Mini-Film Mini-Preview Online Festival 2020
In lieu of a physical meetup in Thailand this year, global creatives gathered on Monday March 30th virtually via Zoom for an online meeting showcasing recent films that have been in the works over the past year since 2019 when many of the major players got together in the Netherlands.
Each film clip or trailer was introduced by someone associated with the production of the film, we watched the clips on Vimeo or YouTube outside of Zoom, then came back together for a Q&A time. (Check out the Instagram posts here.)
Animation
Last Hope, Dave Hudson of Create Taiwan
People Group: Miao People of China
TRT: 12 min short filmPilgrim’s Progress, Marc Harper of Revelation Media
watch trailer (2 min) | watch selected clip (2:34, password “mini“)
TRT: 117 min watch the feature length film here
Based on one of the best-selling books of all time, The Pilgrim's Progress is the one story that can give our children the courage to stay on the straight path in a culture that often stands against them. An epic tale of a pilgrim and his burden. Journey with Christian as he travels from the city of Destruction to the Celestial City. Total film length 117 min.
Documentary
Sick in Africa episode 2 “Reverse the Curse”, Tim Cowley of Expat Media Pro
People Group: Yawo of Mozambique
Language: Ciyawo
TRT (entire short film): 5 min.
A mother looks to a traditional healer for help for her sick child. Part of the “Sick in Africa” series that sheds light on cross-cultural healthcare.Heritage Project, Denise Godwin of International Media Ministries
TRT: trailer 150 sec.
Available in French, Spanish, Kabyle, Rif Berber Tarifit, Middle Atlas Berber Tamazight, Moroccan, Algerian, Tunisian, Egyptian Arabic, Farsi, English
The Heritage Project is eight 30-minute stories (four stories in 2017 and four in 2018) from the first five centuries after Christ walked the earth. It’s about people whose influence on Christianity is still seen today! This docu-drama will show stories of people who set a high standard, sacrificing for Jesus Christ under persecution as the Roman empire fell apart. This all took place in North Africa! Often Islamic societies give the impression to their people that everyone there has always been Muslim, and within their religious rules they cannot convert. It’s not possible. These faith stories are lost to the local culture. We must tell them or they won’t hear how far God’s love will go.The Insanity of God (A Insanidade de Deus), Dennis Schermer of Harvest Productions
Language: Brazilian Portuguese trailer | English trailer (2 min 38 sec)
TRT: 93 min.
The insanity of God is the true story of cross cultural workers Nik and Ruth Ripken. After the death of their son, this ordinary couple journeys into the depths of the persecuted church, asking the question - IS JESUS WORTH IT?Free Burma Rangers, David Eubank of Free Burma Rangers
”heart of the film” clip | video on demand full length (105 min)
Free Burma Rangers is a documentary film exploring the extraordinary 20-year journey of missionaries Dave and Karen Eubank. The film follows Dave, Karen, and their three young children, as they venture into war zones where they are fighting to bring hope.
Live Action
Second Touch (स्पर्श), Steve B of Create International Mobile
People Group: Kanauji of India
Language: Hindi
TRT: 2 min. (trailer)
A young woman in Ahmedabad has fallen in love with the man who is the son of a beloved mother who died in an unfortunate motor vehicle accident from her past. What will she do if her new husband and his brother learn she was in someway responsible for their mother’s demise? Will her past endanger the love they found?APNAO #itooneedafamily, Pearl & Alex Ganta of Ur Vision Communications
Language: Hindi & English
trailer (74 sec) | short film (15:55)
APNAO is about a little girl and her longing to be loved and belong to a family. Should this 7 year old orphan girl even think about such things?Love and Sacrifice (Qurban ve Mehebet), Chuck D. (~21 min)
People Group: Azerbaijani
A young girl dreams of being a successful artist. She works hard to train, save, and get experience, only to see her dream suddenly slip away in a vision. But after meeting someone special, she finds a greater gift.Caught! an honor killing (Yakalandi), Rich F of Ten 40 Films
People Group: Turkish
rough cut (~6 min)
A young boy is forced to carry out a terrible act of violence. He has nowhere to turn and his fate is sealed until his eyes lock on a stranger on the road. This is a modern retelling of the Woman Caught In Adultery.LUMO Project: Book of Mark-Jesus’ Miracles, DSeq of Faith Comes by Hearing
3 min compilation, password “mini“
The Lumo Project is a multi-language biblical film resource engaging us with the life of Jesus through the four New Testament Gospels. It presents four films – one for each Gospel account – where we can experience the story of Jesus and the world of 1st-century Palestine in which He lived. This full-length feature film about the life of Jesus takes the actual four individual Gospel texts as its script, word for word, unedited. Five years in the making, this epic production has been critically acclaimed by leading religious scholars as a unique and highly authentic telling of the Jesus story. Narrated by leading British actor David Harewood (‘Homeland’, ‘Blood Diamond’, ‘Merchant of Venice’), it is based on the latest theological, historical, and archaeological research. With specially constructed sets and the extraordinarily authentic villages and countryside of rural Morocco, it immerses the viewer in the world of 1st-century Palestine, breaking the stereotypical tradition of a Westernized Jesus and His life story by presenting the story as it really happened 2000 years ago. [learn more from the Mobile Ministry Forum]Soul Prison, Jason De Ford of Create International
People Group/Language: Thai
TRT (film) 150 mins, trailer 3 min.
A theatrical feature film based on a true story. When a dispirited, heroin addicted teenage boy from a poor village is sentenced to 25 years in a vile prison for trafficking drugs, he meets an eccentric mentor who challenges him to fight for his life, his family and his very soul.Sepâh, Marcelo Enns of Light in Action in assoc. with Iran Alive
trailer (1 min 16 sec), short film (25 min 20 sec)
Based on the true story of an Iranian commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard, committed to the extermination of religious groups in Iran. The officer sees his career and his family's life at risk after making discoveries about his own sister.Nasser, Tom Khazoyan for AWM
TRT short film 5:24
Part of a 3-episode series set in Egypt, two middle-aged men discover the words of Jesus and get to the point of decision to meet with others to study the Bible.
Promotional
Yaman’s Faith, DSeq of Faith Comes by Hearing
TRT: 3:30 min.i.Bible, Marc Harper of Revelation Media
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