Having moved around the country from California to Texas to Florida for several years, the SONscreen Film Festival has decided to call Simi Valley, Calif., its official home. SONscreen will host its sixth festival April 10-12.

In 2006, Adventist Media Productions (AMP Studios) invited SONscreen to utilize the state-of-the art facility to hold the festival event. This partnership has allowed the festival to be an even more outstanding experience for who attend and participate.

Upcoming festival activities and events include the outstanding film screenings each evening by talented Adventist/Christian filmmakers from around the nation and the global community. This year's workshops will cover the topics of scriptwriting, secrets of great cinematography, and the art of capturing the story through documentary filmmaking. Sabbath afternoon's panel discussion is entitled "Behind the Scenes: The Gospel in the Trenches of Hollywood," which will explore with a panel of Christian experts in the field what's it like to work in Hollywood ... outside of the spotlight.

"We take pride in the fact that many SONscreen alumni have gone on from our festival into other film festival arenas and won various accolades for their films, like the students of Southern Adventist University who's film "Secret of the Cave" received the Crystal Heart Award at the Heartland Film Festival and now the film has been picked up by major distribution so the film is in national store chains like Block Buster, Walmart and Best Buy," said Stacia D. Wright, festival producer.

For information about attending the festival, visit www.sonscreen.com or call 866-766-3146.