ICVM Crown Awards

2022 FINALISTS ANNOUNCED

The 50th Annual ICVM Crown Awards, honoring the best in indie Christian film and TV, announced the finalists during the ICVM Storytellers Conference in Franklin, TN.  Five finalists were chosen in each of the 17 categories, which received entries from 22 countries around the world.

The winners were announced for the Gold, Silver and Bronze Awards at ICVM’s gala awards ceremony during NRB’s Christian Media Convention.

Congratulations To Our 50th Annual ICVM Crown Award Winners

WINNERS, BY CATEGORY

BEST PICTURE

Gold Crown Award Winner: Sight: David Fischer, Producer and Andrew Hyatt, Director

BEST COMEDY

Bronze Crown Award Winner:  For Prophet: Mark Stewart Iverson Producer, Director, Writer                                                                                                                                                                                           

Silver Crown Award Winner:  Stealing the Show: Nathan Blair Director                                                                                                                                                                         

Gold Crown Award Winner:  Game Changer: Joel DeVisser Writer, Producer

BEST MUSIC/WORSHIP

Bronze Crown Award Winner:  I Believe: Jurgen Peretzki & Stacey Peretzki Producers                                                                                                                                                                                

Silver Crown Award Winner:  Break Every Chain: Steph Carse Performer, Producer                                                                                                                                                                                    

Gold Crown Award Winner:  It is Well With My Soul: Grooters Productions, John Grooters Director,  Judy Grooters Producer

BEST CHILDREN’S PROGRAM

Bronze Crown Award Winner:  Dot Conner: Webtective: Huff Media Productions, Andrew Huff Director, Marc Matthews Producer                                                                                                                                                                                                   

Silver Crown Award Winner:  Torchlighters: The Richard Allen Story: Vision Video, Bill Curtis Producer, Robert Fernandez Director                                                                                                                                                                                                      

Gold Crown Award Winner:  Beyond the Bayou: Wild Brothers Productions, Morgan, Kian, Asher & Hudson Wild Producers

BEST DOCUMENTARY UNDER $50,000

Bronze Crown Award Winner:  Greening Israel: The Battle for Israel’s Trees: Benjamin Hilton Director, Luke Hilton Producer                                                                                                                                                                            

Silver Crown Award Winner:  Station Identification; The Story of WTLW-TV: John Ondo Producer, Director                                                                                                                                                                                      

Gold Crown Award Winner:  The Wild Brothers: Islands of the Four Kings: Wild Brothers Productions, Morgan Wild Producer

BEST DOCUMENTARY OVER $50,000

Bronze Crown Award Winner:  Morningstar:  Murdo Macleod, Director/Producer                                                                    

Silver Crown Award Winner:  7 Yards: The Chris Norton Story: Katie Norris Producer, Jonathon Link Director                       

Gold Crown Award Winners:  Return to Palau: Michelle Hamel Director/Producer
The Listening Road:  Neil Tomba, Writer/Actor, Jonathon Link, Director

BEST FOREIGN FILM

Bronze Crown Award Winner:  Christmas is a Person: Celebrate Christmas in Singapore LTD, Nora Fong Producer                                                                                                                                                                              

Silver Crown Award Winner:  Rebecca: Nigeria: Grooters Productions, John Grooters Director, Judy Grooters Producer                                                                                                                                                                                 

Gold Crown Award Winner:  Empty Church: Maxim Maximov  & Andrey Lipov Producers, BELARUS

BEST SHORT FILM

Bronze Crown Award Winners:  The Peace of Christmas: Huff Media Productions, Andrew Huff Director, Joshua Kimmis ,Jae Huff, Cadeau Juraschek Producers, Candlelight: GemStone Media- James Meyer Director, Sara Meyer Producer

Silver Crown Award Winner:  Rebecca: Nigeria: Grooters Productions, John Grooters Director, Judy Grooters Producer

Gold Crown Award Winner:  Uncommon Negotiator: Brian Glassford Director/Producer

 
BEST SERIES

Bronze Crown Award Winner:  Cyprian: International Media Ministries, Denise Godwin Director, Matt Nelson & Mikaela Bruce Producers
                                                                                                                                                                                       

Silver Crown Award Winner:  Learning the 5 Love Languages: Grooters Productions John Grooters Director, Judy Grooters Producer

