Emmy® Award-winning Catholic filmmaking
Your home for genuinely Catholic stories that inspire faith, reveal truth, and bring hope to the world.
Featured Projects
Matt Talbot: Urban Mystic
Film
Mother Overbrook
Project
The Narrow Path
Project
Behind the scenes
A look at the films we make, and the people and places behind them.
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Genuinely Catholic stories of saints, priests and ordinary people whose faith changed everything.
The story of Venerable Matt Talbot, the Dublin laborer whose faith carried him from addiction to holiness.
A film about Father Augustus Tolton, the first recognized Black Catholic priest in the United States.
A film on the call to the diocesan priesthood, made with the Vocation Office for the Diocesan Priesthood.
Recognition
Joyful Films is a Catholic film company. After years of telling stories for parishes, ministries and nonprofits, we’re now creating and sharing our own genuinely Catholic stories.
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2024 winner for The Total Gift: A Katharine Drexel Story.
Recognized for films that share faith with honesty and craft.
2024 Mid-Atlantic Emmy® Winner
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We partner with parishes, ministries, nonprofits, and organizations to create beautiful films that preserve history, inspire faith, and share meaningful stories.
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We believe the world needs more stories that reveal truth, celebrate goodness, and inspire hope.
Join us in bringing genuinely Catholic stories to audiences everywhere.
Emmy® Award-winning Catholic filmmaking from Philadelphia. Stories that inspire faith, reveal truth, and bring hope.
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