Hello, Fellow Christian Filmmakers and Musicians!
Welcome to the Christian Film Festival, the most highly-rated Christian festival on Film Freeway! We have changed our logo and our cover image, but we are still the same great, family-friendly and God-honoring festival that you've come to know and love!
The purpose of the Christian Film Festival is to showcase Christian movies, music videos, cartoons, documentaries, educational films, music videos, songs, pictures, and scripts, recognize the people who made them happen, and encourage others to make more!
Our unique monthly festival usually takes place on the fourth Saturday of every month. We have a rolling entry system so the sooner you enter the sooner you get slated for a monthly CFF! All monthly winners may participate in the biannual awards ceremony in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. The next ceremony is slated to take place November 28th, 2026. More details will follow as the time approaches, and all category winners are invited to participate.
We only select and recognize family friendly films and scripts. We treat each entry like it was our own and have been ranked in the top 100 film festivals by Film Freeway 13 times, including #9 out of over 6,000 film festivals in the world in April 2018!
We must limit the number of participants each month to be sure to give every entry its proper consideration. However, if your entry is undecided at the time of the monthly festival, it will be considered the following month.
Our categories include feature film (45 minutes and over), short film (15-44 minutes), mini film (less than 15 minutes), web series, animation/cartoon, student, advertisement, documentary, educational, music video, soundtrack/score, song, web series, newscast, and script/screenplay.
Category award winners may come to the awards ceremony and take a photo on the red carpet in front of our CFF backdrop. We will also show a clip of your movie and interview you. You will receive a CFF laurel medallion and awards certificate, give a brief acceptance speech, and view a clip of your movie with the audience.
This is a no drama no stress film festival designed for aspiring Christian writers and film makers to have their work evaluated, shown, and recognized. We do not have workshops or sessions. We start and end with prayer and worship. We fellowship and encourage one another.
Richard Collins recently retired and passed the baton to the new Director of the Christian Film Festival, Helena Yeaman, an award-winning Christian filmmaker and songwriter, in January 2026. Helena is excited to carry on the good work of encouraging those who produce family-friendly and godly films and music. May God be glorified by your endeavors, and thank you for sharing them with us!
We have an IMDB page for the Christian Film Festival! If you are a CFF award winner you can add your award credits to your IMDB pages here is the link -
https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0028853/2025/1/
We have a T-shirt shop set up online so CFF award winners can order an award winner T-shirt that you can wear around the set or recording studio to let everyone know you are #1 when it comes to family friendly entertainment here is the link -
https://awards316.logosoftwear.com/
If you do not like to travel, we also have an 'Christian Online Film Festival (COLFF)' set up through Film Freeway with the exact same rules and award laurels! Here is the link: https://filmfreeway.com/festival/ChristianOnlineFilmFestival
The COLFF is conducted on the 3rd Saturday of each month and is done entirely online at our Facebook page. If you have never entered a film festival before the COLFF is a good introduction and a way to experience a contest and get film festival awards without travel, so please consider entering COLFF as well.
There are two levels of recognition for your work: SELECTED and AWARD WINNER. A SELECTED designation means that your work is godly, inspiring, and promising. AWARD WINNER designation means that your work has all the qualities of an official selection at the highest level and is well executed.
1. Digital Award Laurels are available for all award winners: Winners may generate their laurels on Film Freeway. We will also post to our web and Facebook page, and can tag you on Facebook if you follow our page. The categories are best feature film (45 minutes and over), best short film (15-44 minutes), best mini film (less than 15 minutes), best animated film/cartoon, student, documentary, educational, foreign film, music video, advertisement, song, soundtrack / score, script, best director, best producer, best female lead and supporting actor, best male lead and supporting actor, best teen lead and supporting actress, best teen and supporting actor, best child lead and supporting actress, best child lead and supporting actor, best soundtrack/score/song, and best web series. You are also free to post to your own IMDB page.
2. Digital Award Certificates will be emailed to all award winners. You do not have to attend an awards ceremony to get your digital awards certificate, but medallions are reserved for ceremony attendees.
