7eventh Day Media Inc.

A few years ago, Rafael Anrrich heard John Paul II talk about art as a form of understanding the Divine, a way to bring Truth to generations, a powerful tool for evangelizing God's Love to the masses.   In 2007, Rafael helped lead a youth retreat in his church where he met fellow volunteers Laura Alvarado and Frank Brennan. During this retreat, he learned that the couple was made up of a filmmaker and an actress, both interested in integrating their faith into their art. Though Rafael kept his ideas to himself for almost two years after meeting Frank and Laura, he finally felt it was time to invite the couple into creating his vision: a film festival structured by the ideas and teachings of John Paul II-- a place where faith-based filmmakers and artists could share their witness with the community and, eventually, the world.

After adopting the festival, Laura, Frank and Rafael filed to become a non-for-profit, non-partisan, company called 7eventhDay Media, Inc.  With 7eventhDay Media Inc., the “tripod" will host the festival, as well as year-round events that will showcase visual artists, speakers, dancers, and singers in faith-inspired galas, concerts, and seminars. They pray that with the help of God, their company and the festival as a whole will bring unknown artists of all faiths into the hearts and homes of the community, so as to help those artists answer The Great John Paul II's call to a new evangelization.

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