Tuesday, 15 February 2011 18:22

Mexico City, Mexico, Oct 6, 2010 / 07:53 pm (CNA).- Mexican actor Eduardo Verastegui, known for his passionate defense of the unborn, will star in a new film on the life of Blessed Anacleto Gonzalez Flores, a Catholic who was martyred in Mexico.

The film, titled, “Cristiada,” is being directed by Dean Wright, the special effects producer for such films as “The Lord of the Rings,” “The Chronicles of Narnia,” and “Titanic.”

“Cristiada” is being filmed in Durango, San Luis Potosi and Mexico City, and also stars Andy Garcia, Eva Longoria and Peter O’Toole.

Sunday, 06 February 2011 20:11

A powerful and moving film about a man who learns the true meaning of sacrifice. The 2003 Academy Award Nominated live action short Most. Discover the short film that is winning souls for Christ.

Most tells the story of the close relationship between a bridge operator and his young son and the fateful day when they both try to head off an impending rail disaster. Hundreds of passengers on a steam train are unaware of the danger as they head towards an open drawbridge.

Friday, 26 November 2010 00:00

A handful of priests were among the first people in Quebec to use a movie camera. They were also among the first to grasp the cultural significance of cinema.

Two individuals are particularly significant in this regard:  Fathers Albert Tessier and Maurice Proulx. Today they are widely recognized as pioneers of Quebec cinema arts. 

Since 2000, Quebec cinema has been experiencing renewed popularity.  Nevertheless, the key role played by the clergy in the development of a cinematographic and cultural tradition before the Quiet Revolution of the 1960s has not been fully appreciated, even though they managed nothing less than a collective heritage acquisition of cinema during a period dominated by foreign productions. 

After initially opposing the cinema-considering it an "imported" invention capable of corrupting French-Canadian youth-the clergy gradually began to promote the showing of movies in parish halls, church basements, schools, colleges and convents.  It came to see film as yet another tool for conveying Catholic values.

Thursday, 25 November 2010 22:59

The 15-year-old student’s “moving film ‘Forgiveness’ focuses on her struggle to come to terms with the terrible terrorist attacks that hit Jordan in 2005 and how she found the strength to forgive through her faith”, according to a statement released by the foundation.

Wednesday, 30 June 2010 13:04

Screenwriter Dmitry Sobolev further explains: "When people ask for something from God, he is often wrong because God has a better understanding of what a person wants at that moment." Pyotr Mamonov, who plays the lead character, formerly one of the few rock musicians in the USSR, converted to Eastern Orthodoxy in the 1990s and lives now in an isolated village. Pavel Lungin said about him that "to a large extent, he played himself." Mamonov received a blessing from his confessor for playing the character.

Monday, 28 June 2010 21:08

"This is a memorable film, and, judging by the facts, a Catholic one," the paper wrote. On the film's 30th anniversary, the Vatican devoted five articles to the topic, says Reuters. The Vatican looked at Jake's story specifically, focusing on how he was released from prison and then worked to reunite his blues band in order to save St. Helen of the Blessed Shroud Orphanage, as an emulation of the life of Christ.