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About the Conference

Christians are here, and that’s great. Now it’s time to raise our bar.


It’s time to prioritize excellence — quality media-making from a Christian perspective.

Biola Media Conference

The Biola Media Conference is a haven for professionals and students who want to pave a new way forward for quality media-making from a Christian perspective — people who refuse to divorce their faith from their craft, and won’t settle for low-quality, didactic “Christian” media.

We target Christians in Hollywood and around the world: filmmakers, actors, directors, and students who are serious about excellence in their craft. The conference is sponsored by Biola University’s Cinema and Media Arts department.

Christians are here, and that’s great. Now it’s time to raise our bar. It’s time to prioritize excellence.

The Biola Media Conference exists for Christians in media who refuse to separate their craft from their faith. Filmmakers, actors, directors, and students gather to pursue excellence in storytelling, screens, and production culture, sharing a common conviction that quality and conviction belong in the same room. Rather than treating faith as an add-on or a label, the conference centers on practitioners who see their work as a way of shaping stories, culture, and a sense of calling, opening doors that might otherwise stay closed.

Attendees come from Hollywood and from around the world, from working professionals to students first discovering the possibilities of the industry. The event offers screenings, panel conversations with speakers and industry voices, studio tours, networking with representatives, and exposure to career opportunities across the entertainment world. It is a place to learn, to hear how lives and careers have been changed, to recognize the call each person carries, and to stretch beyond comfortable boundaries in pursuit of a future for Christian media-making.

What the conference brings together

Craft

Workshops and breakout sessions on screenwriting, directing, animation, story development, and the business of media.

Community

Networking built around access lunch — one-on-one time with industry professionals, plus shared meals and conversation.

Conviction

A Christian perspective held alongside serious craft, aimed at Christians who will not divorce their faith from their work.

At a glance

  • Format: A full conference day of opening sessions, keynotes, breakout panels, workshops, lunch networking, and closing remarks.
  • Sponsored by: Biola University’s Cinema and Media Arts department.
  • Audience: Professionals and students in the entertainment industry — filmmakers, actors, directors, and students.
  • Venue history: Fox Studios and CBS Studio Center, 4024 Radford Avenue, Studio City, California 91604. The venue has varied by year, so confirm details for the conference you attend.
  • Contact: bmc@biolamedia.com · Media Conference Hotline 1-86-MEDIA-CON (1-866-334-2266).

Videos from Past Conferences

Highlights and session footage from previous years, featuring speakers such as Ryan Coogler, director of Marvel’s Black Panther, and Destin Daniel Cretton, writer and director of The Glass Castle for Lionsgate, interviewed by Stan Williams, author of The Moral Premise.

Come raise the bar

Hear how saying yes changed lives and created careers, and meet the professionals and students who take faith and craft seriously.