Church Filmcraft Festival

WE CAN’T WAIT TO SEE WHAT YOU’VE CREATED

When you look around your church and community, there are stories everywhere. Capture Summit wants to share the ones you’ve brought to life.

The Church Filmcraft Festival provides the open forum. Submit your film for a chance to win some great prizes.

When you look around your church and community, there are stories everywhere. Capture Summit wants to share the ones you’ve brought to life.

The Church Filmcraft Festival provides the open forum. Submit your film for a chance to win some great prizes.

2023 ENTRIES

Waiting | Short film

This project was shot over the course of a few days in Lake Charles, Louisiana with the mission…

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Asbury Outpouring (aka Asbury Revival) | Documentary Film

This project was shot over the course of a few days in Lake Charles, Louisiana with the mission…

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ALL ENTRIES

This project was shot over the course of a few days in Lake Charles, Louisiana with the mission…

This project was shot over the course of a few days in Lake Charles, Louisiana with the mission…

This project was shot over the course of a few days in Lake Charles, Louisiana with the mission…

This video was created for our worship opening for Easter 2020. We were in lockdown and no one…

This was our video for Easter 2022 service. We made this to support the sermon for our senior…

In the hight of the pandemic, members of Doha Fellowship, Christian Church in Doha, Qatar filmed themselves from…

I was contacted by GateCity because they wanted to put a spotlight on the Night Watch again. In…

This video was for our online-only service on Dec 26th. The music portions were all tracked at different…

Tim Babler (worship director) wrote the script. Anthony Catalano developed the visual presentation. We had several people record…

Our lead pastor lost his father in the days leading up to Christmas. He wanted to deliver a…

This is a very difficult video to produce based on the subject matter. I wanted the subject to…

This was shot and recorded live as part of a special Christmas time service. The camera on stage…

The name “GateCity Church” is new. The then New Bridge/IHOP was formed through the mergers of three church…

This is a clip from one of our Sunday live streams. It is an original song, sung by…

Filmed live on April 17th. We’ve used 4 SONY PDW-X70 cameras, AVMATRIX video switcher. All camera and audio…

Blackmagic CC 6k pro with Sigma’s 18-35. The topic of faith formation is so broad and our talent…

I just started at this parish as the videographer a couple of months ago. I shot my footage…

This video was created for our worship opening for Easter 2020. We were in lockdown and no one…

I wanted to create an intimate feeling like a mother reading the Christmas story to her daughter, but…

St. Mark Ministries Bloopers

One human project. I decided the night before shooting this that we should have a banner for our…

We knew this testimony would minister to those believing God for healing! David Jones reached out to us…

We received a testimony submission from one of our members, Sade’ Boullier and knew her story would impact…

A special event to promote our Christmas Eve services.

This video project was a recap to promote one of the first of many prayer walk series that…

A music video for our Christmas Eve services. Filmed on location in a small horse barn utilizing nanlite…

For this short, we used a Canon C200, Aputure lighting, and a Dana Dolly. The dolly was a…

This announcement video was shot on a Canon C200. The spring season means a lot of events for…

For this project, we purchased a roll of aluminum foil and wrapped three pieces of 4’ x 8’…

To create the backdrop for this, we used an 8’ x 8’ Matthews diffusion cloth and covered it…

This testimony video tells the story of how Luke Whitmire, former steadicam operator for some of the top…

John shares his perspective on how our church staff overcame the trials of 2020 and used those experiences…

Maxine shares her story of overcoming abuse and finding salvation. This project was filmed in front of four…

I used a black magic pocket edition 4k and for the shot in the water I used a…

I don’t even know if this video belongs in this category, but this was a simple concept year-in-review…

This video project was the first of a series of 3 videos where our church partnered up with…

Our church in Every Nation NYC is compromised of numerous different sites in Brooklyn, Bronx, Hamptons, New Jersey,…

Starkville First UMC Bloopers

This behind-the-scenes video is all about our church’s 2021 message series “Anger City Limits.” For this particular series,…

Video 5/5: This video series is the biggest project we’ve ever produced. It includes a trailer to promote…

Video 4/5: This video series is the biggest project we’ve ever produced. It includes a trailer to promote…

Video 3/5: This video series is the biggest project we’ve ever produced. It includes a trailer to promote…

