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Final Awards Ceremony, a show with 3 hours of entertainment fine food and wines and awards
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The videos from Worldfest Houston 52 Interviews and Ambiance
Learn from the festival director who gave their first festival prize to Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Ang Lee, the Coen brothers, : the mission, th ehistory, the gala, the regatta, the city, the ambiance : things you need to know about Worldfest Houston.
We met Jeffery Patterson and the cast of one of the 2 films he showed at Worldfest Houston, in a private diner with festival founders, Hunter and Kathleen Todd.
Tim Disney with Festival founder Hunter Todd at the festival opening party which followed the screening of his film William.
Indie filmmaker Tim Disney (son of the late, Disney senior executive Roy E. Disney) premiered in Texas a week before the US release of his film WILLIAM, he directed from a script he co-wrote with J.T. Allen.
Filmfestivals.com chatted briefly with Tim.
Zaza Memorial City is 1 mile away from festival hotspot (Westin hotel and Cinemark multiplex) A retreat in style for the festival VIPs :-)
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You be the King of Zaza!
Zaza Memorial City is 1 mile away from festival hotspot (Westin hotel and Cinemark multiplex) A retreat in style for the festival VIPs :-)
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The 53nd WorldFest Houston Intl Film Festival honoring the 100th year of the genius of Federico Fellin
Enter the 53rd WorldFest-Houston and be part of history and the future with the oldest fiercely independent international film festival!
For our 53rd year, we are honoring the 100th year of the genius of Federico Fellini, with special screenings of his films, including: LA DOLCE VITA, AMARCORD, LA STRADA & 8 1/2!
Entries are now officially open for the 53rd WorldFest-Houston! Offering International Competition in 10 major categories and more than 200 sub-categories for fair competition and a better chance to win the coveted Remi Award! Awards for Shorts, Features, Documentaries, Corporate, Music Videos, Screenplays, Television, Student Films, New Media/Websites, TV Commercials, and Experimental. Check our website for your appropriate competition category.
ENTER NOW! via www.WorldFest.org or www.FilmFreeway.com until December 15, 2019. The Early Bird gets the Discount! Discount deadline is November 15, 2019. For all Documentaries, TV Production, TV Commercials and Corporate/Business Films please use the WorldFest website only. You may use Film Freeway for all other categories.
Don't miss the most fiercely independent and friendliest film community with more than 1,000 attending International filmmakers (Bring your own Cowboy Hat!), 9 outstanding Master Classes from Industry Professionals, and a decidedly TEXAS themed awards-weekend. The festival also includes our HQ Hotels Westin & Zaza, a nightly festival club for brilliant networking, the Remi Awards Gala Gourmet Wine Dinner, a VIP Police Escort Tour of NASA/Rocket Park, the 35th HYC WorldFest Consular Regatta with some serious Texas BBQ & Beer! All free to 2020 Remi Award Winners! All attending Remi Winners receive a complimentary $1,000 VIP All Festival Platinum Pass!
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Look who s calling! The 53rd WorldFest with EarlyBird Deadline till November 15!
The 53rd WorldFest ~ EarlyBird Deadline!
Entered Online or Postmarked by Friday, November 15th!
Just enter Online via our website or via FilmFreeway.com!
But No Worries - The Main Entry Deadline is December 15th, 2019 and
the Final Brick Wall Deadline is January 15th, 2020.
Go for your chance at the Remi Award - at the 53rd Annual WorldFest-Houston!
The festival will be celebrated April 17-26, 2020 with more than 1,000 International Filmmakers attending! The 15th Annual Panorama Italia, and a major 6th Annual Panorama Asia, 9 Master/Classes in Film Production, a nightly Festival Club for Networking, a VIP Police Escort Tour of NASA, a Consular Sailing Regatta at the classic Houston Yacht Club on beautiful Galveston Bay with Longhorn Steers and Texas BBQ & Beer, and the Remi Awards Gala at the wonderful WorldFest HQ Hotels-The Memorial City Westin, with special WorldFest rates! And the Lux Hotel Zaza - Memorial City.
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Warmest Thanksgiving Greetings from WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival!
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| A truly Bountiful Thanksgiving: we wish you wonderful moments with your family, friends and co-workers in this delightful holiday season of giving and warmth!
We hope that your Thanksgiving 2019 is the very best. WorldFest will be roasting our traditional Capon (more info below) with Virginia Honey-Nut Dressing, Artichokes, Sweet Potato Souffle, Goobers & Onions, Colonial Egg Nog (from a Todd Family secret recipe with Bourbon, Dark Rum & Cognac, cheers!), Smithfield Ham (more info below) Biscuits, Champagne, Texas wines and homemade Pecan Pie with Bourbon Hard Sauce!
