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How New 'Faith-Adjacent' Films Are Preaching Beyond the Choir TheWrap 4/28/2021 © TheWrap faith adjacent films Today's faith audience seeks different messages from "what they're told on Sunday morning in church and…on Friday night at the movies," one producer says Ken Carpenter — a veteran director/producer of inspirational films whose credits include "Run the Race," Lifetime's "A Welcome Home Christmas" and the upcoming Ireland-set youth romance "Finding You" — takes issue with describing his feel-good movies as "faith-based." "It's unfortunately become sort of a pejorative term,"...

On a drive to El Paso from Las Cruces, NMSU film professor Ross Marks changed the radio station from a negative, ranting DJ to televangelist Joel Osteen. "He was preaching this message of hope — that trust, belief and life can be great. I thought, 'That's a wonderful message. That's the type of movie I should make,' " the director and producer said. "I remembered my friend Joe Bullock had written this fabulous, faith-based novel called 'Walking with Herb,' about a man who is contacted by God and challenged to go on this great journey to trust and believe in God's word."

Updated at 10 a.m. April 15, 2021. LAS CRUCES – A new short film, “Saving Faith,” is scheduled to film in Las Cruces in October, with local talent both in front of and behind the camera. “Saving Faith” tells the story of Bill, a successful Wall Street stockbroker who attends an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting for the first time after causing the death of one person and putting a child in a coma due to his driving. The 10- to 12-minute film focuses on Bill — an atheist — grappling with his demons and struggling to determine how to lead his life.   Randy Messersmith has a 30-year ...

Think you can make a movie in 48 hours? So far, 47 teams with 68 filmmakers from Texas, New Mexico and Mexico have registered to try to make a short film as part of the “Reimagining Borders” 48-Hour Film Challenge between Feb. 26 and Feb. 28. Ilana Lapid, NMSU Creative Media Institute professor who organizes the 48-hour film challenge with help from her students and Kyle Ivy, CMI student who served as public relations director for the project. (Courtesy Photo) From left: New Mexico State University CMI students Mario Valencia, Roman Sanchez III and Chris...

The virtual nature of this year’s Las Cruces International Film Festival is broadening the film experience, not only by increasing the number of films and access to movie-goers around the world, but also by adding partnerships with local businesses. Carlos Jimenez designed the 2021 Las Cruces International Festival logo. The sixth annual festival will be delivered virtually from March 3-7. (Courtesy image) The 2021 Las Cruces International Film Festival will honor Peter Bogdanovich, Tom Schulman, Judge Reinhold and Max Gail. The festival is fully o...