Gold Crown Award Winner:  The Chosen Season 2: Dallas Jenkins Director/Writer, Chad Gundersen & Chris Juen Co-Producers



 
BEST TELEVISION PRODUCTION

Bronze Crown Award Winner:  Beyond the Bayou: Wild Brothers Productions, Morgan, Kian, Asher & Hudson Wild Producers

Silver Crown Award Winner:  Cross View: Sehyun Park / Director, Haeun Lee / Producer, Hyokyeong Kim / Reporter, Joohyung Jung / Co-Producer, Halim Park/Co-Producer

Gold Crown Award Winner:  The Chosen Season 2: Dallas Jenkins Director/Writer, Chad Gundersen & Chris Juen Co-Producers



BEST NON-THEATRICAL RELEASE

Bronze Crown Award Winner:  Empty Church: – Maxim Maximov, Director/Producer, Andrey Lipov, Producer, BELARUS

Silver Crown Award Winners:  An Unlikely Angel: Durrell Nelson Director, Rebecca Rogers Nelson, Screenwriter, Let me Have My Son:  Messenger Films, Cristobal Krusen Director, Greg Silker Producer

Gold Crown Award Winner:  Testament: The Parables Retold: roarlight, Paul Syrstad, Director

BEST THEATRICAL RELEASE

Bronze Crown Award Winner:  Running the Bases: UP2U Films, Marty Roberts & Jimmy Womble Directors, Johnnie Scroggins Producer

Silver Crown Award Winner:  The Mulligan: Rick Eldridge Producer

Gold Crown Award Winner:  Sight: David Fischer Producer, Andrew Hyatt Director

BEST EVANGTELISTIC FILM

Bronze Crown Award Winner:  An Unlikely Angel: Durrell Nelson , Director, Rebecca Rogers Nelson, Screenwriter                                                                                                                                                                           

Silver Crown Award Winner:  The Chosen Season 2: Dallas Jenkins Director/Writer, Chad Gundersen & Chris Juen Co-Producers

Gold Crown Award Winner:  Running the Bases: UP2U Films, Marty Roberts & Jimmy Womble Directors, Johnnie Scroggins Producer

 
BEST MALE ACTOR IN LEADING ROLE

Bronze Crown Award Winners:  Brett Varvel as Luke Brooks in” Running the Bases “, Chris Norton as Himself in” 7 Yards: The Chris Norton Story”, Terry Chen as Dr. Ming Wang in” Sight”

Silver Crown Award Winner:  Pat Boone as Will Dunn “The Old Pro” in The Mulligan

Gold Crown Award Winner:  Cristóbal Krusen as Ben Whitmore Sr. in “Let me Have My Son”

BEST FEMALE ACTOR IS LEADING ROLE

Bronze Crown Award Winner:  Christine Jones as Ingrid Amblin in “Healing River”

Silver Crown Award Winner:  Valentina Garcia as Archangel Raphael in “For Prophet”

Gold Crown Award Winner:  Karen Abercrombie as Eden in “Angels Unaware”

BEST STUDENT FILM

Bronze Crown Award Winners:  A Drop of Water: TheVit Media, Dong-hee Ahn Director, Jennice  Producer, Tango Para Vida: Taylor University, Heidi Dalton Director, Kim Ferrell Producer

Silver Crown Award Winner:  Beyond the Bayou: Wild Brothers Productions, Morgan, Kian, Hudson, Asher Wild Producers

Gold Crown Award Winner:  The Wild Brothers: Islands of the Four Kings: Wild Brothers Productions, Morgan Wild Producer

BEST SOUNDTRACK

Bronze Crown Award Winner:  The Mulligan: Rob Pottorf, Composer

Silver Crown Award Winner:  A Peep Behind the Scenes: The Academy of Arts Logos Theatre, Nicole Stratton Director

Gold Crown Award Winner:  Kathie Lee Gifford Presents The Way: – Rock Road and Rabbi Trust, Kathie Lee Gifford Director/Writer, Aaron Greene & Christine Gardner Producers

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Bronze Crown Award Winner:  A Cross in the Desert: Hadzi-Aleksandar Djurovic, Director of Photography 

Silver Crown Award Winner:  Sight: Michael Balfry, Director of Photography

Gold Crown Award Winner:  7 Yards: The Chris Norton Story:  David White, Director of Photography


FINALISTS, BY CATEGORY:

