Letting Go
Creating art is easy. It is the letting go part that’s difficult … I don’t necessarily consider myself an insecure person. Normally, I don’t care what people think about me. I’ve never struggled with peer pressure. If I believe I should do something, I do it. That has been the case with ‘Reparando’. Over two […]
FINISHED … And Just Beginning
After 2 1/2 years of production, I had the distinct honor of mailing the DVD master of ‘Reparando’ to the replication facility today. I am excited and nervous – kind of like when I became a father. We have invested thousands of hours into this labor of love, and have enjoyed the first leg of […]
Grand Rapids Film Festival
‘Reparando’ is an official selection in the 2010 Grand Rapids Film Festival in Grand Rapids, MI. Come on out to celebrate this milestone with us! Here are the details: http://www.grfilmfestival.com/index.php WHEN WHERE 4:00 PM Theatre 11 Friday, August 27 2010 Celebration Cinema North 2121 Celebration Dr. NE Grand Rapids, MI 49525 (616) 530-7469
Film Festivals – Update
This week we learned that ‘Reparando’ is an official selection in the Grand Rapids Film Festival. Several of our team will be traveling to Michigan at the end of August to attend our first film premiere. We are very excited. We also submitted Reparando into the following film festivals, bringing the total potential festivals up […]
Film Festivals – Round 1
We locked the Reparando edit this week. We still have work to complete before we are completely finished, but decided to move forward with Film Festival entries so we could make some of the 2010 season. Film festivals are a great way to present a film to a broad audience, network in the film community, […]
Overwhelming the Odds
Four years ago today, I became a father. Little did I know how my story would become entwined with Guatemala. We started out capturing Guatemalan culture so our sons could appreciate their heritage, but we ended up connecting to our own. Two and a half years ago, I met some young men in a Guatemalan […]
PURE SUGAR: Telling Stories of Grace
Last weekend was the culmination of a week filled with anger, pain and heartbreak that miraculously turned into a celebration of life. Daniel Antonio Puac Calderón, 38 years old, was shot and killed this past Friday night as he was closing up his little cell phone store in Guatemala City. We all knew him simply […]
New Promotional Video featuring Joel Van Dyke
Joel Van Dyke came to Nashville to host our Vision to Respond event and also took some time to do a promo piece for the film. Joel lives in Guatemala City with his wife Marilyn and two children, Joeito and Sofia. After 16 years as a pastor in North Philadelphia, he currently serves in Central […]
Newsletter: Year End Update December 2009
2009 Tax- Deductible Donations We know that many people desire to make donations towards the end of the year. Would you consider giving to Athentikos? All donations are tax-deductible. Update on the Film Project “We are currently focused on editing the documentary. Like any project, we’ve hit a few obstacles. The sheer amount of footage […]
Vision To Inspire Event Promo
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