ICVM: 51st Annual Crown Awards Finalists Announced!
The 51st Annual ICVM Crown Awards, honoring the best in indie Christian film and TV, announced the finalists during the ICVM Storytellers Conference in Franklin, TN. 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 February 21st, in Nashville, TN.
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 51 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
A Marriage Made in Heaven Robert Krantz, Producer
Amazing Gracie. Micah Caronna Producer
Aria Appleton Shines Nathan Myers, Richard Brian Galyean, Danielle Wheeler, D'Lytha Myers Producers
Once Upon a Christmas Nathan Blair Director/Producer
The Confession Musical Stephen Yake Director, Dan Posthuma Producer/Director
Best Children’s
A Day and Night with Creator Sets Free Dominic Carola Director, Irv Klaschus, Michael Allen. Kelly Bray Producers
Awesome Animals & Mini Me Joe Watson Director, Jon Hancock Producer
Lily’s Lab. Ken Ham, Benjamin Wilt, Mike Prather, Bryan Eckhardt, Kevin Mackey, Mark Abney Producers
Minno Laugh and Grow Bible for Kids Easter Jeremy Seymour & Robert Fernandez Directors , Erick Goss Producer
The Paralyzed Man Joshua Whitehouse & Dan Rackham Producer
Best Documentary Under $50,000
Armenia: A Love Story Chuck Holton Producer
Confronting Radicals. Benjamin Hilton Director, Truly Weisz, Luke Hilton, Shlome Schreibman Producers
Frederick Douglass: No Turning Back. Chris Weatherhead Producer
Homeless But Human Abby Arnold & Macie Weaver Producers
One Matchstick: The Segna Fire. David Ferry Jr. Director
Best Documentary Over $50,000
After Death. Stephen Gray Director Jason Pamer, Jens Jacob Producers
Discovering Who Is This Jesus. Gary Wilkinson Director/ Producer
Miracle at Manchester Doug Manchester , Brycen Newman Producers
One Second at a Time: Battling the Monster of Addiction. Tim Searfoss Producer
Patterns of Evidence: Journey to Mt Sinai Timothy Mahoney Producer
Best Foreign
Letter to My Unborn Daughter Desmond Denton Director
Recitation Damilola Mike Bamiloye Director
Soul Prison Nipan Chawcharernpon, Director Jason De Ford, Mark Maxey Producers
The Face of the Faceless Shaison P Ouseph Director, SANDRA DSOUZA RANA Producer
The Little Drummer Boy: Hope and a Future Nora Fong Producer
Best Short
A Day and Night with Creator Sets Free Dominic Carola Director, Irv Klaschus, Michael Allen. Kelly Bray Producers
Broken Bread Kurt Hale, Director; Allen Kreutzkamp, Producer
Liberation or Occupation? EP 1 Hope in the Holy Land Justin Kron & Todd Morehead Producers
Sejun: Nepal John Grooters Producer
Vision Steve Dawson Director
Best Television
American Homecoming Tracy Trost Director
Clogged Pipes Joao Carlos Dias, Jose Racoes, Daniel Jesus Producers
Discovering Who Is This Jesus Gary Wilkinson Producer
Feast & Falafels Alexander Blom Director Reinier Leenman Producer
Pulled From the Burning Enoch Rasmussen Director Randal Melchert Producer
Best Music Worship
A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief Kurt Hale Director Allen Kreutzkamp Producer
Our Hands Kurt Hale Director Allen Kreutzkamp Producer
Rodion Yudanov: Govori Gospade Alexander Perfilyev Director Radion Yudanov Producer
The Good Music Awards and Night of Song Bonnie Sun Director
The Little Drummer Boy: Hope and a Future Nora Fong Producer
Best Series
Kashtan’s Wildlife in the Zoo Bryan Eckardt, Ben Wilt, Ryan Vogel Producers
Sabina Study Group John Grooters Producer
These Stones: Episode 101 Pilot Susan Rohrer, Cheryl McKay, Christopher Price, Drew Waters & Erin Bethea, Sam & Jeanette Towne, Mike Burns Producers
Townsend Michael Houston King, Matt Borlenghi, Paul Sirmons Producers
Why Jerusalem Matters Roy Brown, Doug Johnson, Rebecca Pettit, Chris McKinny, Stephen Pettit Producers
