NOMINEES

CONTENT 2025 NOMINATIONS!

What are the Next Steps if Nominated?


Make Plans to Attend CONTENT 
If your project is nominated, someone from your team (or a designated representative) must be in attendance (on-site) at CONTENT to accept the award.  If no one is in attendance to accept the award, the award will be given to the next qualifying winner.
- Register
- Program/Schedule
- Airport/Ride Share
- Travel/Hotel
- Laurels 
(for laurel instructions - click on the link, choose you laurel, place mouse over laurel, right click "save image as", it will download)


1. JUSTICE NOMINATIONS
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Best Justice - Slavery and Rescue
 
Best Justice - Sanctity of Life

Best Justice - Persecution

Best Justice - Discrimination 
 


2. BIBLICAL AND FAMILY NOMINATIONS
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Best Christian Message


Best Christian - Freedom from Bondage/Forgiveness
 

Best Discipleship Film
 
Best Salvation Message
 

Best Support Film (for those in Crisis)
 

Best Bio-Testimony Film (True Stories)
 

Best Missionary Film 

Best Biblical Film (Bible Films)

Best Love for Israel Film

Best Christian Educational Film  

Best First Time Filmmaker

 


3A. FEATURE FILM NOMINATIONS (Best Overall)

(Note: Best Feature nominees are partially screened at CONTENT2025)


Best Overall Narrative Feature Film - Theatrical
Between Borders 
Disciples in the Moonlight 
Saint Nick of Bethlehem 


Best Overall Narrative Feature Film - Non Theatrical
Advent - Pastor Sue Saves Christmas 
Bringing Dad Home
Dot Conner: Webtective 
My Heart Remembers
Redemption River 
Where the Wind Blows
 


3B. FEATURE FILM NOMINATIONS (Director, Storytelling, Cinematography)



THEATRICAL

Best Director - Theatrical
Between Borders - Mark Freiburger 
Disciples in the Moonlight  - Brett Varvel 
Saint Nick of Bethlehem - Spencer Folmar, Daniel Roebuck 


Best Storytelling - Theatrical
Between Borders - Mark Freiburger, Adam Sjoberg, Isaac Norris 
Disciples in the Moonlight - Josh StryChalski 
Saint Nick of Bethlehem - Spencer Folmar


Best Cinematography - Theatrical
Between Borders - Rogier Stoffers
Disciples in the Moonlight - J.J. Bukowski 
Saint Nick of Bethlehem - Andre Welsh 
 


NON THEATRICAL

Best Director - Non Theatrical
Dot Conner: Webtective - Andrew Huff 
Redemption River - Zac Hersh, James Rich 
Where the Wind Blows - John Schimke 


Best Storytelling - Non Theatrical
Dot Conner: Webtective - Andrew Huff 
My Heart Remembers - Brian Lawrence
Redemption River - Zac Hersh, James Rich 
Where the Wind Blows - John Schimke, Mike Maden


Best Cinematography - Non Theatrical
Dot Conner: Webtective - Chris McKechnie
My Heart Remembers - Stephen Folker
Redemption River - Joe Katches
Where the Wind Blows - Derek Bauer 



3C. FEATURE FILM NOMINATIONS (Acting)


THEATRICAL


Male Lead - Best Actor - Theatrical
Between Borders - Patrick Sabongui as Ivan 
Disciples in the Moonlight - Brett Varvel as Nate 
Disciples in the Moonlight - Todd Terry as Jim 
Saint Nick of Bethlehem - Daniel Roebuck as Nick 


Male - Best Supporting Actor - Theatrical
Between Borders - Michael Paul Chan as the Judge 
Between Borders - Stelio Savante as Duane 
Disciples in the Moonlight - Jason Coviello as Hazzard 
The Last Supper - James Faulkner as Caiaphas 
 

Female Lead - Best Actress - Theatrical
Between Borders - Elizabeth Tabish as Violetta
Saint Nick of Bethlehem - Cathy Moriarty as Betty 


