Using what you have learned in the 4 sessions, make a short movie retelling one of Jesus' parables and submit it to the Twist website.

Entries can be submitted by an individual, a school or a church. If submitting your entry as an individual, you need to do so through either your school or church.

Need ideas? Download a full list of Jesus' parables and check out some sample videos to get you started.

Please read the Terms & Conditions:

By submitting your project you are giving BTY, Bible Society SA and Scripture Union SA unlimited permission to duplicate and use your project in presentations, promotion, and resources. Whenever BTY, Bible Society SA or Scripture Union SA use your material they will acknowledge you as the creator of the material. You also waive any right to claim financial royalties or commission for any use and/or publication of this material by BTY, Bible Society SA or Scripture Union SA, however you retain intellectual property rights over any original material, for all other purposes. BTY, Bible Society SA and Scripture Union SA promise to not use your project in a way that defames you and will not use it for financial gain apart from what is reasonable to cover the costs of production and distribution. Submission of your project does not obligate BTY, Bible Society SA or Scripture Union SA to publish or include your work in a resource.

Here’s some criteria you might find helpful as you develop your parable:

How well does the project engage the audience and draw them into the story?
How faithful is the project to the Biblical text and the core message of the parable?
Does the project communicate spiritual and/or cultural ideas in ways that a modern audience would understand?
How well does the project communicate the nature of God’s kingdom as portrayed in the parable?
How does the medium shape the message; does the style of presentation obscure or clarify what is being communicated?
How well does the project production demonstrate an understanding of the power of story, media and technology in shaping an audience’s thinking?
How well would the message be understood by an audience with no church experience or religious knowledge?

Remember, although that all pieces must be submitted as video, you are free to choose from a range of video styles, such as animation, live action, music video clips or slideshows. We want to see your creativity at work!

Technical requirements for submissions:

Duration: no longer than 5 minutes
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Widescreen

Frame Rate: 25 frames per second (PAL TV Standard)

Any text/important details/graphics need to be within the broadcast safe margins (ie. A 10% margin from all sides of the screen) to avoid clipped titles that go off the edges of the screen.

To submit your video, create a YouTube account, upload your video to YouTube, and submit the YouTube URL using the form below.

You’ll also need to need to keep a Broadcast quality version of your film – which might be used for inclusion on a DVD.

Such video would require the following guidelines:

If videos are submitted on tape they need to be in HDV or DV/miniDV format not DVCAM & have 20 seconds of black at the start to allow for roll time
Wherever possible videos should be submitted digitally as a highest possible quality Quicktime .mov file or a DV PAL .avi file (as digital data files on a data DVD)