Hard Faith™ is a media production company established for the purpose of bringing compelling stories about the human condition to a film going audience in a way that artistically and speaks truth to this present generation in a fresh and powerful way.

The world needs quality entertainment and art that speaks truth boldly. We need stories that are set in real-world settings with characters that talk about the ultimate truth. We accomplish this with realistic, real world scenarios and real life characters. Hollywood has been the masters of compelling storytelling for generations. These artists of dramatic cinema have produced some of the worlds greatest existential films dealing with human existence.

Our desire is to make hard hitting, thought provoking secular art with characters who are portrayed as real life, flawed people who still find hope.

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WHAT IS HARD FAITH?

We recently trademarked the term “Hard Faith” in order to express what we feel is missing in filmmaking: a third way between “faith-based films” which are heavy on God-content made for Christian first audiences and mainstream films which are entertaining but often not bold enough to talk about the significance of God and the important of faith in our lives. We don’t want to make either mistake, but instead seek to make films that acknowledge both the realities that God exists and life is hard. Imagine if Johnny Cash was making films in the 21st century and that’s what we want to be doing.

“Hard Faith” plays off a few different meanings. First, the honest reality that faith is often difficult and inconsistent. I have had many struggles with faith and yet I take peace in reading some of the church fathers and who also wrestled with God. I think that this is healthy and there needs to be a space especially in the arts to have this honest admission. Second, faith is hard in such an often contradictory and absurd and dark world full of unspeakable horrors. We need a faith that is strong and resilient to persevere in truly hard and realistic times. Faith is hard, and often after going through a life of suffering we develop a resilient and, yes, Hard Faith that can accept very imperfect lives and people with grace.

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  • Suzette Sutton-Frazee

    Awesome Film Fest. Spencer and his team are amazing.

    August 2023
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    Response from festival:

    Thank you so much for your kind and supportive review! We loved your script and look forward to your future submissions. Thank you :)

  • Wish I could have made the trip out west. Wonderful communication. Thank you for including us.

    July 2023
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    Response from festival:

    Thank you so much Alyssa for your important film and submission. We hope to see your future work!

  • John Martins III

    My deep appreciation to Hard Faith Fest director, Spencer Folmar, and your entire team for all your hard work, and for honoring my feature screenplay, "Aktion T-4," with your third-place designation. My apology for not being able to attend in person. Congrats to all. Continued success!

    July 2023
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    Response from festival:

    We loved your screenplay. Thank you for your submission and kind words. We hope to read your future work.

  • Andrew Johnston

    Was honored to be a part of the very first HARD FAITH FEST! Wish we could've attended in person.

    July 2023
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    Response from festival:

    Thanks for taking the time to review and for your incredible submission. We really appreciated your important short film. Hope to see your future submissions!

  • I had a blast at the Hard Faith Film Festival!! It was so fun and I plan to go every year! Great films and great networking. Thanks to Spencer Folmar for putting it on and for choosing my SOLDIER THROUGH THE STORM script for 2nd place! I highly recommend this film festival!

    July 2023
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    Response from festival:

    Thank you so much for your kind review. We loved having you in person at the Hard Faith Film Festival! We cannot wait to read your future submissions. Congratulations on the award and we hope to see the film soon!