Female - Best Supporting Actress - Theatrical
Between Borders - Elizabeth Mitchell as Carrie 
Disciples in the Moonlight - Baylee Toney as Ashley 
Disciples in the Moonlight - Stephanie Parker as Danelle 
 

Best Children/Teen Actors - Theatrical
Between Borders - Natalia Badea as Olga 
Saint Nick of Bethlehem - Elias Kemuel as Tucker 
 


NON THEATRICAL
 

Male Lead - Best Actor - Non Theatrical
Bringing Dad Home - Terry Stokes as Robert 
Redemption River - Michael Bonnini as Spencer 
The Solution - Derrick Dee as Oscar 
Where the Wind Blows - Trevor Donovan as Chase 


Male - Best Supporting Actor - Non Theatrical
Dot Conner: Webtective - Jason Marsden as Bad Guy 
My Heart Remembers - Jack Welshons as Glenn Heaton
My Heart Remembers - Robert Kemp as Jackson Harders 
Redemption River - Brad Stein as Justin 



Female Lead - Best Actress - Non Theatrical
Advent - Pastor Sue Saves Christmas - Rebecca Grant as Pastor Sue 
Dot Conner: Webtective - Gili Gould 
Redemption River - Emma Roberts as Margo 


Female - Best Supporting Actress - Non Theatrical
Advent - Pastor Sue Saves Christmas - Sheena Faust as Kathy 
Bringing Dad Home - Nicole Farrell as Morgan
Dot Conner: Webtective  - Lauryn McCardell 
Where the Wind Blows - Michelle Hurd as Mrs. Hollyhock 



Best Children/Teen Actors - Non Theatrical
Bringing Dad Home - Raelyn Earley as as Harper
Where the Wind Blows - Cole Keriazakos  as Gabe



 


4A. SHORT FILM NOMINATIONS (Best Overall)

(Note: Best Overall Short nominees are partially screened at CONTENT2025)


 

Best Short Film (up to 10 minutes)  
Don't Fly Away 
HOPE 
Hope from Heartbreak 
Spiritual 
SwordPlay 
The Closed Door 
The Heroes POC 
You'll Remember Me 


Best Short Film (over 10 minutes) 
Bandida 
Branded 
Bringer of Light
Burnett Detectives: Case of the Missing Boot 
Crossroads 
Forget-Me-Not 
Ripple 
Stations of the Cross 
The Stranger 
The List 
The Lost Healer
Time Alone In Fear & Sadness 
Vessel of Love: A Prelude 
What Happens Now? 
WHISPERS OF LIGHT 



4B.  SHORT FILM NOMINATIONS (Director, Storytelling, Cinematography)


Best Director
Bandida - Drew Broadhurst 
Burnett Detectives: Case of the Missing Boot - John-Clay Burnett 
Forget-Me-Not - Caroline Cummins, Nicolas Shipley, Adayr Thompson 
Hope - Spencer T Folmar 
Hope from Heartbreak - Jake Allen 
Ripple - Jason H Munden 
SwordPlay - Noah Sutton 
The List - Hannah Keener 
Time Alone In Fear & Sadness - Derek Patterson 
Vessel of Love: A Prelude - Michaiah Smoots, Deborah Smoots 
What Happens Now? - Imole Ladipo 


Best Storytelling
Bandida - Drew Broadhurst 
Bringer of Light - Caleb Smedra
Burnett Detectives: Case of the Missing Boot - John-Clay Burnett 
Crossroads - Jessica Driskill 
Forget-Me-Not - Mary Malone, Caroline Cummins, Davey Barfoot, Shiloh Errington 
Hope - Hannah Barefoot 
Hope from Heartbreak - Kayce Clark 
Ripple - Elisheba Haxby, Jesse Rivas 
Spiritual - Ian Wilson 
Stations of the Cross - Aleksa Ristovic 
The List - Hannah Keener 
The Lost Healer - Wilson Hickman
Time Alone In Fear & Sadness - Maggie Shirk 
SwordPlay - Matty Wint 
Vessel of Love: A Prelude - Michaiah Smoots, Momma G. Blooms 
What Happens Now? - Toluwani Osibe Obayan 


