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Music from the Heart

            SACRED!

                Music from the Heart

             A film by Ian Woodward

 

The world of American opera-singer-turned-priest Jim Watson is changed forever in Ian Woodward’s 2016 film musical I’ll Walk with God when wife-to-be Emma reveals the cruel fate that will overwhelm both their lives and that of Jim’s daughter, Holly.

The film has been screened worldwide. Among its 30 awards have been those for Best International Musical Drama, Best Foreign Musical, Best Short Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress and Best Choir for The Encore Films Choir.

In response to requests from film audiences and directors of international festivals, Sacred! Music From the Heart distills five of the best-loved and most inspirational songs from I’ll Walk with God into one glorious, continuous stream. It allows the eyes and ears to glory in the inspirational, uplifting beauty of “Ave Maria”, “Because God Made Thee Mine”, “You’ll Never Walk Alone”, “The Lord’s Prayer” and “I’ll Walk With God”.

Sacred! Music From the Heart was given its world premiere at the Christian Film Festival in Virginia, USA, on 31 December 2016.

The poster and DVD cover for Sacred! Music From the Heart features the magnificent stained-glass window of St John the Baptist Church in Aldenham, Hertfordshire. Situated 18 miles north of London, the church was the location for I’ll Walk with God.  It has been a place of worship for more than 750 years.

SACRED!

Music From the Heart

Created, Written and Produced

by IAN WOODWARD

NORMAN BOWMAN as the Rev Jim Watson

VIRGINIA BYRON as Emma Crawford

CLAIRE HEVERIN as Holly Watson

and featuring

THE ENCORE FILMS CHOIR

with

JOYCE AGBONSON

LARA COOPER-CHADWICK

ANASTASIA DREW

AUDE FLORENTIN

ELISA HAYRAPETYAN

DARIA KING

FRANCESCA MORAN

GEORGINA ROBERTS

LAIA MARTINEZ RUBIR

Organist & Choir Vocal Coach

NATALIE ANNE OWEN

Camera & Editor

IAN WOODWARD

Costume Designer

ANNA CARPOZI

Hair & Make-Up

CAROLINE PEBERDY

Sound & Boom Operator

PAUL RICHARDSON

Gaffer

JAMIE MONTGOMERY

Continuity

SANDRA MARTÍNEZ YÁÑEZ

Wardrobe Mistress& Props

ZENKA WOODWARD

DVD and Poster Designer

STEFANIE WOODWARD

Production Assistants

NATALIE ANNE OWEN

PAUL RICHARDSON

Production Runners

DAVE BLISSETT

CONNOR BRENNAN

SANDRA MARTÍNEZ YÁÑEZ

Sound Assistants

MAISIE JO WONG

DON SHULMAN

 

SACRED! Music From the Heart 

An Encore Films Production of an Ian Woodward Film

An Encore Films Production © Ian Woodward 2017

Runtime: 12 min     16:9

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Above: The Narrow Way Film Festival, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, announcement on Facebook for Sacred! Music from the Heart (and Encore Films’ I Love You Truly)

Above: The Wendy’s Shorts Awards Film Festival, Texas, USA

Above: Throughout September 2017, in Buenos Aires, Sacred! Music from the Heart was

screened at four different cinemas with showings at 2pm, 4pm and 7pm as part of Argentina’s

The Jesus Cine Fest International Christian Film Festival.

Below: The four cinemas in Buenos Aires where Sacred! Music from the Heart

was screened during September 2017.

Below: Guests arriving at the Peak International Film Festival 2017, in North Carolina, USA, for the glittering red-carpet black-tie Awards Gala.

Below:

POSTER FOR THE ROYAL FILM FESTIVAL IN BENTON, ARKANSAS,

WHERE SACRED! MUSIC FROM THE HEART WAS SCREENED AT

THE BEAUTUFUL ROYAL THEATRE, A 1920-BUILT BUILDING NOW

LISTED ON AMERICAS NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES

Below:

ENCORE FILMS UK WERE HONOURED BY THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT

SACRED! MUSIC FROM THE HEART HAD BEEN OFFICIALLY SELECTED

FOR THE BAFTA-QUALIFYING CARMARTHEN BAY FILM FESTIVAL 2018

Above:

THE DIAMOND AWARD FOR BEST NARRATIVE SHORT

at

THE PINNACLE FILM AWARDS

in Hollywood

Above:

From the website of India’s

THE PINK CITY INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL

in Jaipur, Rajasthan – the page for

SACRED! MUSIC FROM THE HEART

above:

BEST MUSICAL SHORT FILM

award for  

SACRED! Music from the Heart

presented to Encore Films UK at

THE SOUTH CINEMATOGRAPHIC ACADEMY OF FILM & ARTS FESTIVAL

in Chile