Winners 2019

JesusCineFest

JesusCineFest

NARRATIVE SHORT FILM

My Day // The Love Project
Jamie Kassler
Japan
With her daily routine down to a science, a young woman's world gets thrown out of orbit by a glitch in the system.

NARRATIVE FEATURE FILM

Tortured for Christ
John Grooters
United States
The dramatic testimony of Richard Wurmbrand as told in the international bestseller Tortured for Christ. In 1945, Communists seized power and a million Russian troops poured into his beloved Romania. Wurmbrand was captured by the secret police and held as "Prisoner Number 1." 14 years of unthinkable torture in Communist prison could not break his faith.

DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM

Saved - Escape from Kim´s regime
Thea Haavet
Norway
Andy and his mother tries to flee from North Korea, but the escape plan goes desperately wrong. After crossing the border safely, their guide does not show up as agreed, and they are stuck in the hillsides in China in minus thirty degrees weather. After three days without food or water, they are suffering from severe frostbite and almost freezing to death. Knowing the high risk of being discovered by Chinese border police and returned to brutal punishment in North Korea, they get onto a local bus and decide to venture into China on their own. On their way, they get unexpected help from a secret network of people, mostly Christians, called the Underground Railroad. Risking their own lives, these people provide logistical support to help bring North Korean defectors to safety. In this documentary we follow the stories of refugees from North Korean as well as the recognized human rights activist Tim Peters - who for two decades has worked to save as many North Korean escapees as possible through the Underground Railroad.

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM

The Fool
Allen Atzbi
United States
What do you do when the world’s most famous atheist mocks you internationally on television and throughout social media? What consolation can you find when you become known worldwide as atheism’s celebrity idiot?

ANIMATED FILM

The Last Supper
Rófuszfilm Kft
Hungary
Animation short film, that represents the last supper of Our Lord Jesus Christ


WEB SERIES

Lives
Federico Torres
Mexico
Web series of 8 episodes that proposes to reflect the life of 8 important characters in the story.

MUSICAL

Xiaozhen's Story
The Church of Almighty God
Republic of Korea
Xiaozhen was a simple Christian with a good heart. He treated all his friends with a sincere heart. However, faced with their interests, their old friends became enemies. After this painful experience, Xiaozhen was forced to abandon her sincere heart and the beginning of her behavior. He betrayed his conscience and his soul and associated with the world of evil ... Day after day he lost more and more. Trampled by this evil world was wounded immensely. Just when he is in a dead end and sank into extreme despair, the sincere call of Almighty God finally awakened his heart and spirit ...

SPECIAL MENTIONS

INSTANCE
Melvin Vazquez Cancel
Puerto Rico
State of the voice of our conscience that motivates us, moves us or drives us to do something. What voice of your conscience do you hear?

Defiant
Eyeland Images
United States
When framed for the murder of the New World’s Sovereign Leader, a young soldier must choose whether he can still embrace the New World knowing what he now knows, or if his allegiances have become Defiant.

INSTANCE
Melvin Vazquez Cancel
Puerto Rico State of the voice of our conscience that motivates us, moves us or drives us to do something. What voice of your conscience do you hear?

Defiant
Eyeland Images
United States When framed for the murder of the New World’s Sovereign Leader, a young soldier must choose whether he can still embrace the New World knowing what he now knows, or if his allegiances have become Defiant.