Best Cinematography
Bringer of Light - Brady Bouren 
Burnett Detectives: Case of the Missing Boot - John-Clay Burnett 
Stations of the Cross - Aleksa Ristovic 
The List - Nathan Price 
The Stranger - Tyson Burger 
Time Alone In Fear & Sadness - Cory Mason 
Vessel of Love: A Prelude - Kevin Almodovar, Deborah Smoots, Karlee Prevatt 
What Happens Now? - Ajayi Osahon 



4C.  SHORT FILM NOMINATIONS (First Time Filmmaker)



Best Project by a First Time Filmmaker
Branded 
Bringer of Light 
Forget-Me-Not 
Redemption of Jane 
SwordPlay 
The Closed Door
The Heroes  POC 
The List 
The Stranger 
Unknown Kingdom 
What Happens Now? 


4D. SHORT FILM NOMINATIONS (Acting)


Male Lead - Best Actor 
Forget-Me-Not  - Marcus Doyle as Tom the Intern 
Ripple - Willie Melina as Danny 
SwordPlay - Jeffery Scott Gage as Sigeweard 
The List - Eric Dean White as Dad 
The Stranger - Denis Marr as Doug 
The Stranger - Jason O'Brien as Fran 
What Happens Now? - Akah Nnani as Abi 
What Happens Now? - Rotimi Paul as Francis
WHISPERS OF LIGHT - Lord Frank as Priest 


Female Lead - Best Actress 
Bandida - Vanessa DeSilvio as Maria 
Crossroads - Venus Monique as Emily 
Hope - Hannah Barefoot as Sarah 
Hope from Heartbreak - Kayce Clark as Mom 
Spiritual - Larissa Loeffler as Carol 
The List - Leasie Baxter as Jane 
Time Alone In Fear & Sadness - Maggie Shirk as Eloise
What Happens Now? - Nene Nwoko as Edna 
Whispers of Light - Omo Marvellous Ojo as Distressed Woman 
You'll Remember Me - Jessica Claire Crosby as Rachel


 

What are the Next Steps if Nominated?


Make Plans to Attend CONTENT 
If your project is nominated, someone from your team (or a designated representative) must be in attendance (on-site) at CONTENT to accept the award.  If no one is in attendance to accept the award, the award will be given to the next qualifying winner.
- Register  
- Program/Schedule
- Airport/Ride Share
- Travel/Hotel
- Laurels 
(for laurel instructions - click on the link, choose you laurel, place mouse over laurel, right click "save image as", it will download)




5. ANIMATION NOMINATIONS

(Note: Best Animation Nominees are partially screened at CONTENT2025)


Best Animation/AI Film
Quo Vadis
The Faith of Joe
The Great Surgeon
 



6. DOCUMENTARY NOMINATIONS

(Note: Documentary Nominees are partially screened at CONTENT2025)


Best Documentary (up to 10 minutes) 
After ISIS 
Village of Hope - Guatemala 


Best Documentary (10 to 30 minutes)  
ALERT - 30 Years  
Freedom Beyond The Driveway
Spares: Second Chance Stories of Frozen Embryos
Their Blood Cries Out: A Documentary to Fight Holocaust Denial 
You Visited Me 
 
 
Best Documentary (over 30 minutes)  
A City Lost
Bread Upon The Waters Song Inspired by Real Life Miracles
City on a Hill 
I Am Living Proof
Out of Egypt 
Red Storm Rising
RESCUED - A Story of Redemption and Hope 
Team Ocean Quest - The Impossible Journey 



7. TELEVISION AND WEB NOMINATIONS
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(Note: Best TV /Web Nominees are partially screened at CONTENT2025)

