Festival Details

The Redemptive Film Festival is a Virginia based festival aimed at providing a forum for filmmakers (professionals or students), to showcase and be rewarded for their work on themes that depict the redemptive purposes of God, either through human beings or supernatural occurrences; and to participate in the process of redeeming and empowering victims of modern day slavery. The festival is now in its third year. Films can be of any genre and need not be overtly religious, nor draw conclusions. The exception to this rule is our exclusive "Distinctly Gospel" category.

Entries are judged by a panel of professionals with years of experience in many aspects of cinema and television. All entries which meet the Redemptive Film Festival's strict standards of excellence will receive the Redemptive Storyteller Award (for more information, see Awards page). The Jurors' favorites are screened at our Grand Awards Ceremony to be held at the Regent University Main Auditorium, Saturday, October 18, 2008 at 5:00 P.M.

For the purposes of this competition, a redemptive film is any film whose main purpose is to depict the act of redeeming, rescuing, or delivering any person from a state of crisis or helplessness. We believe that most often, God uses humans to redeem other humans, though sometimes He intervenes through other methods. We are looking for films that portray this reality.

Films which demean religion, include gratuitous violence, nudity or profanity are not suited for this competition. Films do not need to reflect Christian teachings but must adhere to basic Judeo-Christian Values, such as the respect for life, justice and morality.

Categories

Children (16 and under)

- Short Films Only.

Any genre less than 15 minutes

Student (Short Films Only):
Narrative
            Less than 10 Minutes
            Less than 15 minutes
            Less than 30 Minutes
Animated Shorts (1-10 Minutes)
Documentary Shorts (less than 30 minutes)

Professional
Commercials
Public Service Announcements
Narratives (Any length up to 30 minutes)
Documentaries (any length up to 30 minutes)
Full Length Narrative (winners may or may not be screened at awards ceremony)

Professional Low Budget*

($20,000 and below)
Commercials
Public Service Announcements
Narratives (Any length up to 30 minutes)
Documentaries (any length up to 30 minutes)
Full Length Narrative up to 60 Minutes (winners may or may not be screened at awards ceremony)

Distinctly Gospel
Exclusive category of the Redemptive Film Festival
Show Opening (show opening for any televised Christian television program)
Come to Church (televised advert for church attendance)
Gospel PSA
Parables (earthly stories with heavenly meaning, less than 5 minutes)
Gospel Shorts (any genre, less than 15 minutes)
Short Bread (any genre, less than 30 minutes)

Manna (any genre, longer than 30 minutes, but less than 2 hours).

*Professional low budget films will receive the Professional award but will be judged separately from othe higher budget films