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Welcome To The CIFF Film Festival

People want to see faith and family  films!  I Can Only Imagine, produced by Cindy Bond of Mission Pictures, was made for $7 million and has grossed over $100 million domestically. There are many entertaining and important films that need to make it to these festivals to enrich our lives. This is just one of the many benefits of CIFF.


Faith and Family films are highly desired in our society, and are starting to be represented more and more on the world stage and major film festivals. Hence the very important need and opportunity that CIFF provides to audience members and filmmakers.



Award Categories

  • Best Picture 
  • Best Documentary 
  • Best Short Film 
  • Best Animation 
  • Best Director 
  • Best Lead Actor 
  • Best Lead Actress 
  • Best Supporting Actor 
  • Best Supporting Actress 
  • Best Screenplay 
  • Best Music Video 
  • Best Web/New Media 
  • Best PSA Youth Initiative Project


  • Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Faith Achievement Award

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Films

Awards Gala

Workshops

See below for the 2020 categories and nominees, and link to our virtual festival site to see more detail and to purchase your festival pass

Workshops

Awards Gala

Workshops

Link to our virtual festival site to see the workshop detail and to purchase your festival pass.

Awards Gala

Awards Gala

Awards Gala

View Awards Gala on our festival site.

CIFF 2020 Nominees

Best Picture

Best Documentary

Best Documentary

Breathe

Christmas In July

Diamond In The Rough

Discarded Things

Heaven

Song Of The Tree Frogs

The Day Of Wrath

The Traveler

Best Documentary

Best Documentary

Best Documentary

A Fighting Chance

Before The Wrath

Burning Ember

EPIC: Around The World Journey

God Of Hope

God's Living Treasures

Hope For Breast Cancer

Life Jacket

My Heart Is Not Afraid

One Ruler: Power of Persecuted Church

Reel Redemption

Untie Me

Volendam: A Refugee Story

Best Short Film

Best Documentary

Best Short Film

Boots

Bury It

Calf Rope

Dear Ronan

Give It Back

Identity

Qui A Tue (Who Killed Grandma?)

Sargent Major Long

Saving Amelia

The Dark Places

The Simple Path

Best Director

Best Lead Actress

Best Short Film

Nick Loeb, Cathy Ally - Roe V. Wade

Ruut Ahonen - One Ruler: The Power Of The Persecuted Church

Kyle Lawrence - Identity

Angus Benfield - Heaven

Miles Matsuno - Christmas In July

Bradley Hawkins - Calf Rope

Josh Menning - Song Of The Tree Frogs

Leigh Murphy - Bury It

Troy Sweeny - A Fighting Chance

Best Lead Actor

Best Lead Actress

Best Lead Actress

Nick Loeb - Roe V. Wade

Radek Pazura - The Day Of Wrath

Lukas Barnett - Calf Rope 

Angus Benfield - Heaven

Reily McClendon - Christmas In July

Jason Hildebrand - Breathe

Ivan Sergei - Magic Max

Best Lead Actress

Best Lead Actress

Best Lead Actress

Michelle Fozounmayeh - Heaven

Karen Abercrombie - Discarded Things

Lacy Hartselle - Christmas In July

Juel Brown - The Protege

Best Supporting Actor

Best Supporting Actress

Best Supporting Actress

Jon Voight - Roe V. Wade

Cameron Arnett - Discarded Things

Michael Maclare - Heaven 

Richard Cutting - Song Of The Tree Frogs

Gorman Ruggiero - Calf Rope 

Rafal Gasowski - The Day Of Wrath

Barry Corbin - Magic Max

Parker Bates - Magic Max


Best Supporting Actress

Best Supporting Actress

Best Supporting Actress

Natalia Rybicka - The Day Of Wrath

Karen Abercrombie - Song Of The Tree Frogs

Bonnie Johnson - Christmas In July

Stacey Dash - Roe V. Wade

Brittany Mann - Heaven 

Best Screenplay

Best Supporting Actress

Best Music Video

Aktion T-4

All American

At The Mercy Of Faith - v4

Escape To Egypt

Giant

Hannahs Dream

Nothing Arizona

The Christmas Cookie Crook

The Last Wedding

Travelling Soldier

Revelation


Best Music Video

Best Music Video

Best Music Video

I Am A Spirit - Gary Cain

Jesus Took It All - Wade Cummins

-produced by Steph Carse

Myst - Norm Bosworth

Turn It Around - Andrew Wall

We Are Strong Together - Zdenek Beran


Best New Media

Best Music Video

Best Family Film

Are You Listening - Samad Baloch

Hunger - Katyayan Shivpuri

Leaving Eden: Not All The Time - Greg Batians

The Loft Sessions - Steve Bell

Best Family Film

Best Music Video

Best Family Film

Christmas In July

Crimson And Blue

Destiny's Road

God's Living Treasures

Heaven

Magic Max

Saving Amelia

The Christmas Question

The Protege

Best Animation

Special screening of Revival films

Special screening of Revival films

Balance

Jingle The Christmas Dog

Sticks And Stones: The Story of David

True Love

Special screening of Revival films

Special screening of Revival films

Special screening of Revival films

Logan - Kyle Lawrence

Vigil Of Hope - Vladimir Bondarenko

Lifetime Achievement Award

Lifetime Achievement Award

Lifetime Achievement Award

Faith Achievement Award

Lifetime Achievement Award

Lifetime Achievement Award

(To Be Announced)

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