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Ten Movies Will Vie for Best Family Movie at 20^th Annual Faith & Values Awards Gala on Feb. 10 in Los Angeles

Family and child advocate Dr. Ted Baehr, founder and publisher of Movieguide®, announced today Movieguide®’s picks for the 10 Best 2011 Movies for Families.

Super Hero To Host Movieguide(R) Awards

 The Event set for Friday, February 10, 2012 at the Universal Studios Hilton Hotel Sets a Milestone with its 20th Anniversary Celebration Honoring Family Friendly and Inspirational Entertainment. 

The Movieguide® Faith & Values Awards Gala and Report to the Entertainment Industry honoring family-friendly movies and television programs and spiritually uplifting entertainment has announced actor Dean Cain as the official host of the 20^th Annual Awards show to be held Friday, February 10, 2012 at the Universal Studios Hilton Hotel in Hollywood.

HOLLYWOOD REACHES $200K EPIPHANY

Movieguide® and Hallmark Movie Channel Celebrate

Most Inspiring Movie & TV Program Monday Night

 Hollywood, Calif. – Hallmark Movie Channel will televise the presentation of the $100,000 Epiphany Prize for Most Inspiring Movie of 2010 and the $100,000 Epiphany Prize for Most Inspiring TV Program Monday at 7 pm Eastern and Pacific Time.

It’s all part of the 19^th Annual Faith & Values Awards Gala and Report to the Entertainment Industry, which honors family entertainment and entertainment with inspiring, redemptive themes.

Supported by a grant from the John Templeton Foundation (www.templeton.org), the $200,000 Epiphany Prizes for Inspiring Movies & TV honor the best movie and television program that “greatly increases man’s love or understanding of God.”

“This kind of entertainment is becoming more and more popular,” said Dr. Ted Baehr, founder of the Christian Film & Television Commission® and Movieguide®, which sponsor the Annual Awards Gala. “And, we have a wonderful variety of great nominees this year that not only are truly inspiring, redemptive and spiritually uplifting but that also focus on our Divine Creator, who enlightens all people and blesses us with His grace.”

The nominees, in alphabetical order with major distributor, for the $100,000 Epiphany Prize for Most Inspiring Movie are:

“The Book of Eli” – Warner Bros.

“The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader” – 20^th Century Fox

“Get Low” – Sony Pictures Classics

“Letters to God” – Vivendi Entertainment

“The Secret of Kells – GKIDs Inc.

“To Save a Life” – Samuel Goldwyn Films

“What If. . .” – Pure Flix Entertainment

The nominees, in alphabetical order with major distributor, for the $100,000 Epiphany Prize for Most Inspiring TV Program are:

“Amish Grace” – Lifetime Network

“Christmas with a Capital C” – Pure Flix Entertainment/Gospel Music Channel

“Ice Dreams” – The Hallmark Channel

“November Christmas” – Hallmark Hall of Fame

“The Way Home” – Gospel Music Channel

“When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story” – Hallmark Hall of Fame

Highlights of the Faith & Values Awards will air Monday, May 16, on the Hallmark Movie Channel at 7 pm (note the new time!).

Actor Kevin Sorbo of TV’s “Hercules” is the emcee. Mary Mary, Ace Young and the Greater Los Angeles Gospel Choir will also perform.

The John Templeton Foundation (www.templeton.org) serves as a philanthropic catalyst for research relating to what scientists and philosophers call the Big Questions. It supports work at the world's top universities in such fields as theoretical physics, cosmology, evolutionary biology, cognitive science, and social science relating to love, forgiveness, creativity, purpose, and the nature and origin of religious belief. It also seeks to stimulate new thinking about wealth creation in the developing world, character education in schools and universities, and programs for cultivating the talents of gifted children.

The Annual Faith & Values Awards Gala is sponsored by Movieguide®: The Family Guide to Movies and Entertainment and the Christian Film & Television Commission® ministry, both founded by Commission Chairman Ted Baehr 26 years ago. The Commission and its sister organization, Movieguide®, is an international non-profit advocacy group dedicated to “redeeming the values of the entertainment industry by influencing industry executives and by informing and equipping the public about the influence of the entertainment media.”

For more information, visit www.movieguide.org or call 1-888-248-6689.

For an interview with Dr. Ted Baehr, please contact Lisa at 1-888-248-6689 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

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MODELS OF GRACE

 Movieguide® and Hallmark Movie Channel Celebrate

Most Inspiring Performances of the Year May 16

 The 19^th Annual Movieguide® Faith & Values Awards Gala and Report to the Entertainment Industry will hand out the Grace Awards for Most Inspiring Performances in Movies & TV at 7 pm Monday on the Hallmark Movie Channel.

