SONscreen Film Festival is coming

I know I'm biased, but I think if you can make it to the SONscreen Film Festival this year, starting April 13 16 at in Simi Valley, you definitely should. All the information about how to register is here.

In addition to the Official Festival Selections there are some other very important screenings that are happening that are very dear to my heart. They include:

• “Stained Glass” Documentary series with Filmmakers Q&A
  
• “Marbles with Thoreau” -- short subject drama (16:00)
• “Jesus People: the movie” -- a feature film comedy (87:00)

The reason this is so exciting for me personally is that these three special features above are done by members of the Hollywood Adventist Church.

"Stained Glass" is a documentary film project commissioned by the North American Division, taking an up-close look at three congregations. One of those three congregations is our church in Hollywood and the film is by Melody George.

"Marbles with Thoreau" is also by Melody George. This is Melody's personal project that has been close to her heart for a very long time. Several others in our congregation have been instrumental in creating this film. This project was four years in the making and I am so excited to see this film.

"Jesus People: the Movie" is a hilarious comedy by my friend and fellow church members, Rajeev Sigamoney. I've seen this film already and I'm just dying to see it again.

Finally, I will be a panelist in a panel discussion on Sabbath afternoon entitled, "Reel Community: Rediscovering the Church's role in a place like Hollywood." You can read more about the panel and the panelists at the website here.

Comments

[April]

Actually it starts April 16, 2009

[Ryan]

Oops! Thanks for catching that. It's fixed now.

[Tompaul]

I'm going to see Jesus People in Nashville later this month. I saw one of the original shorts a year and a half ago at the SAC convention and it was decent. The mockumentary format is pretty played out these days, but I'd love to be surprised.