Yes, we will Gobble until we Wobble!
All of us at Team WorldFest - Hunter, Kathleen, Katy Lea, Lauren, Elease, Chandni, Tom, George, Paul, Henry,and Duyên
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WorldFest-Houston Film Festival wishes you a Wonderful Christmas!
Howdy from Houston!
And our very best wishes for a Wonderful Christmas, the Happiest of Holidays, Happy Hanukkah, and a Wonderful, Peaceful & Prosperous New Year from all of us at the 53rd WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival! The Oldest Indie Film Fest in the World!
You are cordially invited to participate in the upcoming 53rd WorldFest-Houston! The Main Online Deadline is only a few days away! Sunday, December 15th! You may enter via our website or via filmfreeway.com ~ The festival that gave first honors to Spielberg, George Lucas, Ang Lee, the Coen Brothers, Francis Ford Coppola, John Lee Hancock, Oliver Stone, Guillermo del Toro, David Lynch, & Randal Kleiser, among hundreds of others! We offer competition in 10 major categories, including Shorts, Features, New Media, Screenplays, Student, Experimental, TV Production, Music Video, TV/Web Commercials, & Film & Video! We screen Remi Winners on big Cinemark Theatre screens, not little hotel meeting rooms. We have a great Festival Club for super networking, 3 HQ Hotels with great rates, the Remi Awards Gala, a VIP Tour of NASA with an official Police Escort and the only film festival in the world with a Regatta & Texas BBQ! You could be the next Spielberg or Ang Lee! We welcome your entry--so thank you for making our year great. We couldn't have done it without you! (Entries close Dec 15th!) The 53rd is April 17-26, 2020, 10 Great Days in April!) There is a Final Late Entry Deadline of January 15th, 2020, (with a Late Fee, natch!) just in case!
Wishing you great Joy, Happiness and Peace,
A Wonderful Christmas and a Very Bountiful New Year!
Most Sincerely,
Hunter, Kathleen, Katy, Lauren, Elease, Chandni, Adrienn, Josie, Henry, Brian, Catherine, Manisha,Tom and All of us at Team WorldFest!
| The 53rd WorldFest-Houston, 9898 Bissonnet Street, Suite 650, Houston, Texas 77036 (73 Nations participating so far!) E: Media@worldfest.org | P: 713 965 9955 |
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WorldFest Houston and Filmfestivals.com looking into the future of Hallyu The Korean Wave at FNS reunion in Seoul
Hunter and Kathleen Todd (Worldfest foiunders), friends of the festivals like David Winning, award winning filmmaker, publicist Susan Gold and Bruno Chatelin were invited to witness and celebrate the 'FNS PREVIEW 2019' forum held at Dongdaemun Design Plaza on the 9th of December.
The event, which was held together with the Hallyu Forum of global personnel prior to the business presentation, was co-hosted by FNS developer RnDeep and Fortis, Foxnet, Medi Partner Biotechnology, etc. In addition, more than 100 global IT companies invited from 19 countries around the world including France, Germany, Estonia, the US and China participated in the event as partners.
Currently, the FNS platform with AI deep learning technology and blockchain technology will be launched in March next year. FNS's real-time language-enabled AI is expected to evolve into a form of collective intelligence, coupled with an increase in users.
Soo-Hoon Kim, head of RnDeep, "If you create a platform that works together, business opportunities are boundless."
FNS Fandom Network Service
A world dedicated to Hallyu Fans
A Fan-centric world that any Hallyu fan can enjoy.
Fan Communication platform where Hallyu Fans can interact and communicate with each other!
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The 53rd WorldFest Call for Entries...
This could be you at the 53rd WorldFest-Houston!
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Cultural Icon Launches Inaugural Mexican Focus at Worldfest Houston
ANNOUNCING PANORAMA MEXICO
Photo Credit: Duyên Nguyen (Pete Garcia of the US-Mexican Chamber of Commerce; Kathleen Haney, Festival Program Director; Hunter Todd, Festival Founder and President; The Honorable Alicia Kerber, Mexican Consul; Fernando Fernandez Ramos of AeroMexico; Nuria Zuñiga Alaniz, Mexican Cultural Attaché; Adrian Flores, Aeromexico)
The 53rd Annual WorldFest-Houston international Film Festival held a launch party for their inaugural Panorama Mexico at the Hotel ZaZa- Memorial City last Tuesday. The mission of the festival is to recognize and honor outstanding creative excellence in film adding to the rich cultural fabric of the City of Houston.