BEST COMEDY

For Prophet – Mark Stewart Iverson Producer, Director, Writer
Game Changer – Joel DeVisser  Writer, Producer
Mayberry Man – Mayberry Man LLC, Stark Howell Director, Cort Howell Producer
Stealing the Show – Nathan Blair Director, Kingdomsights Studios
The Sound of Violet – Allen Wolf Producer

BEST MUSIC/WORSHIP PRODUCTION

Break Every Chain – Steph Carse Producer, Performer
Counting the Grace of God – Celebrate Christmas in Singapore LTD, Nora Fong Producer
I Believe Music Video – Jurgen Peretzki Director, Stacey Peretzki Singer
It is Well With My Soul – Grooters Production,John Grooters Director, Judy Grooters Producer
Lament for the Unborn -William Craven Producer, Shane McMullin Director

BEST CHILDREN’S PROGRAM

Beyond the Bayou – Wild Brothers Productions, Morgan, Kian, Asher & Hudson Wild Producers
Cocoa Talk – John Brandon, Erick Goss of Winsome Truth
Dot Conner: Webtective- Huff Media Productions, Andrew Huff Director, Marc Matthews Producer
Game Changer – Joel DeVisser Writer, Producer
Torchlighters: The Richard Allen Story – Vision Video, Bill Curtis Producer, Robert Fernandez Director

BEST DOCUMENTARY UNDER $50,000

Greening Israel: The Battle for Israel’s Trees- Benjamin Hilton Director, Luke Hilton Producer
Love Works – Vision Video , Bill Curtis Producer, David Peters Director
Station Identification: The Story of WTLW-TV- John Ondo Producer, Director
The Impact of Obedience: The Ray Baker’s Story – GemStone Media, James Meyer Director, Sara Meyer Producer
The Wild Brothers: Island of the Four Kings – Wild Brothers Productions, Morgan Wild Producer

BEST DOCUMENTARY OVER $50,000

7 Yards: The Chris Norton Story- Katie Norris Producer, Jonathon Link Director
Cowboys without Borders – Big Day Pictures, Gaston Davis Director, Ilissa Nolan, Jayne Davis, John Davis & Jeffrey Brown Producers
Morningstar – Murdo Macleod, Director/Producer
Return To Palau – Michelle Hamel Director/Producer
The Listening Road – Neil Tomba, Writer, Jonathan Link, Director

 BEST FOREIGN FILM

A Drop of Water – TheVit Media, Dong-hee Ann Director, Jennice Lee Producer
Christmas is a Person – Celebrate Christmas in Singapore LTD, Nora Fong Producer
Counting the Grace of God – Celebrate Christmas in Singapore LTD, Nora Fong Producer
Empty Church – Maxim Maximov Director, Andrey Lipov Producer
Judgement and Mercy – Endre Nagy Producer
Rebecca: Nigeria – Groters Productions, John Grooters Director, Judy Grooters Producer

BEST SHORT FILM

Candlelight-GemStone Media, James Meyer Director, Sara Meyer Producer
Rebecca: Nigeria – Groters Productions, John Grooters Director, Judy Grooters Producer
The Beloved – Ethos Visuals & De Ja Vu Media Inc, Ryan Chapel Director, Michael Robert & Tyler Childs Producers
The Buick Special – South Georgia Studios, Stephen johnson Director, Honnie Korngold, Cathy Parker Producers
The Peace of Christmas – Huff Media Productions, Andrew Huff Director, Joshua Kim’s, Jae Huff, Cadeau Juraschek Producers
The Smuggler – Adrian Serecut, Producer, Director
Uncommon Negotiator – Brian Glassford , Director

BEST SERIES

Cyprian – International Media Ministries, Denise Godwin Director, Matt Nelson & Mikaela Bruce Producers
Learning the 5 Love Languages -Grooters Productions, John Grooters Director, Judy Grooters Producer
The Chosen: Season 2 – Dallas Jenkins Director/Writer, Chad Gundersen & Chris Juen Co-Producers
The Listening Road – Neil Tomba , Writer, Jonathon Link Director
Torchlighters: The Richard Allen Story – Vision Video, Bill Curtis Producer, Robert Fernandez Director

