WORLD | Looking for Jesus in the script | Angela Lu | Sept. 26, 2013

WORLD | Looking for Jesus in the script | Angela Lu | Sept. 26, 2013

This is the second installment of our reality series aboutNathanael and Christina Matanick, young filmmakers who won Best Film at the 168 Film Festival, earning a prize of up to $1 million to make a feature-length film through EchoLight Studios. We’re following the filmmakers month-by-month as they try to create in a way that glorifies our Creator.  LOS ANGELES—In a small, poorly lit room at Forest Lawn cemetery’s main hall on Saturday, amateur and veteran screenwriters pitched their grand ideas for a feature-length movie to co-producers Nathanael and Christina Matanick.  In under seven minutes each, the screenwriters spun stories of dystopia, sex trafficking, natural disaster, creationism, science fiction, and the Wild West, all with Christian overtones. They ran through budget requirements and actors they envisioned embodying their characters. Each left the producers with a phone number and a handshake.