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International Christian Film Festival announces 2015 award winners

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11 years ago

April 26, 2015

ORLANDO, FLORIDA – The 2015 International Christian Film Festival hosted filmmakers, writers, producers, actors and industry professionals from around the world. Showcasing 23 feature films, 21 short films, 17 documentaries, and 8 music videos; the International Christian Film Festival offered local and global perspectives on a vast array of topics over its three (3) days of programming. The winners of the ICFF’s awards were announced at the closing night ceremony at the Crowne Plaza Hotel Grand Ballroom in Orlando, Florida on Saturday Night, April 25, 2015, and they include:

The Masked Saint, Winner Best Picture

Based on a true story, The Masked Saint details the journey of Chris Samuels, a professional wrestler and family man who realizes he needs something more. His calling to become a pastor prompts him to return from wrestling and move with his wife and his daughter to a small town. Yet the battles he faced in the ring are minor compared to the challenges he must overcome at his new church. From an overbearing congregant and failing attendance to mounting bills for church repairs, Chris has his hands full. When he stumbles onto a fight on the seedy side of town, his passion for justice and wrestling skills take down the assailant and a masked vigilante is born. His talent, as well as his violent secret identity, begins to overshadow his calling as a pastor and it takes his faith and family to remind him about grace, goodness and the truth.

The Masked Saint Website | Trailer

FEATURE FILM WINNERS
The Masked Saint (Trailer) – Best Picture
Gallows Road (Trailer) – 1st Place
The Black Rider: Revelation Road (Trailer) – 2nd Place
The UnMiracle (Trailer) – 3rd Place
The First Stone (Trailer) – Honorable Mention
Adrenaline (Trailer) – Best Director
Garry Nation (Polycarp) (Trailer) – Best Actor
Maggie Elizabeth Jones (Child of Grace) (Trailer) – Best Actress
Surrender (Trailer) – Best Screenplay
Genesis (Trailer) – Best Musical Score
The Good Book (Trailer) – Most Uplifting

https://vimeo.com/ondemand/wanted/120987577

** Director Nathan Jacobson’s short film WANTED was the only entry in the 2015 International Christian Film Festival that won 2 awards: Most Uplifting/Inspirational, and 2nd Place for Best Short Film.

SHORT FILM WINNERS
The Book Ends – Best Director
Greg Alan Willians (Roses) – Best Actor
Jo Hartley (Sea Exchange) – Best Actress
Once We Were Slaves – Best Screenplay
Wanted – Most Uplifting **
Roses – 1st Place
Wanted – 2nd Place **
Respite At Christmas 3rd Place
Tula Tula – Honorable Mention

DOCUMENTARY WINNERS
Everytown Downunder 2 – Best Director
Poverty Inc. – Most Creative
The Sereer – Most Uplifting
Cody High – 1st Place
Promised Land – 2nd Place
Arop – 3rd Place
(Tied) Harbinger Decoded | A Wise Fool – Honorable Mention

MUSIC VIDEO WINNERS
Promises – Dragostea – 1st Place
Sing Over US – 2nd Place
Think On These Thanks – 3rd Place
Footprints – Honorable Mention

SCRIPT/TREATMENTS
A Soldier’s Gift – 1st Place
Son of Man: Inspired by a True Story – 2nd Place
Unwed – 3rd Place
Mattie – Honorable Mention

For more information, visit www.internationalcff.com

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[PHOTOS] 2022 Cannes Film Festival: Supermodel Adriana Lima Boasts Baby Bump on ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Red Carpet

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4 years ago

May 28, 2022

Mellissa Thomas

Adriana Lima walks the "Top Gun: Maverick" Cannes Film Festival red carpet with boyfriend Andre Lemmers a baby bump. Photo: Patience Eding/Another Concept via Florida National News.

CANNES, France (FNN) – Brazilian supermodel Adriana Lima brought a guest with her to the red carpet premiere of Top Gun: Maverick. No, we don’t mean her boyfriend Andre Lemmers, but her adorable–and well-styled–bun in the oven.

Lima, 40, graced the red carpet dressed in Chopard jewelry and a black long-sleeved Balmain gown with a baby bump cutout.

Lima announced in February that she was expecting her third child, this one being the first with Lemmers, and her first son. She has two daughters, Valentina, 12, and Sienna, 9, with ex-husband Marco Jarić.

Boyfriend Andrew Lemmers holds Brazilian supermodel Adriana Lima’s baby bump on the 2022 Cannes Film Festival red carpet for the premiere of “Top Gun: Maverick.” Photo: Patience Eding/Another Concept via Florida National News.