BEST TELEVISION PRODUCTION

Beyond the Bayou – Wild Brothers Productions, Morgan, Kian, Asher & Hudson Wild Producers
Creative Icons Pilot Episode – Anne Miranda Producer, Scott Magie, Writer, Director
KiDs Beach Club – Confidence- KiDs Beach Club LLC, John McGlothlin, Frank Banfill & Tom Kirkhart Producers
The Chosen: Season 2 – Dallas Jenkins Writer/Director, Chad Gundersen & Chris Juen Co-Producers
Park Sehyun’s Cross View – Park Sehyun Producer, Haeun Lee Producer

BEST NON-THEATRICAL RELEASE MOVIE

7 Yards: The Chris Norton Story – Katie Norris Producer, Jonathon Link Director
An Unlikely Angel – Durrell Nelson Director, Rebecca Rogers Nelson, Screenwriter
Empty Church – Maxim Maximov, Director, Andrey Lipov, Producer
Let Me Have My Son – Messenger Films, Cristobal Krusen & Greg Silker Producers
Testament: The Parables Retold – roar light, Paul Syrstad, Director
Washington’s Armor – Tammy Lane Director, Aaron Burns Producer

BEST THEATRICAL RELEASE MOVIE

No Vacancy – Kingstone Studios, Kyle Taylor’s Director, Dean Cain & Art Ayres Producers
Peace River – Benjamin Jones Producer, Douglas James Vail, Director
Running the Bases – UP2U Films, Marty Roberts & Jimmy Wobble Directors, Johnny Scroggins Producer
Sight – David Fischer Producer, Andrew Hyatt Director
The Mulligan – Rick Eldridge, Producer

BEST EVANGELISTIC PRODUCTION

An Unlikely Angel – Durrell Nelson , Director, Rebecca Rogers Nelson, Screenwriter
Running the Bases – UP2U FIlms, Marty Roberts & jimmy Wobble Directors, Johnny Scroggins Producer
The Chosen: Season 2 – Dallas Jenkins Writer/Director, Chad Gundersen & Chris Juen Co-Producers
The Mulligan – Rick Eldridge, Producer
Washi Paper Gospel – Second Level Ministry, Tim Ingle Director, Mayumi Pohl Producer 

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Cristobal Krusen as Ben Whitmore Sr.  in “Let Me Have My Son”
TC Stallings as Cecil Johnson  in “No Vacancy”
Brett Varvel as Luke Brooks in “Running the Bases”
Terry Chen as Dr. Ming Wang in “Sight”
Pat Boone as “The Old Pro” in “The Mulligan”
Chris Norton as Himself in “7 Yards : The Chris Norton Story”

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLL

Jillian Murray as Janie Caswell in “An Unlikely Angel”
Karen Abercrombie as Eden in “Angels Unaware”
Valentina Garcia as Archangel Raphael in “For Prophet”
Christine Jones as Ingrid Amblin in “Healing River”
Jasmin Wright-Curley as Magdalene “Magdalene”

BEST STUDENT FILM

A Drop of Water – TheVit Media, Dong-hee Ann Director, Jennie Lee Producer
Beyond the Bayou – Wild Brothers Productions, Morgan Kian , Asher & Hudson Wild Producers
Tango Para La Vida – Taylor University, Heidi Dalton Director, Kim Ferrell Producer
The Wild Brothers: The Island of the Four Kings – Wild Brothers Productions, Morgan Wild Producer
Three Questions – Zac Johnson, Director/Producer/Writer

 
BEST SOUNDTRACK

A Peep Behind the Scenes – The Academy of Arts Logos Theatre, Nicole Stratton Director
Kathie Lee Gifford Presents The Way- Rock Road and Rabbi Trust, Kathie Lee Gifford Director/Writer, Aaron Greene & Christine Gardner Producers
The Mulligan – Rob Pottorf, Composer
The Sound of Violet – Conrad Pope, Composer
Peace River – Cody Kurtz Martin, Composer

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

A Cross in the Desert – Hadzi-Aleksandar Djurovic, Director of Photography
I Will Rise – Isaac Alongi – Director of Photography
Princess Cut 2 Hearts on Fire – Dan Parsons, Director of Photography
Sight – Michael Balfry, Director of Photography
7 Yards: The Chris Norton Story – Jonathan Link& David White Directors of Photography 

Learn More About the Crown Awards

Since 1973, when a group of distributors began to honor the work of Christian film producers, the traditional awards ceremony has made a great ending to the ICVM conference each year. The Crown Awards are a celebration of films and film-makers, encouraging and inspiring creativity by showcasing great examples of excellence in communicating Christian values.