Video 2/5: This video series is the biggest project we’ve ever produced. It includes a trailer to promote…

Video 1/5: This video series is the biggest project we’ve ever produced. It includes a trailer to promote…

Pat and Janelle Emerson recount the events that led to them nearly getting divorced and how God brought…

Connie Heidebrecht is the director of a non-profit in Wichita that helps women leave abusive relationships and get…

Nick Shald is a guitarist on our worship staff. This testimonial story was incredibly emotional to capture and…

This music video was part of a nationally televised broadcast we produced for Christmas 2020. We set up…

This music video was part of a nationally televised broadcast we produced for Christmas 2020. The location we…

This music video was part of a nationally televised broadcast we produced in 2020. The Kansas African American…

We wanted this Father’s Day video to be an homage to the action movies of the ’80s. A…

This video promoting our series “Worlds Of Warfare III: The Weapons” was all shot in our studio. We…

This was a video we shot for s service opener for a huge event we do annually called…

Our Online Christmas Experience during the 2020 lockdown.

This is a project we did to share the impact of our after school Homework club program for…

I used a cannon c100 mk2, mostly just run and gun trying to capture moments. The biggest challenges…

“Change is something we all experience. Sometimes is inevitable. Sometimes is chosen. But it is always necessary for…

“As we enter into this new year may we do it with a heart that desires to go…

The YES Conference is for any high school student who is willing to step into the adventure of…

We concluded a message series about Heaven with a worship night where this video served as the opener.…

The setup for this one was a Panasonic G85 on a DJI RS2 gimbal and a single overhead…

After a few failed attempts at rehearsal over Zoom, our choir began meeting in small groups during the…

Brittany filmed this using Canon Rebel T5 and edited using Final Cut Pro. All actors were students from…

This year, our Easter services held a doubly joyful meaning for us at Citylight. Along with us celebrating…

Our cover of O Come O Come Emmanuel was one of the 10 music video songs we included…

To make a long story short, our church meets in Philadelphia. During the pandemic, we went exclusively to…

Used a Blackmagic Ursa Mini 4k with Rokinon cinema lenses. We used an actual Zoom session to record…

“With our eyes we see, we dream, we accept, we hurt. It is easy to get caught up…

“Worth” is a micro-short film, which shares a beautiful story-testimonial of CC Smith who felt devalued but desired…

Greetings from Trinidad! In December 2020 Our church decided to produce it’s first film / musical production! No…

This is a sound bite we pulled from one of pastors sermons and created as a stand alone…

Shot on a red camera, a 60 sec promo video for our annual women’s conference.

This is a testimony video we shot on a canon. We pulled the b roll from Gettys and…

This was a music video we shot for a spoken word project we released within the ministry.

We shot this on a red camera, it was extremely hot with no air condition at a boxing…

This was mostly created by stock footage on Getty’s, music by first com, we created the storyline and…

Coming Home is a story about a couple who found their way “home” to Christ. Filming this story…

We shot this video for use in our weekend experiences with the goal of making it extremely easy…

For this video promoting our series “My Secret Life,” we were aiming for a suspense/thriller vibe. We storyboarded…

A once drug lord, murderer, and extortionist becomes a Christian and leads a ministry inside one of the…

As an educator who fought hard during the recent pandemic, there was a need to bring a fresh…

The film was a labor of love. As the Director of Dance & Film for an inner city…

This video was a testimony that we played during our Easter service in 2021. This was shot on…

This video was a testimony that we played during our Easter service in 2021. This was shot on…

We shot this with black magic cameras (4.6k and pocket 4K). We had the 4K on a gimble…

This video was used for a new year service and about the gift of time, and is based…

We did an Arby’s theme father’s day video.

In August, 2020, we had a series of services around the theme of connecting with God through his…

We knew the whole concept would be shot in only two locations, so the lens choice had to…

Intro for message series based on the Apostle’s Creed.

