Trailers for the DVD

The DVD collection contains the following films:

Film Title

2007 SAICFF Honors

Extinct

Best of Festival – Finalist

Best Family Film - Jubilee Award - 2nd

Best Narrative - Jubilee Award – Finalist

Best Production Design - Jubilee Award - 1st

Running Time 6:53 Award winning film, “Extinct”, is a stop-motion animated film short that depicts a future culture whereby feminism and socialism have completely undermined the God-ordained purpose of boyhood. Childhood is no longer a time of play and creativity in preparation for leadership, fatherhood, and manhood. All things masculine are considered archaic, useless, and held in disdain. Set in a museum of natural history in the future, a young boy finds himself caught between the mandates his culture designed and his hidden yearnings to be the boy that God designed.

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Siblings: Heartstrings

Best Family Film - Jubilee Award – Finalist

Best Young Filmmakers - Category Award - 1st

Audience Award - Category Award - 1st

Running Time 53:50 While prior Siblings episodes found the Moore family at home, Heartstrings takes us on the road. During a family road trip, the Moores break down outside a bed and breakfast, where they choose to spend the night. Jeff Moore soon notices that Jim Morton, the owner of the bed and breakfast, seems troubled. Before long, Gator's curiosity and sleuthing abilities find him crossways with a mysterious stranger in the middle of a secret treasure hunt, trying to unlock a family mystery. The adventure, comedy, and drama of Heartstrings make this film a real treasure families can enjoy!

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Joel’s Journey

Best Family Film - Jubilee Award - 1st

Best Documentary - Jubilee Award – Finalist

Running Time 33:39 When faced with their greatest trial, life for the Morris family was changed forever. Through challenges, opposition, and rejection at the hospital, the Morris' continued to face each difficulty by standing on the Word of God.

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The Photographer: How the Rain Falls

Best of Festival – Finalist

Best Narrative - Jubilee Award - 2nd

Running Time 54:00 The year is 1929. James Lewis is a police photographer in a small suburb. His job involves high risks and little reward. Jem finds himself struggling to find a true standard of justice amid his turbulent times. Ella Reinhardt is a banker's daughter. Her mother died at an early age and Ella is left alone in their spacious home with her preoccupied father and a mystery her mother left behind. Jem and Ella are linked together as, quietly and unobtrusively, a thunder cloud threatens to drench them in a downpour that will reveal a mystery and leave an indelible mark. In every life there are hard choices to make. Only God can know what the world will look like beyond the storm.

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The Case of Diamonds and Jewels

Best Young Filmmakers - Category Award – Finalist

Running Time 11:42 Jimmy Boyd (Rexford Borawski), private detective, is employed by a Miss Seimon (Anna Blair) to watch her diamonds and jewels. But before he is able to take them into his own hands they are reported missing. Jimmy Boyd seeks the help of a long time friend, Murry (Joshua Martin) to find Miss Seimons diamonds and jewels, which may turn out to be harder than he thinks.

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The Gift

Best Young Filmmakers - Category Award - 2nd

Running Time 8:53 While searching through the memories of his younger life, an elderly man is haunted by the past. He relives the terrible tragedy that took his younger brother’s life, and the part he had to play in it. He is devastated by the realization of what he could have had, and what he ended up losing. From this story we can learn to appreciate what truly matters in life and recognize what true gifts those dear to us really are.

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Timeless

Best Family Film - Jubilee Award – Finalist

Running Time 6:21

Timeless is a short designed to do one thing, get you thinking about love. Not just any ordinary love, but a love that will last forever. Timeless will cause you to look deeper into life’s relationships, and to ask yourself what you see.

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The Journal

Running Time 23:47 Vietnam, 1973. Cameron Wilder fights on two battlefields: the physical battles in the jungle, and the spiritual battles in his heart. The Journal was given to him by his mother before he left, and for the rest of the time Cameron lived on earth, it never left him. Devastated by the loss of both his father and brother, Nicholas Wilder completely rejects God, Christianity, and his mother’s concern for him; but all that is about to change on one fateful day.

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Call of Courage

Running Time 21:15 The Call of Courage is a gripping story of two young men fighting in the Civil War. Eddie Lee is a twelve-year-old drummer boy who is befriended by James McClay – an officer in the Union army. As the days pass, they become as close as brothers. As the army begins it’s march to Wilson’s Creek, both Eddie and James are faced with decisions that will require all the courage they can muster. As things get tougher, the Battle of Wilson’s Creek erupts – throwing the two into the most intense moments of their lives.

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The Pushtun

Running Time 6:22 On September 11, 2001, disaster struck the USA. As a result, two different and little-known Middle Eastern countries became household names. The political dynasty of the larger one—the immediate enemy of the Land of the Free. Because of the focus on the Taliban, little else was discovered or uncovered. Now, Utmost-Highest Media takes you past the names and faces to the people who make up the countries called Afghanistan and Pakistan. The Taliban’s own tribe, half the population of Afghanistan, and a portion of Pakistan. They are...the Pushtun. This mini documentary opens your eyes to a people who desperately need to hear about the hope and love found in the Light of the world. It begs an answer from us: now we know of them, but what are we doing for them?

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Opportunity

Running Time 9:49 Alex Robinson, trying to break out of his shell, is looking for the perfect opportunity to share his faith with an unbeliever. Excuses, however, run his day as he holds out for the perfect opportunity. But will it ever come?

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A Defense of God’s Law

Running Time 56:30 Do you want true liberty in your family, church, and broader society? This can only be accomplished if Christians return to the abiding principles in God's law. Sadly, many Christians think God's law is archaic, oppressive, and irrelevant, or that strict obedience to the law is legalism. Some even think that Jesus and the Apostles repealed the law. These, and many other misconceptions, are answered in A Defense of God's Law. Watch as God's infinitely wise law is defended using biblically sound arguments.  This film includes interviews and speeches by William Einwechter, Doug Phillips, Esq., and Stanley L. Eash.

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Questions

Running Time 7:23 A young man searches for answers to questions that were left burning in his mind after a shocking experience. His memory takes him back to witness the scene of martyrdom all over again. He yearns to know what gives a man peace and courage to face death in such a way.

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Restore Unto Me

Running Time 9:02 This black and white silent film is an allegorical tale of the Church and Christ’s second coming. A young peasant girl and a handsome prince are playing together in the woods. After giving her a simple, but beautiful, gift the prince leaves, telling the girl to stay behind. Suddenly another young man makes his way on the scene. He offers the young lady gifts of great value and beauty. The temptation is too great, and she accepts and follows him. Moments later the prince returns only to discover his lady gone! Meanwhile the young girl is discovering this other young man isn’t exactly what he appeared to be. Trapped by her own desires she wonders, will she ever see her prince again?

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Tactical Parenthood

Running Time 14:43 With a slogan like “Making Families Better,” one might imagine that non-profit organization Tactical Parenthood would enjoy universal support. At least, that’s what journalist Somerset Parks expected. But, as Tactical Parenthood forged ahead into new family-planning frontiers, it encountered unexpected resistance. When Somerset Parks begins documenting this surprising backlash, she finds that she must examine her own beliefs more closely. Tactical Parenthood is a fictional narrative told in a documentary style. The film addresses the topic of abortion through the eyes of the documentary’s host as she delves into the story of the fictional family planning organization Tactical Parenthood. By the end, both the host and the viewer are challenged to examine their position and take action on this critical issue.