About
Advent Film Group was co-founded by George Escobar and Michael Snyder in 2008 for the purpose of training and raising up the next generation of Christian filmmakers. Since that time, Advent has made several award-winning feature films and documentaries.
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About the Advent Film Workshop
Advent is committed to helping Christian filmmakers through training, mentorships, and by serving the Christian film community.
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1. Training
Advent has trained nearly 1,000 students through our workshops, webinars, conferences, and DVDs. About 200 of them have joined Advent as interns and production assistants during feature film production and post.
2. Mentoring
Nearly 30 interns have had extended training and mentoring at Advent’s home and production offices, learning other aspects of film, such as business, legal, sales, finance, marketing and distribution.
3. Serving
Advent strongly advocates that filmmakers serve in media ministry capacities at their local churches and communities. Advent produces several video projects (pro-bono) for churches, non-profits, and schools.
Advent Film Group provides FIVE core services:
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We make full-length feature films (to train Christain filmmakers).
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We write original screenplays and screenplay adaptations from books, articles, and short stories.
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We teach filmmaking from a Christian worldview through workshops, videos, webinars, and private lessons.
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We produce projects for third-party clients, helping them make narrative features and documentaries.
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We provide consulting services for a modest fee: from story development, film financing, production, marketing, and distribution.
We’re passionate about making films from a Christian worldview. We believe that there are fundamentally only two kinds of films that can be made:
1. Films that DRAW people to Jesus Christ.
2. Films that PUSH people away from Jesus.
With every film we make, our goal is to DRAW people to Christ without compromising the quality of the storytelling or the craftsmanship in the making of the movie. We have a long way to go, but we are determined to get there step-by-step with integrity, humility, and fidelity to Scripture.
Please support us by purchasing our films and training materials, taking our workshops, sharing our mission and vision with others, or investing in our film projects.
"The road to success when it comes to God is:
The doorway to success is low. And you’ve got to kneel down and humble yourself in order to get through that door."
- Stephen Kendrick