Announced at the event, in conjunction with the Mexican Consulate and U.S. Mexico Chamber of Commerce, the Houston Film Festival will host Panorama Mexico, showcasing the best of emerging Mexican cinematic artists as well as a retrospective of Mexico’s own beloved director and comedian Cantinflas. Mexican Consul of Houston, Alicia Kerber spoke of the history of Mexican cinema and highlighted a focus on female filmmakers, “Mexican cinema enjoys good health and events like Panorama Mexico will promote these stories to reach more people.”
In addition to the Mexican Consuls, other VIP attendees included: US Mexico Chamber of Commerce, the Festival’s official ad agency Lopez Negrete Communications, Regatta partner Houston Yacht Club members, festival supporters, sponsors such as Aeromexico and Memorial City Mall and Texas filmmakers, such as Grant Guthrie and Nicola Knez.
Initially created in 1961, WorldFest evolved to become the first international independent competitive event of its kind. The Festival has discovered and awarded film directors including Steven Spielberg, the Coen Brothers, George Lucas, Randal Kleiser, John Lee Hancock, David Lynch, Robert Rodriguez, Ang Lee and many more.
For more information on the Houston International Film Festival please contact
Katy Todd: Katy.todd@worldfest.org
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53rd Houston International Festival is a go, despite COVID-19, the WUHAN VIRUS!
Dear Friends,
As we put the finishing touches on our exciting 53rd Houston International Festival program, we want to reach out to inform you of the steps we are taking in light of the evolving status of COVID-19. HIFF staff continue to monitor on a daily basis the developments and latest guidelines provided by local, national, and international authorities and at this time we are confident and comfortable in moving forward with the Festival, which will run April 17–26.
We remain committed to making the best decisions possible for the health and well-being of our attendees and will continue to take proactive measures to ensure public health during our Festival. We are in communication with the Houston & Texas Department of Public Health to follow recommended procedures as we proceed with Festival planning and are taking additional precautionary measures, including but not limited to increased health-related messaging, on-site sanitation resources for patrons, and fortified cleaning protocols at all venues.
Per the advice of health experts, we encourage everyone in our community to take protective measures which include regular hand washing, covering coughs and sneezes, and staying home if you are ill. For more resources and information on the local implications of COVID-19 and preventing the spread of the novel coronavirus we recommend visiting the Texas Public Health and the World Health Organization website.
Thank you for being a part of our HIFF community and we look forward to seeing you at the Festival! Look out for an email soon to announce our Opening Night and mark your calendar for March 30 when the full program will be released. Should circumstances change, we will be in touch. If you have any immediate questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to email attend@worldfest.org
Best wishes,
The HIFF Team
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COVID-19 update: The 53rd edition of WorldFest Houston will be postponed
Don't worry, friends... as long as humans have been around there has been a need for story telling. The show will go on and we will be back with more "good stories, well told."
Now, y'all stay safe, ya hear!
Dear film creators and lovers,
Friends, we really didn't want it to come to this. We kept quietly pressing on, putting the finishing touches on our program, watching amazing films and assembling the best 53rd WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival that we could. But, Houston is asking us to protect our community and, so, we must cancel the events on April 17 - 26, 2020.
As we say in this biz, "the show must go on!" And it will go on, but not exactly as we had planned. We hope to reschedule WorldFest-Houston 53 later in the Summer!
There are so many unknowns, but we do know that our juries still want to share these incredible projects with the world and we will continue our mission to validate cinematic excellence.
We are working with our juries to complete their screenings in the next two weeks and we will announce and inform all Remi Winners! We will know more about what we will do about the Premiere Film Screenings as the future reveals itself over the next few weeks.
We do pledge to keep you informed and we pledge to keep doing our part to promote the creators of independent film, our amazing city of Houston and the diverse cultures of the world.
If you have questions, please reach out to us. We will have more answers soon! We hope to provide screening opportunities to our selected filmmakers when normalcy has returned.
Thank you for your support! And thank you for sharing your passion with us - remember that in times of chaos, sharing good stories is an elixir of life.
We will return with more "good stories, well told" from around the world!
With hope,
Team WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival
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The 53rd WorldFest-Houston Announces the BEST Actress/Actor FINAL JURY RESULTS...!
