I had the privilege to attend the 168 Hour Film Festival in Glendale, California, which was founded by John David Ware.  If you don’t know, 168 is a speed film making contest where teams have one week (168 hours) to produce a short film based on a theme and a bible verse.  This year’s competition theme was ‘Family Business.’ The competition usually takes place in February/March and then the festival and awards ceremony happens in April.

There were 72 new films that were screened over the course of two days.  Filming teams came from across the U.S. and from several countries around the world.  It truly was a wonderful experience.  What’s good about this is that you don’t have to be an expert to make a film.  This is a great environment where novice and expert filmmakers can work side by side in order for each to grow in their gifts and talents.  Also, you don’t have to be a Christian to enter this festival.  You just have to be a person that wants to tell a great story using the theme and the scripture as the starting point in this creative process.

A plus was that my good friend, Lonnie Colone - who I went to Bethune-Cookman College with - won ‘Best Supporting Actor!’  I’m thinking about entering next year… we’ll see. :-)

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