This was a true story about the Eufemia and Coucci family. With normal struggles that most people would…

This project tells the story of the inception of our first regional campus. It was made in honor…

This is a short, modern rendition of the parable of the prodigal son that was used as a…

Promo video for a special night of worship for our college/young adult ministry. This promo was shot on…

The story of how one member who was experiencing relational loss was able to find community in the…

This was a story piece highlighting racial unity in our church. It was shot on Sony A7sii and…

What are the lessons you learn on the road? That was the inspiration for this series starter. We…

This video was sermon bumper for the series “We are the Church”. This video aired right in the…

What is your favorite Christmas Candy? What better way to answer this question than place the top Christmas…

Our church did sermon series called Outflow. As soon as we heard the name of the series, we…

In 2020 East Nashville was hit by a tornado that destroyed entire neighborhoods. The Church at Lockeland Springs…

This was a music video feature for our Online Christmas concert this year. This song was a cover…

“Being incarcerated was one of the biggest blessings of my entire life.” These are the first words Darby…

This was a promotional video about the theme for the year “Living On Purpose”. The pastor loves the…

One of the highlights for our church every year is getting to host our annual Christmas Collective, a…

This short film project was created to premiere at our 2021 Easter services. By the end credits, I…

For many years I’ve felt that one of my favorite songs was written as though it could be…

To cast vision for our building campaign, we wanted to revisit the significance of Church architecture of the…

Acts 2:1-12 read by Floodsters here in San Diego, as a part of our 2020 Pentecost Celebration. We…

The project started as a way to show the congregation how the head minister writes her sermons. It…

This is a testimony video from two of our congregants and how God completely restored a seemingly lost…

This was a music video we shot over the summer. We were entering a new sermon series, “The…

This is branded 5-minute countdown that I filmed over the span of a year. This countdown is shown…

This project was our Men’s Retreat promo for this past year. In order to get the looking upshot…

“Pride Shorts 2021” were created to light the beacon to those who feel that the church has abandoned…

Our creative team did an amazing live cover called “Wild,” by Local Sound. Church by the Glades is…

This project was dear to our film team’s heart as we were sent Lilyanah’s story two years prior,…

Promo for our series called timeless. we used a mixture of stock and footage we shot to create…

I was sent to Bethlehem by my church to explore the unique perspective of Palestinian Christians. They offer…

A video highlighting congregation members and staff welcoming everyone to worship. I used a Canon 77d DSLR, Neewer…

A look at all of Snyder Memorial Baptist Church through the stories of members. I used a Canon…

This project was all about drawing the viewer into the lives of the many church mothers across the…

A COVID video designed to keep the church together during Easter week. This was our Maundy Thursday service…

One of a series of videos of our worship leaders singing Christmas songs we used as promos for…

At the time we only had an old Sony camera (Model: HDR-CX560). It took quite a few shots…

This video represents a difficult time one of our members had and a battle with depression along with…

This project focused on one of our members who was battling cancer and how the ministry and members…

A promo and series introduction made primarily in After effects and photoshop.

This was part of a series of interviews we did around aspects of the prodigal son story. We…

This is one of a series of interviews we did based around different aspects of the prodigal son.…

Shot using a Canon 80D, Canon XA20, the Rode Wireless Go mic, and a couple of shop lights…

In this video one of our congregation members, Adam, shares his testimony. We played this during our Easter…

Shot with a Sony A73 camera

Shot with the Sony a7sii and Rode Pro microphone, this week’s newsreel utilizes a fairly straightforward approach to…

Created in Adobe After Effects 2020, this message bumper introduces each weekly sermon in the series “A Living…

Every member at First Bible Church knows about the 3Gs: Gather (in corporate worship), Grow (in community groups),…

This church newsreel was shot on the Sony a7sii and Rode Pro microphone, utilizing a basic white balance…

One of our key movements as church is defending the fatherless. Using adoption and foster care to see…

Use the Song Testify to close out a message series. We wanted our people to live out their…

Use the Song Living Hope for our Easter Services. This year being all online we want to do…

Story of a young birth mother who gave up her son for adoption. How God used that to…

Story of Michael Baldwin, Tom, and Janise Brown. Michael lived with Grandmother and she passed away. Tom was…

We wanted to create a villain to promote an upcoming series called “Identity Crook”, which is really a…

Shot on Sony A7III

Shot using iPhones and Sony A7III. Edited using Premiere Pro.

Shot using a Sony A7III

Shot using Sony A7III, Black Magic 6K, Mavic 2 Zoom, Canon 5D MkIV, Sony a6300

– a Grace Bible Church film – Written by: Kurt Moucha Director & Director of Photography: Zach Blackburn…

We shot this video on the blackmagic pocket cinema 4k. It was a fun video we threw together…

At the beginning of the pandemic, we were having people do a lot of remote video. And some…

This video was part 3 of a series of bumpers about our church history.