As we begin to move beyond the shadows of the dreadful virus, and although the 53rd WorldFest-Houston International Film & Video Festival has been postponed ... we have carried on with the essential business of the film festival and overseen the adjudication of the Remi Awards from a wonderful slate of amazing films, scripts and excellent performances...!
We "Salute and Congratulate" all of the contenders and we are
now delighted to Announce the Final Results results of this year's WorldFest 53rd International Jury Remi Awards for Best Actor/Actress; Best Supporting Actor/Actress as well as Best Rising Stars ~ Male and Female!
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BEST Supporting Actor ~ Sterling Hurst
Best Supporting Actress~ Cathy Shim "Raising Buchanan" USA
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~ Best Art Direction ~ “Effigy - Poison & the City” Germany Christina v. Ahlefeldt-Laurvig and Knut Splett-Henning
~ Best Cinematography ~ “Dark Harbor” USA Edwin P. Stevens
~ Best Special Effects ~ “Tokyo Offerings Flower” Japan Ryoma Masumoto
~ Best Editing ~ “Raising Buchanan” USA Bruce Dellis, Editor, Writer, Director
~ Best Music Score ~ “Good Game: The Beginning” (Iyi Oyun) Turkey Yasin Vural, Tolga Boyuk, Tufan Aydin, Ekin Eti FFW Creative Istanbul
~ Best Make-up & Special Make-up Effects Design ~ “Tokyo Offerings Flower” Japan Mori Naito, Maki Watanabe, Yuko Minamiya |
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WorldFest grants a posthumous Lifetime Achievement Remi Award to Brian Dennehy
WorldFest is honored to grant a posthumous Lifetime Achievement Remi Award to Brian Dennehy for his long and talented career in motion pictures. In one of his final roles as Del, an aging Korean War Vet in Driveways (USA) directed by Andrew Ahn, he warmly depicts his unexpected friendship (at times gruff but still caring) with a lonely 8 year old boy, Cody, (Lucas Jaye, our own Rising Star Actor 2020), who moves in next door with his single Mom (Hong Chau). Driveways is a heartwarming story which had been selected to be the Official Closing Night Film of WorldFest 2020. Brian Dennehy knew of the WorldFest Lifetime Achievement Award and was hoping to be able to travel and personally accept it, however, it was not to be.
Brian Manion Dennehy (July 9, 1938 – April 15, 2020) was an American actor of stage, television, and film. Dennehy won two Tony Awards, an Olivier Award, and a Golden Globe, and received six Primetime Emmy Award nominations. He had roles in over 180 films and in many television and stage productions. His film roles included Gorky Park (1983), Silverado (1985), Cocoon (1985), F/X (1986), Presumed Innocent (1990), Romeo + Juliet (1996), and Knight of Cups (2015). Dennehy won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film for his role as Willy Loman in the television film Death of a Salesman (2000).
According to Variety, Dennehy was "perhaps the foremost living interpreter" of playwright Eugene O'Neill’s works on stage and screen. He had a decades long relationship with Chicago's Goodman Theatre where much of his O'Neill work originated.He also regularly played Canada's Stratford Festival, especially in works by William Shakespeare and Samuel Beckett. He once gave credit for his award-winning performances to the play's authors: "When you walk with giants, you learn how to take bigger steps." Dennehy was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 2010.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1977 | Looking for Mr. Goodbar | Surgeon | |
| 1977 | Semi-Tough | T.J. Lambert | |
| 1978 | F.I.S.T. | Frank Vasco | |
| 1978 | Foul Play | Fergie | |
| 1979 | Butch and Sundance: The Early Days | O.C. Hanks | |
| 1979 | 10 | Don the Bartender | |
| 1980 | Little Miss Marker | Herbie | |
| 1982 | Split Image | Kevin Stetson | |
| 1982 | First Blood | Sheriff William "Will" Teasle | |
| 1983 | Never Cry Wolf | Rose Little | |
| 1983 | Gorky Park | William Kirwill | |
| 1984 | Finders Keepers | Mayor Frizzoli | |
| 1984 | The River Rat | Doc Cole | |
| 1985 | Cocoon | Walter | |
| 1985 | Silverado | Sheriff Cobb | |
