August 2023

Although it has been quite some time since we posted a project update on the website, we have been regularly sharing progress on our Instagram and Twitter accounts. We hope you are tracking the film’s production on those channels. Please be praying that we hit our objective of completing art for the film by the end of this year, so that we can arrange its premiere and distribution for 2024. Thank you as always for your patience and faithful support as we have partnered with the Coptic community and dozens of artists across the globe to elevate the humble faithfulness of the 21.

January 2022

We are so thankful for your grace and patience with us as we have navigated the process of producing an authentic and top-quality film honoring the 21 men who stood up to ISIS at the cost of their lives. The animation style we have developed for this film is much more complicated and time-consuming than we originally anticipated, but the results are well worth it! We are doing all we can to complete the film by the end of this calendar year, so that we can premiere it in 2023.

In order to reach our goal, we are putting together a detailed production timeline with milestones to keep us on track for December completion. Please pray that nothing will hinder our efforts to finish by the end of 2022, and that God would protect and empower the artists working on this project so that they can deliver their best work in a timely fashion. Thank you again!

January 2021

We have all dialogue and key sound effects recorded, which the animators will use to guide how the characters move, speak and act. We are in the final stage of pre-production before we launch into animation. Our head animator Tod Polson is working with a crew of artists from around the world to produce the key art needed for each scene in the film. Once those are complete, we'll greenlight the animation team.

December 2019

We launched an Indiegogo fundraiser to raise capital for the film! Check out the story below for the inspiration behind the film, and for ways that YOU can be a part of bringing this project to life.