Category: Winners

Documentary Wins Top Honors for #GLCFF2024

ANNOUNCEMENT

🎉 Congratulations to the 2024 Great Lakes Christian Film Festival 1st Place Overall Winner! 🎉

We are thrilled to announce that the 1st Place Overall Film at this year’s festival is the extraordinary documentary feature “The Ark and the Darkness” from Sevenfold Films! Directed and written by Ralph Strean and produced by Dan Biddle, this compelling film captivated our audience and judges alike, delivering a powerful and illuminating story.

“The Ark and the Darkness” delves deep into history, faith, and the search for truth, blending insightful storytelling with beautiful visuals. It’s a journey that explores ancient mysteries with fresh perspectives, making it a must-watch documentary that inspires and educates.

Director Ralph Strean

Watch the Trailer: [Trailer Link]

Congratulations to Ralph Strean, Dan Biddle, and the entire Sevenfold Films team for this well-deserved recognition! Thank you for creating a film that has resonated so strongly within our community.

View all the results from the 2024 Great Lakes Christian Film Festival!

SELECTIONS – NOMINEES – WINNERS – AWARDS CEREMONY

The film voted by the jurors Best of the Fest goes to the documentary The Ark and The Darkness. 

still shot of “The Ark and the Darkness”

1st – The Ark and the Darkness [documentary feature] from Sevenfold Films; director and writer: Ralph Strean; producer: Dan Biddle [trailer].

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#GLCFF2023 “And the Winner Is…”

Congratulations to the top selected films for the 2023 Great Lakes Christian Film Festival

2023 had the most competitive selections to chose from. The filmmaking process has indeed increased in quality of storytelling, performance and production value the past several years, making this year’s projects the most difficult to award the Best of the Fest. Congratulations goes to the cast and crew from 2 Captains Film Company for being selected the top film of GLCFF2023.

All the top selections in each category are listed on the WINNERS page.  

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THE HOLY ARCHIPELAGO [WINNER]

Russian Documentary About Legendary Northern Monastery

by Director Sergei Debizhev

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Sergei Debizhev – Director/Writer for The Holy Archipelago (Russia)

Award-winning filmmaker, screenwriter and social influencer. He is a trailblazer of a film style that creates poetic images of extraordinary emotional impact together with profound meaning for audiences worldwide. Debizhev is prominent in the film world as one of the most authoritative documentarian of Russia.

He has directed more than 30 feature films and nonfiction stories about important issues of our time. Many of them were awarded prizes and diplomas from prestigious international and Russian film festivals. His film, The Celestial Tavrida, was shortlisted for 27th Shanghai TV Festival Magnolia Awards as the Best foreign film and 11th China Academy Awards of Documentary Film for Best editing.

Read the interview by Dmitry Zlodorev from Orthodox Christianity with Executive Director of the Great Lakes Christian Film Festival Shawn Patrick Greene about the 2023 award winning documentary film “Holy Archipelago”

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All the top selections in each category are listed on the WINNERS page.  

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2022 CrossDocs Winners

The Winners of the 2022 Cross Docs Film Awards Announced
Congratulates to Director Iain Morris for his win!

Against The Tide

 

Cross Docs

2022 CROSSDOCS WINNERS
(1st) Documentary Feature:
Against The Tide
Director Iain Morris
(2nd) Documentary Shorts:
Courage and Conviction: The True Story of Christopher Columbus
Director David Naglieri
(3rd) Student Docs Shorts:
Tim Hawkins: Professional Moron
Director Christina Russell
Opening Day for submissions for Cross Docs 2023 begins today (May 1, 2022)
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Aaron Kamp (Director)

Aaron Kamp is one of Australia’s premiere filmmakers getting notoriety around the globe for his superior productions. He has won several awards in film festivals in the US including the 168 Film Festival in Los Angeles and the Great Lakes Christian Film Festival in Buffalo, NY.