| 1985 | Twice in a Lifetime | Nick | |
| 1986 | F/X | Lt. Leo McCarthy | |
| 1986 | The Check Is in the Mail | Richard Jackson | |
| 1986 | Legal Eagles | C.J. Cavanaugh | |
| 1987 | The Belly of an Architect | Stourley Kracklite | |
| 1987 | Best Seller | Lt. Dennis Meechum | |
| 1988 | The Man from Snowy River II | Harrison | |
| 1988 | Miles from Home | Frank Roberts, Sr. | |
| 1988 | Cocoon: The Return | Walter | Uncredited role |
| 1989 | Indio | Whytaker | |
| 1989 | Seven Minutes [de] | Wagner | |
| 1990 | Blue Heat | Frank Daly | aka The Last of the Finest |
| 1990 | Presumed Innocent | Raymond Horgan | |
| 1991 | In Broad Daylight | Ken McElroy | |
| 1991 | F/X2 | Leo McCarthy | |
| 1992 | Gladiator | Jimmy Horn | |
| 1994 | Jackaboy Blue | Guggles McMillian | |
| 1995 | Tommy Boy | Big Tom Callahan II | |
| 1995 | The Stars Fell on Henrietta | Big Dave McDermot | |
| 1996 | Romeo + Juliet | Ted Montague | |
| 1999 | Out of the Cold | David Bards | |
| 1999 | Silicon Towers | Tom Warner | |
| 2000 | Dish Dogs | Frost | |
| 2001 | Summer Catch | John Schiffner | |
| 2002 | Stolen Summer | Father Kelly | |
| 2002 | Code Yellow: Hospital at Ground Zero | Narrator | |
| 2002 | Drawing First Blood | Himself | Short |
| 2004 | She Hate Me | Chairman Billy Church | |
| 2005 | Assault on Precinct 13 | Jasper O'Shea | |
| 2005 | Tommy Boy: Behind the Laughter | Himself | Short |
| 2005 | 10th and Wolf | Agent Horvath | |
| 2006 | Everyone's Hero | Babe Ruth | Voice |
| 2006 | The Ultimate Gift | Gus | |
| 2007 | Ratatouille | Django | Voice |
| 2007 | Welcome to Paradise | Bobby Brown | |
| 2007 | War Eagle, Arkansas | Pop | |
| 2008 | Cat City | Harold Vogessor | |
| 2008 | Righteous Kill | Lt. Hingus | |
| 2010 | Every Day | Ernie | |
| 2010 | Meet Monica Velour | Pop Pop | |
| 2010 | The Next Three Days | George Brennan | |
| 2010 | Alleged | Clarence Darrow | |
| 2011 | The Big Year | Raymond Harris | |
| 2012 | Twelfth Night | Sir Toby Belch | |
| 2013 | The Challenger | Chairman William Rogers | |
| 2015 | Knight of Cups | Joseph | |
| 2018 | The Seagull | Sorin | |
| 2018 | Tag | Mr. Cilliano, Randy's Father | Uncredited |
| 2018 | The Song of Sway Lake | Hal Sway | |
| 2019 | Driveways | Del | |
| 2019 | Master Maggie[34] | Himself | Short |
| 2019 | 3 Days With Dad | Bob Mills | |
| 2020 | Son of the South | Grandfather | Post-production, Posthumous release |
| TBA | Long Day Journey | Post-production, Posthumous release; Final film role |
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The 53rd 2020 WorldFest-Houston Major Remi Awards!
Sarah Felberbaum as Betty Bottone, "None Like Us", (Nessuno Come Noi ) Best Actress WorldFest 2020
Grand Remi Winner “None Like Us” (Nessuno Come Noi) directed by Volfgango de Biasi, Italy
In what would have been The 15th Annual Panorama Italia at this year’s WorldFest 53rd edition, None Like Us (Nessuno Come Noi) directed by Volfango de Biasi (who had been expected to attend) was awarded Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actress in a triple play ...!
None Like Us is the delectable love story set in Turin, in the 80’s where eternal optimist high school teacher, Betty Bottone (Sarah Felberbaum) comes to search for true love with the handsome cad, University Professor Umberto Fioravanti (Alessandro Preziosi) father to Romeo, (Leonardo Pazzagli) a new & troublesome student in her class. Betty keeps believing that love will ultimately conquer all.
With a talented ensemble cast and a near record number of WorldFest top actor nominations None Like Us won the Grand (Best of Show) in a close race among the following films:
The other Special Jury Awards (SJA) top contenders in Feature Films at WorldFest were:
Asfixia (Mexico) by Kenya Márquez, Bullet Trip (Japan) by Nozomu Kasagi,
Driveways (USA) by Andrew Ahn, Good Game: The Beginning (Turkey) by Umut Aral,
Tokyo Offerings Flower (Japan) by Masaya Kato, The Perfect Patient ~ Quick (Sweden) by Mikael Håfström, Raising Buchanan (USA) by Bruce Dellis,
Out Stealing Horses (Norway ) by Hans Petter Moland and last but not least,
Song of Love (Inner Mongolia) by Peng Jun.
