Nehemiah Film Festival

“Behold I Will Do A New Thing” is the theme for the Nehemiah Film Festival’s debut year. The Nehemiah Film Festival is brought to you by the Nehemiah Project LA and will coincide with the Zoe Association International Conference and Festival as champions of positive change. The Nehemiah Project LA works to shine a spotlight on the plight of foster youth exiting from the foster care system, and the challenges they face in obtaining a stable and productive future. This festival will provide a platform for inspiring independent filmmakers as well as encourage filmmakers who have been in the foster care system and orphans or those without family support in other countries to submit films in our special category. The Nehemiah Film Festival introduces new categories for Spoken Word expression, stand-up comedy in addition to short films, narratives, documentary and more.

Keith David will be our special host for opening night. Keith David is a classically trained actor, winning 3 Emmys out of 6 nominations as well as being nominated for a Tony award. He starred in the recently concluded TV series "Greenleaf" for Oprah Winfrey's OWN network. Upcoming films include "Horizon Line" with Allison Williams ("Get Out") and "Black As Night," for Amazon. On the big screen, Keith co-starred with Chadwick Boseman in "21 Bridges". Prior credits include "Night School" with Kevin Hart and Tiffany Haddish and "Tales from the Hood 2". Additional titles include the Academy award-winning films "Crash" and "Platoon." He is widely recognized for appearing in the highly-acclaimed films Disney's "The Princess and the Frog", "Requiem for a Dream", "Men at Work", "They Live", "There's Something About Mary", and "The Thing." In addition to his versatile acting and voiceover work, Keith is also a remarkable singer. He's has been touring in 2 shows, "Too Marvelous for Words", in which he portrays the legendary singer Nat King Cole, and a show about the incredible Blues singer Joe Williams, "Here's to Life.”

We recognize that Artists put their heart and soul into their work yet may not have a venue to show it off. This venue presents an opportunity to show work on a global scale and to grow a fan base.

We will partner with media outlets such as Sahara TV and Hosanna Broadcast Network with viewership around the world exposing the films to millions of viewers. In addition, The Zoe Association has a global network of churches, businesses and nonprofits (NGOs) in Africa, Asia, South America, Caribbean and Latin America.

The Nehemiah Film Festival will offer some exciting festivities. There will be a mixture of live-stream and virtual events. We will have a red-carpet event and mixer along with workshops, Q&A, panel discussions, surprise celebrity guests and our new Spoken Word category which will give inspiring filmmakers a platform to introduce this unique expression of art on film.

Films enrich our lives and our an expression of thought and imagination. We are excited to share these expressions of art on this new and evolving platform. We will see you in 2021!

We want to support the filmmakers and we realize that Covid-19 has caused delays in film productions around the world. Therefore, to continue to show our support, we will not increase the entry fee for submissions. The submission fee will remain fixed at the regular deadline fee schedule.