Best Non-Theatrical
A Marriage Made In Heaven Robert Krantz Producer
Divine Influencer Shari Rigby & Claire Yorita Lee Producers
Not Your Romeo & Juliet Sean Gaffney & Jim Owens Producers
Soul Prison Nipan Chawcharernpon, Director Jason De Ford, Mark Maxey Producers
Wayfaring Stranger Matt Webb & Lance Clark Producers
Best Theatrical Release
His Only Son David Helling Producer
Jesus Revolution Jon Erwin, Brent McCorkle Director Kevin Downes, Joshua Walsh, Jon Erwin, Andy Erwin Producers
Nefarious Cary Solomon & Chuck Konzelman Directors Chris Jones, Sheila Hart Producers
Sound of Freedom Alejandro Monteverde Director Eduardo Verastegui Producer
Southern Gospel Neal Edelstein, Karl Horstmann, Kent Munsey, Dylan New, Jeffrey A. Smith Producers
Best Student Film
Lux Inter Tenebras AJ Klapperich Director
The Glitch Justin Sterner Producer Kate Larson Director
Unconventional: Living Life to the Max Hannah Johnson Director Kaylee Bornhofer Producer
What I Remember Roy Rogers Director
Will Happen Kevin Gorman Director Shaylynn Reyes Producer
Best Evangelistic
Jesus Revolution Jon Erwin, Brett McCorkle Directors Kevin Downes, Joshua Walsh, Jon Erwin, Andy Erwin Producers
The Preacher to the Popes: Raniero Cantalamessa Ashley Zahorian & Brigette Rock Producers
These Stones: Episode 104 Cheryl McKay, Christopher Price, Drew Waters & Erin Bethea, Sam & Jeanette Towne, Mike Burns, Susan Rohrer Producers
Wayfaring Stranger Matt Webb & Lance Clark Producers
Where the River Divides MD Neely Director Isaac Masiga, Mercy Odhiambo, Matrid Nyagah, Dana Wahlbeck Producers
Best Actor
A Marriage Made in Heaven Robert Krantz as Demetri Chicopoulos
Five Date Rule Jason Burkey as Henry
Jesus Revolution Jonathon Rounie as Lonnie
Southern Gospel Max Ehrich as Samuel Allen
These Stones: Episode 105 Rusty Joiner as Andrew
Wayfaring Stranger. Jeff Dernian as Glenn Frank
Best Actress
House in Time. Mindy Gilkerson as Dez
Jesus Revolution. Anna Grace Barlow as Cathe
Southern Gospel Katelyn Nacon as Julie Ledbetter
These Stones: Episode 104 Madeline Carroll as McKenna
Theses Stones: Episode 106 Karen Abercrombie as Miriam
Best Soundtrack
Far Haven Tom Gire Composer
Jesus Revolution Brent McCorkle Composer
Southern Gospel Tim Williams Composer
The Confession Musical Movie Wally Nason Composer
The Preacher to the Popes: Raniero Cantalamessa James B Gardner Composer
Wayfaring Stranger David Siebels and Jeff Dernian Composers
Best Video Podcast
Faith on Film TV Isaac Hernandez & Holly McClure Producers
Phil Cooke With You Tube expert Sean Cannell Phil Cooke Producer
Set Life: Inspiring Stories of the Entertainment Industry Amber Butaud Producer
Think Big Podcast with Tracey Mitchell Tracey Mitchell Producer/Director
Up Time – Jesus Came to Give us Life- Emily Wickham. Greg Messina and Bob Barber Producers
Best Christian Talk Show
COFFEE with Kim: A Talk Testimonial TV Show Kim Crabill Producer
Set Life: Inspiring Stories of the Entertainment Industry Amber Butaud Producer
The Answer Frederik Van Herterijck & Jean Loyens Producers
Tilt Shift Bryan Eckardt Director Tim Chaffey, Bryan Osbourne, Casey Chaffey Producers
The Christian View TV Talk Show Trudy Simmons Producer
Best Cinematography
#But God: Adam Smith Director of Photography
Jesus Revolution: Akis Konstantakopoulos. Director of Photography
One Second at a Time : Battling the Monsters of Addiction: Tim Searfoss Director of Photography
Sejun: Nepal: Bryan Papierski Director of Photography
Soul Prison: Jason De Ford Director of Photography
For more information please contact:
Paul Sirmons
President, ICVM
[email protected]
407-230-5397
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