Billboard promoting the 2008 Angelus Student Film Festival is displayed above Family Theater Productions on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood.

The Angelus Student Film Festival honors future filmmakers as they explore and create works that respect the dignity of the human person.

Angelus winning films reflect values such as REDEMPTION, SPIRTUALITY, DIGNITY, TOLERANCE, EQUALITY, DIVERSITY, HOPE and TRIUMPH OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT.

Angelus alumni include Sundance winners Patricia Cardoso (“Real Women Have Curves”) and Tony Bui (“Three Seasons” and “Green Dragon”). Other Angelus winners include directors Greg Marcks (“11:14” starring Hilary Swank), Jessica Sharzer (“Speak” on Showtime), and Sabrina Dhawan (screenwriter “Monsoon Wedding”).

Angelus Student Film Festival Director, Monika Moreno, has helmed the festival since 1998. A screenwriter from the UCLA Writer’s Program, with a background in film history and marketing, Monika has won or placed in dozens of screenwriting competitions and has had two radio plays produced so far. She interned with the Sundance Institute and was a story analyst for the Nicholl Foundation, Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences for several years.

The Angelus team also includes Lance Spott, Associate Director, Angela Calabro, Submissions Coordinator, Luz Fernandez, Event Coordinator and Phillip LaSalle, Production Assistant

Family Theater Productions created the Angelus Student Film Festival in 1996 to showcase and award emerging filmmakers and encourage them to continue creating visionary projects that honor the fundamental dignity of the human person.