SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Oct. 12 /Christian Newswire/ — Stephen Kendrick, the co-writer and producer of Facing the Giants, will tell the behind-the-scenes story of his highly successful independent film as part of the Third Annual San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival to be held in the Alamo City on October 19-21. This will mark Kendrick’s first festival appearance since Facing the Giants opened in theatres nationwide two weekends ago.

Produced on a donated budget of $100,000 using volunteer actors, Facing the Giants outperformed many big-budget Hollywood films during its opening weekend, grossing $1.4 million on only 441 screens. With a per-screen average of $3,149, it was fourth among the top ten grossing films for the weekend and ranked twelfth for national box office receipts.

Stephen Kendrick, along with Ken Carpenter (producer of Facing the Giants: The Making Of) will share a behind-the-scenes look at the production process for Facing the Giants during the festival’s Friday evening keynote, following the showing of Facing the Giants: The Making Of. A copy of the complete schedule and production notes for the feature film will be available to festival attendees for a small fee.

More than forty separate films chosen as semi- finalists will be shown on three screens during the third annual festival. Each semi-finalist will compete for the “best-of” award in one of the following four categories: Documentary, Narrative, Biblical Family, and Stop-Motion Animation. In addition, each semi-finalist is eligible to win the “Best of Festival Award” — a $10,000 Grand Prize. To view all the semi-finalists, visit http://www.independentchristianfilms.com/program/.