Men and Boys Fishing Trip promo with apologies to “Gilligan’s Island”.

This video was a Christmas promo at our church for previous Announcement Videos. It was used as a…

This video was one of 6 in a series on our new church values. Our values are things…

In the wake of the George Floyd protest and rioting, the church communities from all denominations in Orlando…

This project was a video we shot to promote the construction of our new Children’s Ministry Center. Our…

This was a fun narrative project we did a few years back for our Christmas Eve Services. We…

We were having a Volunteer Appreciation event and wanted to present this video for our many volunteers to…

The video is a promotional tool that is part documentary and narrative describing the history of the church…

We had a sermon series called Alchemy. As a fun little play off of that, we made a…

This year for Easter, our church had an entirely different concept and idea for a film that was…

Tina is amazing and so is her story. Tina continues to serve in Visalia First Media and is…

Anthony is leads our Security team here at Visalia First for more than a few years now. He…

This story was challenging because I was using a drone for the first time I believe to capture…

Telling Hector’s story was such an amazing story to capture because it had not been told yet and…

I remember the text message I got on May 24 detailing a feature we were planning for the…

Every year we produce a video with a re-telling of the Christmas Story. Over the years we’ve shot…

This was an idea we had for a couple of weeks prior to actually making it. Three of…

Back in the fall we decided that we wanted to put together a video that honored our volunteers—the…

Our second attempt at a sermon series trailer. This series was for advent titled “Incarnate: Wholly God, Fully…

After attending Capture Summit in 2019, we were introduced to the idea of sermon series trailers. This sermon…

In 2019, we chose the sermon series title When Everything Changed for our Spring 2020 sermon series. Little…

This is a documentary we made celebrating the history of God’s work in our church, both historically and…

This is a story we played in our Easter service.

This video was used to celebrate Hope’s 25th Anniversary.

We took our founding pastor on a ride to learn more about what it means to follow Christ.

This is the bumper for our last sermon series “Origin Story – Welcome to the Promise Land.”  This…

This video was used within the message during our Easter services. We needed a moment to teach out…

Promo for new bible study presented by the Christian Education Department for the Young Adult age group.

Lorna’s story is a testimonial video about Lorna’s breakthrough as she dealt with and battled depression, the influence…

The Gospel presented in a spoken-word poetry format.

Sermon Bumper for the sermon series “ROAR.”

Promo for a men’s conference called “More Than Conquerors” based on Romans 8:37.

This was a promotional video for a giving campaign to purchase and renovate a warehouse for our church…

Patrick demonstrates some poor judgement on how to share your faith in the workplace. He and Gary have…

Originally submitted to the 168 Film Festival and won the Evangelista Award for the film in the KidVid…

Performed as a short-film, you will experience a modern-day story unfold of a son who receives his inheritance…

Testimonial video.

Promotional video for AWANA clubs

Peter Mangi’s Story is about how God led a boy from the slums of Africa to newhope Church…

Heather Bennett’s Story is a journey of faith and miraculous healing. Unable to find a proper diagnosis after…

The Jump Commercial is a short video to promo newhope Church via TV broadcast. Some things in life…

The Art and the Artist depicts how our lives can take many twists and turns especially within the…

The Rock Band Commercial is a TV commercial for newhope Church. Getting the band back together can be…

Concept film based on Philippians 3:14 “I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which…

Found is based on the true story of a man named Raymone Maye. Raymone likes to live life…

Jing and Maomei are living proof of how God works across nations. Today, they are part of a…

Freaky Friday family sized fiasco as both parents and children find they have to walk in each others’…

The goal of this video is to inform area churches, businesses, and individuals about all the ways Bright…

Promotional / Teaser video for our yearly youth conference. This year the focus was on guarding your heart.

When planning its annual Family Fun Day event, church staff filmed mockumentary style, similar to antics in The…

Music video recap of 2017 Vacation Bible School at Bull Street Baptist Church in Savannah, GA. Music video…

Relaxing and beautiful musical recap of activities at Baptist Camp Lebanon in NJ simply made by combining short…