“God truly grants you the desires of His heart…” – Peet Louw, TSICFF President.
In 2004 Peet felt the Lord plant a seed in his heart about showcasing the best Christian films to believers and non believers alike. As the years went by he eventually found himself actively involved in the Christian film industry and the seed which was planted started growing a passion in his heart to organize a film festival. It was only at the end of 2009 that the Lord opened the right doors and connected the right people that the festival became a reality. In October 2010 the third Lausanne Congress on world evangelization was going to be held in
2011 is the second year of the festival and the goal is to have at least five other host nations partner with Transforming Stories International Christian Film Festival to showcase the best Christian films to their nation.
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2010 Transforming Stories International Christian Film Festival (TSICFF)
Award Ceremony held 28 October 2010 at Ster-Kinekor Cinema Nouveau Rosebank Theatres, Johannesburg, South Africa.
From 108 submissions, the international judges – which included Ted Baehr from Movieguide.org - selected 12 semi finalists in each category, of which 5 finalists were chosen and at the prestigious award ceremony Thursday evening 28 October 2010 the winners in each category were announced and awarded.
After viewing the finalist movies in the Short Film category Mr Pieter Pohl, director of Humble Pie Entertainment, announced the winner in this category; Lost at Sea. This short film is part of an eight-part film series; Full Flame, that will challenge your convictions and ignite your passion for the lost. Through the power of cinematic storytelling and the conversational teachings of international evangelist Reinard Bonnke, this series delivers clear steps to spiritual empowerment every Christian desires. Mr Andre Britz accepted the award on behalf of Christ for all Nations Ministries (Cfan) with the words; “We at Christ for all Nations (CfaN) were thrilled to learn that “Lost at Sea” had won the short film category at the International Christian Film Festival. For over thirty years, Evangelist Reinhard Bonnke and the CfaN team have been holding Gospel campaigns and Fire Conferences across the globe. We have a two-pronged approach – a Gospel campaign to reach the lost and a Fire Conference to inspire and equip believers for the task of evangelism. Then one day over ten years ago, God spoke to Evangelist Bonnke and said, "I want a Fire Conference in every church.” In questioning how such a mammoth task was to be accomplished, the Lord responded, "By way of film!" And so, the Full Flame Film Series was born. The film “Lost at Sea” is the first of this dramatic eight-part series, produced for the singular purpose of triggering an avalanche of soul-winning throughout the world We would like to thank Humble Pie Productions for this prestigious award, as well as to commend them for the phenomenal work they are doing with regards to Christian media. In the widely unexplored field of using the medium of film to effectively preach salvation to a lost and dying world, they are nothing short of pioneers. It is our honour to stand side-by-side with them, plundering hell and populating heaven for
Mr MQ Mqondisi from Thorn Bubble Media shared some of his thoughts on the Christian film industry in South Africa, before announcing the winner in the documentary category; Lost Boy: The next chapter. This documentary is based on Greg Laurie’s search for the meaning of life; born out of wedlock to an alcoholic mother his life was suddenly changed when he encountered a group of young Christians on his high school campus in Newport Beach, California. Mr. Laurie was unable to attend the award ceremony but gave his acceptance speech via a video recording saying; “This film has been a labor of love; we thought we would do it over a period of about eight months, well three years later we’re still working on it, still editing it, still adding more to it and as turns out my story was still unfolding but we hope that it has been a film that will bring encouragement to many people. I wanted to thank you for taking the time to watch it and again we appreciated this award and we are truly honored.”
Anticipation grew as Mr. Peet Louw, director of Humble Pie Entertainment and president of Transforming Stories, spoke about the purpose of the film festival. Finalists in the Feature film category were; Faith Like Potatoes, Faith Happens, To Save a life, Like Dandelion Dust and Loving the bad man – and the winner in this category; Faith like Potatoes. This locally produced film is about the life and struggles of well-known preacher Angus Buchan during his early years in
2010 Finalists & Winners
Short Films:
- Lost at Sea – Winner
- Barber Shop
- Broken
- God Provides – Jeremiah’s Call
- The Adventures of Toby – Making Friends
Documentaries:
- Lost Boy - Winner
- God of Wonders
- More than Dreams: The Story of Khalil
- More than Dreams: The Story of Mohammed
- The Cross
Feature Films:
- Faith Like potatoes - Winner
- Faith Happens
- Like Dandelion Dust
- Loving the bad man
- To save a life
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