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“If Michael Buble and Joni Mitchell had a love child raised by Jimi Hendrix and babysat by Norah Jones, that child would be Ryan Innes… His is a talent you hear once in a few lifetimes. His music makes you want to love harder, hurt deeper, and let go of all your inhibitions, leaving you speechless—until you learn the words well enough to sing along.” Thus Ashlie Lohner of Reverbnation describes the local sensation whose soul, boldness, and smooth singing propelled him onto The Voice and...
We invite and encourage all LDS and Utah filmmakers to participate in the 15th Annual LDS Film Festival 2016 and submit their work to the festival. The festival offers around $3,000 in cash awards and a perfect venue to premiere your film to a large and appreciative audience.
The LDS Film Festival strives to annually present a diverse spectrum of films that represent the status quo of current filmmaking in the LDS film community. The festival is independently organized and not affiliated with...
Latter-Day Saint Bishop, Chris Williams, experienced a horrendous tragedy in February 2007. After leaving an evening basketball game with his family, a 17-year-old slammed his vehicle into their Passat. William’ son, daughter and 5-month pregnant wife were killed. The 17-year-old driver fled the scene, but was later arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol. Only Williams and his six-year-old son, Sam, survived the tragic accident. His 14-year-old son was at a friend’s...
Dozens of LDS films have been released over the years, starting with Brigham Young in 1940 up to The Cokeville Miracle in 2015. A fairly comprehensive list can be found on the LDS Cinema page on Wikipedia, which can be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LDS_cinema. These films cover a wide range for genres from romance and comedy to drama and documentary. There are many movies in each genre that are worthy of your attention, and I’m sure that everyone has their own favorites. Here is my...
In The Cokeville Miracle over 150 students and teachers are spared from a bomb attack by two terrorists. The accounts given by the hostages were miraculous to say the least, and as we listen to their story, how can we feel anything but gratitude for their preservation. Unfortunately, we have had many mass shootings, including school shootings, since the events portrayed in the film, and not all the victims escaped their attacks alive. Why were victims in these events killed, while those in the...
What’s next in the LDS film genre? We’ve had documentaries and dramas about missionaries and pioneers. We’ve had biographies on famous Mormons. We’ve had war dramas. And we’ve had numerous comedies based on Mormon pop culture. There is also a lot of interest in bible stories in Christian cinema and even mainstream Hollywood too. However, I think there is plenty of room for new ideas in the genre; here are a few concepts that I think might be interesting to explore.
My first suggestion...
LDS films can be classified into a number of genres, including: drama, documentaries, comedy, adventure, and romance, and you can argue that many of them target male or female audiences. It is difficult to classify movies into a gender-based genre without falling into stereotype, but I will suggest a few films that may have wider appeal to one gender over another. My purpose is not to stereotype, but to offer a basis for viewers to consider when selecting a movie that may be appealing to...
The Cokeville Miracle is a “powerful film that really shows what an awesome God we serve”, sums up the Christian Film Database. They thought that the emotional film well portrayed the miraculous story of the preservation of a group of students and teachers from a bomb explosion, as well as the protagonist’s progression from doubt to faith, as he tries to make sense of the miracle.
Based on actual events, the film shares the story of students and teachers taken hostage by David and Doris...
“I was miserable and I wanted to run away….It was a precious experience to me.” These are the words that Kai, our 17-year old Japanese exchange student, recorded in his journal concerning his experience on Trek this year. I believe that you will find similar sentiments by other Trek participants, concerning the beginning and end of their experience. Such sentiments might also reflect the attitudes of members of the Mormon pioneers portrayed in the film 17 Miracles.
We watched 17 Miracles...
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