filmmaking founded 2007 founder george escobar michael snyder headquarters united states purcellville virginia website adventfilmgroup.com advent film group advent is an independent christian film production and distribution company founded in 2007 by george d. escobar and michael snyder . 1 the company trains young christians to be filmmakers focusing on excellent storytelling and upholding a biblical worldview . advent s films include the 2009 drama come what may 2 which starred kenneth jezek and his wife karen jezek and the 2014 historical drama alone yet not alone which was a work for hire project for enthuse entertainment . advent s latest film hero was released in september 2014 . the company is now in post production with their latest feature film the screenwriters set for a late 2016 release . advent film group has been endorsed by michael farris founder and chancellor of patrick henry college phc ; graham walker president of phc ; and michael smith president of home school legal defense association hslda . 3 contents 1 history 1.1 founding 1.2 mission 1.3 come what may 1.4 alone yet not alone 2 current projects 2.1 hero 2.2 the screenwriters 3 filmography 4 references 5 external links history edit founding edit when george escobar former vice president of product development for discovery executive director for aol time warner attended the 2006 san antonio independent christian film festival he met and spoke with stephen kendrick co founder of sherwood pictures courageous fireproof facing the giants . the conversation challenged him to rethink his entire career path with the purpose of using his skills and talents for the glory of god . in january 2007 escobar founded advent film group basing out of northern virginia . 4 mission edit advent film group has a unique goal to turn the whole film school model upside down . 5 the aim is to train young christians to be excellent filmmakers and enable them to tell stories that uphold biblical values and speak about issues relevant to our culture today . heavy emphasis is placed on maintaining a clean and compelling storyline while striving for increased production value . advent provides various training opportunities through internships production volunteer positions and film workshops also on dvd as well as an online screenwriting course . 6 come what may edit their first feature film come what may 1 formerly moot courting 7 was a collaborative effort between advent and phc . the story follows two phc students who attempt to overturn roe v. wade at the american collegiate moot court association national championship . forty homeschooled students served on the cast and crew alongside a handful of industry professionals . 8 students learned not only about production but also the business legal financial marketing and distribution process involved in making and releasing a full length movie . come what may was given a virtual release online through the american family association afa 9 and godtube 10 now called tangle and shown free to the viewer during the two weeks before the 2008 u.s. elections . it was released on dvd in the spring of 2009 and due to its strong pro life message quickly became a popular film for church screenings . 11 come what may was also the winner of the redemptive storyteller award for 2008 from the redemptive film festival . 12 alone yet not alone edit advent s first for hire project was alone yet not alone 2 produced by enthuse entertainment and co produced by advent founders george escobar who also co wrote and co directed the film and michael snyder . 13 alone yet not alone is based on the true story of barbara and regina leininger who were taken captive by the delaware indians in 1755 during the french and indian war . the novelization of the story upon which the film is based was written by a descendent of the leiningers tracy leininger craven . principal photography took place at historical locations in virginia tennessee north carolina and pennsylvania . 14 alone yet not alone received a limited release on september 27 2013 on 11 screens across the country through a unique distribution platform seazty 3 founded in 2013 . seatzy posts information and trailers about its films on its website encouraging movie goers to reserve tickets several weeks in advance . if 500 tickets are pre sold in a certain area seatzy uses the guaranteed ticket sales to entice a local theater into showing the movie for at least one week . 15 in this limited week long release alone yet not alone garnered one of the best per screen averages for an independent faith based film due to its pre sold tickets . 16 17 in january 2014 alone yet not alone received an academy award nomination for best original song . the titular song written by 10 time emmy award winning composer bruce broughton who previously received an oscar nomination for silverado 18 and dennis spiegel is sung by quadripelegic inspirational speaker joni eareckson tada . two weeks after the nomination the academy of motion picture arts and sciences rescinded the nomination claiming broughton had violated ethics rules by emailing voters about the song prior to the nomination . 19 the controversial decision by the academy drew some accusations that the film was targeted for being both small budget and christian 20 as proponents of other oscar nominated projects have engaged in similar behavior to no consequence . 21 alone yet not alone received a wide release on june 13 2014 across 103 screens nationally finishing fourteenth in nationwide box office sales on its opening weekend and third in average per screen box office sales . 22 4 current projects edit hero edit advent s most recently released film is hero 5 formerly one good man . co written and directed by manny edwards 23 the family friendly movie follows little league coach joe finn burgess jenkins whose broken relationship with his son fills him with determination to make a difference in the lives of the fathers and sons in his town . he forms a youth baseball team designed to involve both fathers and sons in a common effort ; joe s persistent actions affect everyone from the local prison inmates to fathers and sons in neighboring towns . the story is inspired by malachi 4 6 depicting god s desire to restore the hearts of the fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers nasb . 24 eighty cast and crewmembers along with 250 families and volunteers converged on winston salem north carolina for three weeks of principal photography and a week for pickups and reshoots . 25 the film released to dvd in september 2014 . 26 the screenwriters edit the screenwriters 6 formerly writers block is a full length feature film and the inaugural film of advent s advent associates film program which seeks to advance the careers of young filmmakers by putting those who have worked on previous advent productions in leadership positions . 27 the story follows two 1940s screenwriters down and out veteran stu harvey jeff rose 7 and eager newcomer chip leninskovich jason burkey 8 who have 24 hours to write a full length screenplay or be fired . 28 29 the screenplay was written by 18 year old elizabeth stinnette based on a story by george escobar 9 and filmed in purcellville virginia on a production budget of 20 000 . 30 the film is slated for a fall 2016 release . 31 filmography edit come what may 2009 alone yet not alone 2014 hero completed the screenwriters post production red september in development references edit the passion of the christian filmmaker . filmstew . july 16 2007 . retrieved april 8 2009 . strom ron january 8 2008 . homeschoolers produce full length film . worldnetdaily . retrieved april 8 2009 . phan katherine t. september 14 2007 . homeschoolers future directors of christian movies in hollywood . the christian post . retrieved april 8 2009 . homeschooling dad and founder of advent film group george escobar . world net daily . march 11 2009 . 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