A short film · A feature in the making

A Champion's Heart

Some fights aren't won in the cage. Some are won on the couch at 3 a.m., when nobody's watching and quitting would be so easy.

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The Story

A fighter who lost more than a fight

Emma trained her whole life to be a champion. Then life hit harder than any opponent ever had.

A Champion's Heart follows a mixed martial artist at the lowest point of her life — off the mat, on the couch, going through the motions in an empty gym. The fight she's losing isn't the one on the card. It's the one to get back up at all.

When a friend refuses to let her disappear, Emma has to decide what a champion's heart is really made of: the will to win, or the faith to keep going when winning stopped being the point.

"I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith."

2 Timothy 4:7

Format: Short film
Genre: Faith-based sports drama
Setting: Mixed martial arts
Status: Completed short — feature in development
Presented by: SteelHorn Foundation, Romans VIII Films; SteelHorn Foundation & Moonless Media

The Feature

The short is the first round. Help us go the distance.

What you just watched is a proof of concept. Emma's full story — the fall, the friend, the fight back, and what's waiting on the other side of it — is written as a feature-length film. It needs a budget to be made.

Why a nonprofit film

A Champion's Heart is produced through SteelHorn Foundation so that the film serves a mission, not a return. Your gift is a charitable contribution, and the story gets told without anyone having to sand the faith out of it.

Where the money goes

Cast and crew, locations, fight choreography and safety, post-production, and getting the finished film in front of audiences — including festival screenings and community and church events.

Who it puts to work

SteelHorn Foundation productions train and hire emerging filmmakers and veterans on set. Funding the feature funds real jobs and real experience for people building a career in film.

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Put the feature in Emma's corner

Choose an amount, or give what you can. Every dollar is a tax-deductible gift to SteelHorn Foundation, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, restricted to bringing A Champion's Heart to feature length.

Prefer to give another way, sponsor the production, or talk about a larger gift? Reach the Foundation through steelhornfoundation.org.

^$25A day of meals for the crew ^$50Hand wraps, tape and gloves ^$100A gym day for the fight unit ^$250A shooting day's location fees ^$500A crew member's week on set ^$1,000Associate Producer credit Give any amountSecure giving through Donorbox — one-time or monthly

SteelHorn Foundation, Inc. is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Contributions are tax-deductible to the fullest extent permitted by law. You'll receive a receipt by email for your records.

The Foundation

Stories with a mission behind them

SteelHorn Foundation, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that uses film and the arts to develop young people, put veterans to work in production, and tell stories worth telling. Its programs include the Moonless International Film Festival, the Romans VIII Film Festival, the Swan Lake Premiere Film Festival, the Moonless Arts Institute, SteelHorn Production Guilds, and Veterans on Set.

A Champion's Heart is presented by SteelHorn Foundation, Romans VIII Films and Moonless Media. When you give, you're funding a feature film and the people it trains along the way.

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