168 Hour Film Project

PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS 2022: WHAT IS 168 FILM: 168 FILM IS A FAITH-BASED ARTIST INCUBATOR, WHICH INCLUDES WORLDWIDE FILMMAKING AND WRITING COMPETITIONS. WE ASSIST EMERGING ARTISTS BY EQUIPPING THEM VOCATIONALLY AND SPIRITUALLY. WE AIM TO MAKE GREAT ART FOR THE WORLD TO ENJOY. WE HAVE BEEN A TREMENDOUS BOOST AND ADVANTAGE TO OUR COMMUNITY, SEEDING THE CLOUDS WITH FILMMAKERS OF FAITH SINCE 2003. WE HAVE GOTTEN IN TOUCH WITH MANY OF THE GOOD THE FILMMAKERS OF FAITH IN THIS COUNTRY AND IN OTHERS, AND WE HAVE MADE THEM BETTER ARTISTS BY GIVING THEM GOOD OPPORTUNITIES AND EXCITING REWARDS. AFTER OVER 1,250 BIBLE-BASED FILMS IN 19 YEARS, WE ARE A CATALYST FOR CHANGE FOR HOLLYWOOD AND ULTIMATELY, THE WORLD. WE WANT TO CHALLENGE THE EXISTING PERCEPTION OF FAITH-BASED ART, TO ACT AS A BEACON FOR WEARY CHRISTIANS AND TO DRAW OTHERS TO THE TRUTH. THE PACE AND DIFFICULTY OF OUR SPEED FILMMAKING COMPETITION SHAPES PEOPLE QUICKLY, DRIVING THEM TOWARD A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORD OF GOD AND TOWARD MASTERY OF THEIR CRAFT. SINCE 2003, 168 FILM HAS SERVED AS AN INCUBATOR FOR FILMMAKERS TO LEARN AND DEVELOP THEIR CRAFT. OVER 1,200 FILMS HAVE BEEN MADE BY TENS OF THOUSANDS OF ARTISTS. MANY MORE HAVE BEEN TOUCHED IN THE WORLDWIDE AUDIENCE. GREAT ARTISTS HAVE BEEN LAUNCHED AND ARE NOW WORKING IN THE INDUSTRY, MAKING GOD-HONORING SHOWS. 168 HAS BEEN NO LESS THAN AN EXPLOSION IN THE COMMUNITY FOR 19 YEARS THE 168 MISSION IS: TO ILLUMINATE THE WORD OF GOD THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF FILM AND TO ASSIST EMERGING ARTISTS BY EQUIPPING THEM PROFESSIONALLY AND SPIRITUALLY. THE NEED FOR THE 168 MISSION AND ETHOS HAS NEVER BEEN GREATER. JUST TURN ON THE TV AND YOU WILL SEE WHY WE ARE NEEDED. WE MUST CONTINUE TO TRAIN UP AN ARMY OF FAITHFUL ARTISTS TO PUSH BACK AND TO CREATE GODLY ALTERNATIVES TO THE PROGRAMMING FOISTED UPON OUR CHILDREN. ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND NEW DIRECTIONS: THE YEAR 2022: THE 168 FILM FESTIVAL WAS AN ONLINE FILM FESTIVAL IN 2021 (IT WAS CANCELLED IN 2020). OUR 2022 COMEBACK, POST LOCKDOWNS HAS BEEN EXCITING AND IMPRESSIVE. IN NOVEMBER 2022, WE HAD OUR FIRST EVER FILM FESTIVAL OUTSIDE OF LOS ANGELES AT TRILITH, THE LARGEST FILM STUDIO IN THE COUNTRY. IT WAS A MASSIVE SUCCESS. WE WELCOMED OUR FIRST ACADEMY AWARD WINNER, LOUIS GOSSETT JR., AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN - 1982, WHO GAVE AWAY THE BEST FILM AWARD. LOUIS EXITED THE STAGE TO A STANDING OVATION. IT WAS A VERY SPECIAL MOMENT WE MADE AN ON-STAGE TRIBUTE TO 2018'S 168 HOSTESS, JUDY TENUTA, WHO JUST DIED OF CANCER, AND THE MAYOR OF FAYETTEVILLE, ED JOHNSON, PROCLAIMED NOV. 4TH AS 168 FILM FESTIVAL DAY WE HAD A STAGE FIGHT AND THE HILARIOUS, CLEAN COMEDY OF SNL'S VICTORIA JACKSON. WE ARE EXCITED TO SEE WHAT 2023 WILL BRING. CHANGE IN ACCOUNTING PERIOD WE DESIRE TO CHANGE FISCAL YEARS BECAUSE OUR MAIN PROJECT, THE FILM FESTIVAL, IS NOW HELD IN NOVEMBER INSTEAD OF AUGUST, AND A CALENDAR-YEAR REPORTING PERIOD BETTER REFLECTS OUR OPERATING CYCLE. REV. PROC. 85-58