The Grace Awards honors actors whose performance in a movie and television program “exemplifies God’s grace and mercy toward us as human beings.”

“In addition to honoring an actor who delivers an exceptional performance, the Grace Awards goes one step further and honors the spiritual component of the performance. It’s one of the important awards viewers will see on May 16,” said Dr. Ted Baehr, founder of the Christian Film & Television Commission®, which sponsors the awards.

For movies, the Grace Award nominees are Georgie Henley for THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER, Tanner Maguire for LETTERS TO GOD, John Ratzenberger, Kevin Sorbo and Kristy Swanson for WHAT IF. . ., Denzel Washington for THE BOOK OF ELI, and Randy Wayne and Joshua Weigel for TO SAVE A LIFE.

For television, the nominees are Dean Cain and Sonny Shroyer for THE WAY HOME, Matt Letscher, Madison Mason and Kimberly Williams-Paisley for AMISH GRACE, Brad Stine and Nancy Stafford for CHRISTMAS WITH A CAPITAL C, and Barry Pepper and Winona Ryder for WHEN LOVE IS NOT ENOUGH: THE LOIS WILSON STORY.

 The Movieguide® Awards will air Monday, May 16, 2011 on the Hallmark Movie Channel at 7 pm (note the new time!).

Dr. Baehr is chairman of the Christian Film & Television Commission® (CFTVC) ministry and its family guide to movies, Movieguide® (www.movieguide.org). CFTVC and Movieguide® are an international non-profit ministry dedicated to “redeeming the values of the entertainment industry by influencing industry executives and by informing and equipping the public about the influence of the entertainment media.”

Family Matters

Find Out the Top Family Movies of the Year – Watch the 19th Annual

Faith & Values Awards Gala May 16 on the Hallmark Movie Channel

Hollywood, Calif. – Find out the Best Family Movie of 2010 – watch the 19^th Annual Faith & Values Awards Gala and Report to the Entertainment Industry at 7 p.m. Eastern/Pacific Time Monday May 16 on the Hallmark Movie Channel.

Starring Kevin Sorbo of “Soul Surfer, “Sam Steel and the Crystal Chalice” and TV’s “Hercules” as the emcee, the show features Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the second man to land on the moon, announcing the Best Family Movie of the Year, out of a field of 10 nominees.

The Faith & Values Awards Gala is produced by Movieguide®: The Family Guide to Movies and Entertainment and its sister 2organization, the Christian Film & Television Commission®.

“I was thrilled and honored to be a host and presenter at this year’s Movieguide® Awards show,” Kevin Sorbo says. “Ted Baehr [founder of Movieguide®] and his team put on a great night, and I'm especially excited that it will air on the Hallmark Movie Channel! 

The show also features the Grace Award for the Most Inspiring Performances in Movies & TV, the Ten Best Movies for Mature Audiences, the Faith & Freedom Awards for Movies & TV Programs Promoting Positive American Values, the $25,000 Kairos Prize for the Best Spiritually Uplifting Screenplay by a First-Time or Beginning Screenwriter, and, last but not least, the $200,000 Epiphany Prizes for Most Inspiring Movie and TV Program of the Year.

The Epiphany Prizes and the Kairos Prize competition are sponsored by a grant from the John Templeton Foundation.

The John Templeton Foundation (www.templeton.org) serves as a philanthropic catalyst for research relating to what scientists and philosophers call the Big Questions. It supports work at the world's top universities in such fields as theoretical physics, cosmology, evolutionary biology, cognitive science, and social science relating to love, forgiveness, creativity, purpose, and the nature and origin of religious belief. It also seeks to stimulate new thinking about wealth creation in the developing world, character education in schools and universities, and programs for cultivating the talents of gifted children.

Dr. Ted Baehr is chairman of the Christian Film & Television Commission® (CFTVC) ministry and its family guide to movies, Movieguide® (www.movieguide.org). CFTVC and Movieguide® are an international non-profit ministry dedicated to “redeeming the values of the entertainment industry by influencing industry executives and by informing and equipping the public about the influence of the entertainment media.”

For an interview with Dr. Ted Baehr, please contact Lisa at 1-888-248-6689 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .  

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To help you pick the good from the bad, please visit us daily at www.movieguide.org.

Note: For more information, or to arrange an interview with Dr. Ted Baehr, founder of CFTVC and author of THE CULTURE-WISE FAMILY, SO YOU WANT TO BE IN PICTURES, and many other books, please call 1-888-248-6689.

MOVIEGUIDE® is a Good News Communications publication – 1151 Avenido Acaso Camarillo, CA 93012, (805) 383-2000

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