 
 
Best Television and Web - Episodic

Best Television and Web - Storytelling
 

Best Television and Web - Male Lead - Best Actor
 

Best Television and Web - Female Lead - Best Actress
 

Best Television and Web - Talk Show 

Best Television and Web - News/Journalism

Best Television and Web - Teaching 
 



 


8. SCREENWRITERS NOMINATIONS

 

Best Half-Hour Pilot
-BC / AD - Becoming Christian / Almost Disciples - Dan Sandoval
-Below the Line Pilot - Christian Kraemer
-First Lady - Megan R Becker
-Minding the Family Pilot - Renee Michaels, Shannon Thomason, Rusty Reagan
-Project Rebirth Episode 1: The Squirrel - Brandon Swartz, River Chynoweth
-The Harp and the Cross - William Langlois


Best One Hour Pilot
-A Game of Redemption - Jacob Johnson-Hayward
-From History to Hope, Season 2: Revelation's Battle Plans, Episode 1, "A War Is Declared" - Carl Wesley Anderson
-From the Ashes - Alison Miller, Amanda Hellberg
-Paging Faith - Kimberly Jade Soliman
-Struck Series Pilot - Amanda Llewellyn, Wes Llewellyn
-The Super Society Pilot - Jeffrey Pemberton


Best Short Script - Under 20 Pages
-Electric Eye - Jeffrey Pemberton
-Prodigal One - Dan Sandoval
-Soiled - Matthew Budds
-The Missing Tree - Jackie Hovorka
-The Rapture Road Trip - Sandy K. Stickel 
-Transference - Marcia Chandler Rhea, Stephen Levy 


Best Short Script - Over 20 Pages
-A Breath Between Us - Brandon Swartz
-Happy Cry - Jen Grubbs
-Ka Piko - A. S. Templeton
-Outcasts - Paul D. Schad
-Shema - Christopher Bowden
-Wildcats - John Christopher Klauder


BEST DRAMA - FEATURE SCREENPLAY - ALL AUDIENCES
-Doubting Doves - Jackie Hovorka
-Good Morning Janie - Tierra D. Scarborough
-Seven Days - William Langlois
-The Gospel Tract - Claire Hutchinson
-The Roar of Silence - William Langlois, Annie Cerillo
-Till My Last Breath - Courtney Lee Simpson


BEST DRAMA - FEATURE SCREENPLAY - TEEN AND ADULT AUDIENCES
-A Hand Up - Jeanine Marie Simpson
-Dance of the Innocent - TL Michaels
-Happy Hearts - James Edwin Clark
-Remember - Jonathan Sawyer, Rev. James Wilson, Mark Wooden, Gregory Hill
-Soldier Through the Storm - Kimberly Jade Soliman
-Unbelievable - Annaliese Bauer, Marcus R. Sanford
-Unsafe Faith - Shannon Phipps



BEST FAMILY, ANIMATED, OR HOLIDAY - FEATURE SCREENPLAY
-A Miracle for Christmas - Shelley Chester
-Baking Christmas - Dennis R Doud
-Hopes, Fears, and Christmas Cheers - Jeffrey Pemberton
-Levi’s Chalice - Paul Pastore, Alfred S Pirozzoli
-Summer Set Go - Aaron Scott Green
-The Black Widow Family - Claire Grace Hutchinson


BEST ACTION, ADVENTURE, OR THRILLER - FEATURE SCREENPLAY
-A Hard Road Through Damascus - Mike Disa
-Blood Contract - Victoria Dorshorn
-Deep Within - Scott Michael Branan
-Faith Under Fire - Patrick Burns
-Reach Deep - Victoria Dorshorn
-Souls on Board - Jennifer Weiss
-To The Last Night - Kimberly Jade Soliman


BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY BY A FIRST-TIME SCREENWRITER
-Angels, Demons, and a Court-Martial - Chris Kreger
-Muster Point - Michelle K. Maj Albanese
-One Simple Thing - Steven Philip Hauge
-The Mission - Chris Micheal Odom
-What’s a Girl To Do? - Janet Folger Porter
-Without Roots - Melanie Hope Lang


BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY - YOUNG SCREENWRITERS (Under 30)
-City of Angels - Brandon Swartz
-Forgiving the Nightmare - Henrique Franhani
-Give Up Already, Tom - Eli Waddell
-Life and The Living - Cana Bartlett
-The Matter of Mr. Miller - Tamara Lee Green


BEST HISTORICAL NARRATIVE - FEATURE SCREENPLAY
-Before Paul - Kimberly Jade Soliman
-Key Moment - Angelique Chase, Chip Lane
-Of Gentle Lions - John Christopher Klauder, Christine Berardo Klauder
-Sara Jane - Chip Lane, Angelique Chase
-Sparrow - Leona Worcester




9. PROMO, TRAILER, MUSIC VIDEO NOMINATIONS
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(Note: Nominees are screened at CONTENT2025)


Best Book Trailer


Best Documentary Trailer
 
Best POC Trailer
 

Best Film Trailer
 

Best TV Trailer
 

Best Promo Reel
 

Best Music Video 
 


 



10. ACTOR/STUNT/DIRECTOR DEMO REELS NOMINATIONS
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(Note: Nominees are screened at CONTENT2025) 

 

Best Drama Actor Reel - Drama (Female)
 

Best Drama Actor Reel - Drama (Male) 
 

Best Commercial Actor Reel (Male and Female) 
 

Best General Actor Reel (Male and Female)
 

Best One Scene Acting Clip  
 

Best Voiceover Reel
 

Best Cinematography Reel
 

Best Director Reel
 
 

 

11. PODCAST NOMINATIONS


 

Educational/Arts
Faith and Family Fillmmakers Podcast - Vindication Beyond Season Four - Jared O' Flaherty - Geoffrey and Jaclyn Whitt 
This Paw's For You Podcast - Rahn Springer 
You are an Agent of Flourishing (The Faith & Work Podcast) - Naomi Hartman 

Faith
Beauty and Brokeness 1_Questions and Charcoal (Teach us to Pray Podcast) - Naomi Hartman
Dare to Dive Deeper - Kim Crabill 
Healing Souls Podtalk - Dawn Ezelle
Pure Living 316 - Paula Baron
Redeemed Podcast - Journey to Redemption: A story of faith and courage - Lauren Burns 
The Brick House Podcast - Matthew Brick


12. NEWS AND JOURNALISM NOMINATIONS
TBA

(Note: Nominees are partially screened at CONTENT2025)

Best News and Journalism Mini-Documentaries:
 

Best News and Journalism Documentaries:
 


Best News and Journalism Program:
 


13. BEST SCENE NOMINATIONS

(Note: Nominees are screened at CONTENT2025)


Best Scene Nominations
12 Steps Movie Scene - with Sandy Stickel, Logan Stanzione
Days of Sunshine, Days of Shadow - with Carl Wesley Anderson
Chasing Faith So Wrong - with Ulises Larramendi, Reese Ravencraft
Chasing Faith Trauma - with Reese Ravencraft, Ulises Larramendi
Jail Scene from Running the Bases - with Levan Smith, Brett Varvel
The Shepherd - with Dan Sandoval
Within the Walls - with Debby Gerber, Andrew Jacob Brown
 




What are the Next Steps if Nominated?


Make Plans to Attend CONTENT 
If your project is nominated, someone from your team (or a designated representative) must be in attendance (on-site) at CONTENT to accept the award.  If no one is in attendance to accept the award, the award will be given to the next qualifying winner.

- Register  
- Program/Schedule
- Airport/Ride Share
- Travel/Hotel
- Laurels 
(for laurel instructions - click on the link, choose you laurel, place mouse over laurel, right click "save image as", it will download)


CONTENT2025 NOMINEES!
and Nominations