Join us at Hard Faith™ Welcoming honest, gritty, redemptive stories Hard Faith™ is a media production company established for the purpose of bringing compelling stories about the human condition to a film going audience in a way that artistically and speaks truth to this present generation in a fresh and powerful way. The world needs quality entertainment and art that speaks truth boldly. We need stories that are set in real-world settings with characters that talk about the ultimate truth. ...
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S2 - Ep9: "A King's Calling" with Twin Bolt Media
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In this episode of the Hard Faith Podcast, host Spencer Folmar dives into an inspiring conversation with Kaleb and Kyler Cook of Twin Bowl Media, filmmakers from central Pennsylvania. The Cook brothers discuss their journey of blending faith and filmmaking, highlighting their award-winning short film, David: A King’s Calling. The film, set in Penns…
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S2 - Ep8: "Out of the Flames" with Screenwriter Stephanie Hutchinson
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In this episode, we explore the journey behind Out of the Flames, a gripping 14th-century historical drama by screenwriter Stephanie Hutchinson. This award-winning screenplay, which took the Grand Prize at the Kairos Prize for Spiritually Uplifting Screenplays and Hard Faith Fest, transports us into a world of medieval challenges and profound faith…
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S2 - Ep7: "The Threshing Floor" Hard Faith Fest Documentary Film Winner
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In this episode of the Hard Faith Podcast, host Spencer Folmar sits down with award-winning director Brad Alexander to discuss his documentary The Threshing Floor. The film, which received both the top award and the audience award at the Hard Faith Film Festival, is described as an evangelism story disguised as an addiction film. Brad shares how he…
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S2 - Ep6: "unDEFILED" Hard Faith Fest Feature Film Winner
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In this episode of the Hard Faith Podcast, host Spencer Folmar, founder of Hard Faith, interviews filmmaker Matthew McCaulley about his award-winning feature film unDEFILED. They discuss the film’s origins, inspired by shocking statistics on pornography use among churchgoers and pastors, and the journey from script development to final production. …
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S2 - Ep5: "Hard Faith is Experimental" Conversation with John Kestner of "The Foxhole"
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In this episode of the Hard Faith Podcast, host Spencer Folmar speaks with award-winning filmmaker John Kestner, who recently won Best Experimental Short Film at the Hard Faith 2024 Film Festival for “The Foxhole.” They discuss the unique environment of the festival, which embraces challenging and faith-adjacent narratives. John shares his experien…
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S2 - Ep4: "All Things Hard Faith Fest 2024!"
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Today Spencer & Co-Host McKenna Folmar talk about all the details and events taking place at the Hard Faith Film Festival. The event takes place in one week at the Garland Hotel in North Hollywood CA. July 19 + 20 from 10AM - 6PM. We hope you can join us for the 2nd Annual Film Festival Event! Learn more at www.HardFaith.org/festival…
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S2 - Ep3: "HFF23 Winner & New Streaming of Hard Faith"
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Today we talk with filmmaker David Pozdyrka about his Hard Faith Fest 2023 winning short film "Cohabitation" as well as announcing our new streaming channel to find Hard Faith Films! You can now rent films on the HardFaith.org website. David lives in the country of Moldova and we talk about Christians depicted in art, the use of art to portray ours…
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S2 - Ep2: "Pastor's Kid" Movie Release
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Today we interview filmmaker Benjamin Ironside Koppin and lead actress Courtney Bandeko of the upcoming theatrical release of "Pastor's Kid" (2024). The film comes out March 15 Pastor's Kid in theaters nationwide March 15, 16, 17. https://pastorskidthemovie.com/ https://www.fandango.com/pastors-kid-2024-235233/movie-overview Benjamin Ironside Koppi…
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We are excited to announce Season 2 of the Hard Faith Podcast. We kick off this new season catching up and recapping on our long break. It has been a busy few months, but we are eager to get back to regular episodes and guests. We have an exciting lineup this season featuring filmmakers, theologians, film festival news, and film updates.…
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Episode 8: Hard Faith Fest ”All Faith is Hard Faith”
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All faith is Hard Faith! We talk all things related to our upcoming 1st ever Hard Faith Film Festival happening 1 month from today on July 22nd 2023 at the Arena CineLounge on Sunset from 11am - 7pm. See you there and pre order your ticket before supplies run out.Av Hard Faith
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Episode 7: ”Push Forward” Jessica Boss is a Boss
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Our guest today is Jessica Boss, a filmmaker who is tackling difficult subjects with a faith perspective. Her company Boss Pictures is making feature films about important topics. Her lasting word of advice to filmmakers is to keep pushing forward and to not rob audiences of the experience of your story!…
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Episode 6: Hard Faith Film Fest & William McCann ”The Liberator”
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We talk today with filmmaker William McCann and his film "The Liberator". His film won top prize at our last film festival and we wanted to share the details about our next in person film festival event taking place in Burbank CA on July 22nd. Please submit today at www.HardFaith.com/FestAv Hard Faith
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Episode 5: ”Hard Faith Beginning” My First Book Release!
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Hard Faith Beginning - My First Book Release! This is a book about my time at Adventure Bible School in New Zealand 12 years ago. This is where I converted to Christianity and began having the first ideas about telling Hard Faith stories. This is a very personal journey, but I hope that it is encouraging to others. Purchase the book on Amazon today…
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Episode 4: McKenna Folmar ”Healing Church Hurt”
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McKenna Folmar today talks about healing hurt and how to process spiritual abuse. Important topic with my darling wife discussing “Healing Church Hurt”. Episode 4 of the Hard Faith Podcast is out now! McKenna is a children's book author, a specialty and wedding events planner, and podcaster herself!Av Hard Faith
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Episode 3: Nathan Clarkson ”Finding God in Hollywood”
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Nathan Clarkson is an award winning actor, a Publishers Weekly bestselling author, a hit indie filmmaker, and a podcast philosopher on The Overthinkers. He lives between Los Angeles and New York City. His most recent book, Finding God in Hollywood is out now.Av Hard Faith
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Episode 2: Paul Schrader ”The Devil’s Toolbox”
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Legendary director, writer, and producer Paul Schrader talks about the state of the faith based industry. He discusses his films as well as inspiration behind some of his classic scripts.Av Hard Faith
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Episode 1: Spencer Folmar ”Founding Hard Faith”
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Spencer Folmar (host) and founder of Hard Faith™ explains the story behind the company and its focus.Av Hard Faith
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Intro Trailer Announcing the new Hard Faith Podcast!Av Hard Faith
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