign Production, Best Theatrical Release Movie, Best Non-Theatrical Movie, & Best Evangelistic Production.

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  • Tim Ingle

    What a great event. Big and flashy in the right ways, and down to earth at the same time.

    September 2023
  • The ICVM was a great festival with super production value. I appreciated it being a part of the National Religious Broadcasters event, which made it possible for me to attend. The communication was great, and it was a blessing to be a part of it!

    June 2023
  • Hsuan-Wei Wu

    Awesome, awesome festival!

    Thank you for the recognition and the honor of the Gold Crown Award!

    I didn’t get the chance to attend your event in person, but I’m honored to be able to present my work in 49th Annual Crown Award and to the Christian/Film community!

    Quoting one of my filmmaker friends and classmate,

    “I believe the message contained in the film is something that will speak to many people, so I believe that God will open more doors.”

    Last but not least, thank God for his guidance and all the miracles I encountered in the making of this film.

    God bless and may His name be glorified!

    April 2022
  • Charles Kreutzkamp

    Great festival, and an honor to receive the Gold Crown Award for Best Short Film!

    March 2022
  • Nick Coetzee

    I really appreciate the professionalism and attention to detail in this organization. The awards event was fantastic and I can only say great things about ICVM and the crown awards. I will continue to promote the event as the best faith based film festival for filmmakers, production people/actors etc

    March 2022