Boyfriend Andrew Lemmers and Brazilian supermodel Adriana Lima enjoy a quick smooch on the 2022 Cannes Film Festival red carpet for the premiere of “Top Gun: Maverick.” Photo: Patience Eding/Another Concept via Florida National News.

Supermodel Adriana Lima’s hair almost perfectly the texture of the her baby bump-baring Balmain gown on the 2022 Cannes Film Festival red carpet for the premiere of “Top Gun: Maverick.” Photo: Patience Eding/Another Concept via Florida National News.

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Florida National News editor Mellissa Thomas and FNN News international correspondent Patience Eding contributed to this report. | info@floridanationalnews.com

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[PHOTOS] 2022 Cannes Film Festival: Tom Cruise and ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Cast Grace the Red Carpet

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4 years ago

May 28, 2022

Mellissa Thomas

The "Top Gun: Maverick" cast pose for photos on the 2022 Cannes Film Festival red carpet. Photo: Patience Eding/Another Concept via Florida National News.

CANNES, France (FNN) – Tom Cruise, Jennifer Connelly, and the cast and crew of Top Gun: Maverick landed for the 2022 Cannes Film Festival red carpet in style. (No, literally–the aircraft actually landed.)

Executive Producer Jerry Bruckheimer and his wife also joined the excitement on the red carpet for one of the most anticipated sequels in all of Hollywood.

“Top Gun: Maverick” star and producer Tom Cruise poses for photos on the 2022 Cannes Film Festival red carpet for the film’s premiere. Photo: Patience Eding/Another Concept via Florida National News.

The “Top Gun: Maverick” cast pose for red carpet photos at the top of the Palais for the film’s premiere at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival. Their arrival also included a flyover of red, white and blue smoke, in honor of the film, which everyone watched in amazement. Photo: Patience Eding/Another Concept via Florida National News.

Tom Cruise talks with “Top Gun: Maverick” co-star Jennifer Connelly during the 2022 Cannes Film Festival red carpet premiere of their film. Photo: Patience Eding/Another Concept via Florida National News.

Top Gun: Maverick star and producer Tom Cruise poses for photos during the 2022 Cannes Film Festival photocall earlier in the day prior to the film’s premiere. Photo: Patience Eding/Another Concept via Florida National News.

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Florida National News editor Mellissa Thomas and FNN News international correspondent Patience Eding contributed to this report. | info@floridanationalnews.com

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Interfaith Group Asks Starbucks to Drop Vegan Milk Surcharge

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4 years ago

May 13, 2022

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FILE - Actor James Cromwell arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom" at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, Tuesday, June 12, 2018. Cromwell glued his hand to a midtown Manhattan Starbucks counter to protest the coffee chain’s extra charge for plant-based milk, Tuesday, May 10, 2022, in New York. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

BOSTON (AP) — A group of Christian, Hindu, Buddhist and Jewish leaders is asking Starbucks to stop charging extra for vegan milk alternatives, saying the practice amounts to a tax on people who have embraced plant-based lifestyles.

In a statement issued Friday, an interfaith coalition led by Nevada-based Hindu activist Rajan Zed pressed the coffee chain to end the surcharges it called “unethical and unfair.”

“A coffee company should not be in the business of taxing individuals who had chosen the plant-based lifestyle,” said Zed’s statement, which was also signed by Thomas W. Blake, an Episcopal priest; Greek Orthodox clergyman Stephen R. Karcher; Buddhist priest Matthew Fisher; and Jewish rabbi ElizaBeth Webb Beyer.

The religious leaders cited numerous reasons why some Starbucks customers prefer alternatives to dairy, including dietary restrictions, ethical issues, environmental concerns, lactose intolerance, milk allergies and animal welfare.

Those who want plant-based milk should not have to pay more, they said, calling on the Seattle-based company’s CEO, Howard Schultz, and board chair Mellody Hobson to immediately drop the surcharge.

Starbucks outlets in the United States typically charge 50 cents to a dollar more for drinks made with plant-based milks.

Starbucks doesn’t charge for a splash of nondairy milk, including soy milk, coconut milk, almond milk and oat milk, though it does levy a surcharge for customized beverages made largely with those substitutes, spokesperson Megan Adams told The Associated Press.

It is not the first time Starbucks’ surcharge has riled the public. On Tuesday, activist and actor James Cromwell glued his hand to the counter of a Starbucks franchise in New York City to protest the practice.

Cromwell, 81, later used a knife to scrape it off. Police said there were no arrests.