Moonlight Media, LLC

I didn't know it would be so hard to type this post. I feel tears rising as I compose my thoughts, although I know this is the correct decision. It takes a wisdom beyond my own to know when to step through a door, and when to close it and turn my eyes forward to what lies ahead.

I (Sarah Pride) have decided not to run the Moonlight Film Fest again. Even with the generosity and support of others, it has cost me almost more than I could afford the last two years in time and money. I know it has been God's project because the effort it has required from me is more than I could have rallied on my own. But I have learned what I needed to know in order to undertake the next steps to see a story I have written play on the big screen, one of my life goals:

• Who are the people who are creating work that is beautiful, good, and true, and how can I get in contact with them?
• What does the overall landscape of Christian independent film look like? (It is hopeful, but still rather dim on average.)
• What is the standard we all need to reach?

I have greatly enriched my life with a universe of film most people never experience, immersed as they are in the standards of the theatre movies. I have tasted the bitter difficulty of taking a story from the page to the screen. And I have grasped that this is something I can do.

On my side, I know that producing this film festival for another year will not draw me any closer to seeing my own stories on the big screen. To do the MFF properly and continue to build it, I would have to give my life to it, something I am not equipped to do right now. Nor do I believe it will serve the greater good for me to grow this particular festival.

Although the Moonlight Film Fest has ceased after its second year in 2010, this website still hosts the work of Moonlight Media, LLC. We also have much useful information, available under the links in the right menu. We seek to light the world with goodness, truth, and beauty -- showcasing the best Christian film, creating our own, and inspiring and empowering other film artists in their craft.