MILAN, ITALY (ANS) -- One of the most prestigious Christian Film Festivals, the biannual Sabaoth International Film Festival held in Milan, Italy, has nominated the documentary film "Fire in Brazil" as a finalist in the Feature Documentary Category of the 2008 edition of the international festival.

Film producer David Sullivan prays with a pastor in the movie.

The 47-minute film about the revival that has been sweeping the nation of Brazil and filling both Protestant and Catholic churches there, is a production of Harvest Fields Commissioning International and its media arm OLI Productions.

According to a media release from the filmmakers: "This unique documentary features interviews with Pastors and church leaders from across this vast nation who have been touched by the fires of revival and have seen their churches filled with new life and hungry hearts.

A statue of one of the Apostles outside a church in Brasilia

"Although sometimes classified as a third world country, the richness of the heritage of this land and the exuberance of the joy of new found salvation has permeated every area of society. One leading Brazilian prison official, in the film, describes how his faith has changed the prisons under his charge. One woman explains how she was dramatically healed by the power of God."

The media release explains the film "Fire in Brazil" is just one of the 50 films produced by HFC International and OLI Productions and is part of their "Into All the World" film series currently being broadcast on 14 TV networks across the Middle East, Russia, the C. I. S. countries, in Arabic across North America & Mexico, Australia, Romania, the U.K., New Zealand, Indonesia, Holland, Turkey, Israel and worldwide on cable and satellite. The films cover such countries as China, Kenya, Sweden, Turkey and Greece.

Harvest Fields Commissioning International is a U. K. Registered Charity with the purpose of assisting in raising up and encouraging churches and leaders in 43 countries and on all 5 continents for work in churches, charities and other humanitarian assistance groups. Its websites are at: www.agapelive.net  and www.hfci.net .

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** Michael Ireland, Chief Correspondent of ANS, is an international British freelance journalist who was formerly a reporter with a London newspaper and has been a frequent contributor to UCB Europe, a British Christian radio station. Michael's involvement with ASSIST News Service is a sponsored ministry department -- Michael Ireland Media Missionary (MIMM) -- of A.C.T. International at: Artists in Christian Testimony (A.C.T.) International.