Aaron’s love of filmmaking began at an early age. In 1993, seeing people queued for blocks to see Jurassic Park – he realised the power of cinema. Aaron went on to study Film & Television at Curtin University in Western Australia, following which we began working in the corporate & event video world.

Director Aaron Kamp, on set of his short film STUCK [2014]
After working as a Cinematographer for a number of years, Aaron made the leap into directing with his short ‘Never Too Late’. Produced as part of the 2013 168 Film Project, ‘Never Too Late’ went on to be named one of the top 20 finalists, and had it’s world premiere in Los Angeles. Aaron’s second & third projects – ‘Stuck‘ & ‘The Artifact‘ – have screened at festivals throughout the world, winning several awards.

Now with ‘Caged In’, Aaron hopes to garner more attention at international festivals in the lead up to his feature film debut, Hidden Light coming to film festivals near you.

Caged In was nominated for 6 awards and won 3 at the 2017 Great Lakes Christian Film Festival in Buffalo, NY:

  • Best Foreign Film [Australia] – WINNER
  • Best Film Short Film [under 20 minutes] – Nominee
  • Best Director [Short] – Aaron Kamp – WINNER
  • Best Actress [Short] – Maggie Meyer – Nominee
  • Best Actor [Short] – Jeremy Levi – WINNER
  • Best Child Actor/Actress – Melissa Meyer – Nominee

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#MartinLuther The Monk Who Changed the World #Reformation500

Happy 500th Year Anniversary

Congrats Martin Luther! Acting on this belief, he wrote the “Disputation on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences,” also known as “The 95 Theses,” a list of questions and propositions for debate. Popular legend has it that on October 31, 1517 Luther defiantly nailed a copy of his 95 Theses to the door of the Wittenberg Castle church.

Director: Stephen McCaskell
Starring: Barry Cooper, R.C. Sproul, Stephen Nichols, Carl Trueman, Robert Kolb, Robert Godfrey, Steven Lawson

Share on your social media with these hashtags: #MartinLuther #95Theses #WittenbergCastle #HappyReformationDay #Reformation500 #AllHallowsEve

Discover the story behind the man who sparked the Protestant Reformation. Told through a seamless combination of live-action storytelling and artistic animation, Martin Luther’s daring life is presented in extensive detail while still making the film relevant, provocative, and accessible. Watch this amazing award winning documentary about Martin Luther, The Monk Who Changed the World, by Director Stephen McCaskell “LUTHER: The Life and Legacy of the German Reformer” http://www.lutherdocumentary.com/

In 1517, Pope Leo X announced a new round of indulgences to help build St. Peter’s Basilica. On October 31, 1517, an angry monk nailed a sheet of paper with 95 theses on the university’s chapel door. Theologian Martin Luther forever changed Christianity when he began a movement in 16th-century Europe.

Discover the story behind the man who sparked the Protestant Reformation. Told through a seamless combination of live-action storytelling and artistic animation, Martin Luther’s daring life is presented in extensive detail while still making the film relevant, provocative, and accessible.

Stephen McCaskell is an independent filmmaker based in Manitoba, Canada.

Stephen McCaskell is an independent filmmaker based in Manitoba, Canada. His first documentary, Through The Eyes of Spurgeon, has been seen more than 200,000 times. Working with organizations like Samaritan’s Purse, International Justice Mission and Haven Ministries, he has travelled to multiple countries, including Iraq, Peru and Cuba, to share how God is working in the lives of His people. His latest feature-length documentary, Luther: The Life and Legacy of the German Reformer, screened at our film festival in Buffalo Aug 4th, 2017 at 2pm, http://www.GLCFF.com NOW AVAILABLE | BUY YOUR COPY TODAY – www.lutherdocumentary.com

2017 NOMINEE #GLCFF2017

  • Best Documentary [long]
  • Best Director [documentary]
  • Best Animation [feature]
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