WorldFest 2020 Grand REMI Awards for other Major Categories:
● BEST FILM & VIDEO PRODUCTION ●
LAVENDER
Andrew Ball-Shaw, Director, Writer, UK
● BEST TELEVISION / CABLE / WEB PRODUCTION ●
BACK TO THE MOON
Charles - Antoine de Rouvre / Sophie Bocquillon, Writers
Grand Angle Productions, Merignac, France
● BEST NEW MEDIA ●
MUM’S THE WORD
Colin Scheyen, Toronto, Canada
● BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM & VIDEO ●
PRIVATE VIEW
Theo Lindquist, Director ~ Los Angeles, CA. USA
● BEST SHORT SUBJECT ●
DARLING, DARLING, WENDY
Katherine Sainte Marie, Vista, CA, USA
● BEST STUDENT FILM ● (Tie)
CLARITY
Roy Arwas, Los Angeles, CA, USA
THINGS FALLING APART
Daniel Loepfe, Zurich, Switzerland
● BEST COMMERCIAL ●
NHS - STAY HOME NOW
St. Lukes, London, UK
● BEST MUSIC VIDEO ●
BLACKPINK: “KILL THIS LOVE”
Hyun Seung Seo, Director, YG Entertainment, S. Korea
● BEST SCREENPLAY ●
MEMORIES
Norman Ray Fitts, Houston, TX. USA
The Best International Feature, sponsored by the Russian-American Business Publication, went to BULLET TRIP (Japan) directed by Nozomu Kasagi- When young Shinjuku business man, Noboru, and his girlfriend, Noriko take an unlikely trip of 800 km. nonstop to the port town of Mihonoseki, strange things occur to re-set their life together onto a different track.
The full detailed WorldFest Remi Awards Winners list will soon be available online at www.worldfest.org
Discussions with Cinemark, Westin, Memorial City Mall and other key partners are taking place to plan a possible Autumn unspooling of WorldFest-Houston 53rd Annual Independent International Film Festival. We will keep you updated.
Dates for WorldFest #54 are April 16-25th. 2021.
Entries officially open August 1st, 2020. Main deadline is December 15, 2020. Final Brick-Wall Entry Deadline with late fee penalties is January 15th, 2021.
WorldFest history: WorldFest, founded as an International Film Society in August 1961, became the third competitive international film festival in North America, following San Francisco and New York. WorldFest evolved into a competitive International Film Festival in April 1968 and has a long list of “discovered” film greats such as Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, David Lynch, Ridley Scott, Oliver Stone, Atom Egoyan, Randal Kleiser, Ang Lee, Robert Rodriguez, the Coen Brothers, John Lee Hancock, Randal Kleiser, Francis Ford Coppola and many others from their beginning efforts for film submissions early in their careers. Multi award-winning producer/director, Hunter Todd, founded this film festival to honor all categories of film and video production continuing his long dedication of “Discovery,” spotlighting emerging Independent filmmakers as “the Spielbergs & Ang Lees of tomorrow.”
WorldFest’s mission is to recognize and honor outstanding creative excellence in film & video, validate brilliant abilities and promote future filmmaking in Texas as well as enhance cultural tourism for Houston and environs.
There were more than 4,500 category entries in all film and video categories; only 12-15% of submitted entries placed for WorldFest Remi awards.
There were more than 4,500 category entries in all film and video categories; only 12-15% of submitted entries placed for WorldFest Remi awards.
The WorldFest Remi Award is named for the brilliant artist, Frederic Remington, who captured the Spirit of Texas and the West with his remarkable paintings and sculptures.
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The 54th WorldFest-Houston Intl Film Festival Call for Entries...
The 54th Annual WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival will officially open for entries August 15th! WorldFest offers competition for Shorts, Documentaries, Feature Films, Music Videos, Experimental & Student Films on the Silver Screens of the wonderful Memorial City Cinemark Theatres, with over 1,000 international filmmakers attending the 10-day International Film Festival from 75 Nations!
The year 2020 will go down in history as the strangest year in all our memory! After 53 years, we had to postpone the festival, and we are still trying to find screening dates in late 2020. But with theatres not re-opening, we do not know. Happily, our 10 International Juries managed to finish all their work, and we have been able to send out Remi Awards to winners all over the world! Our awards makers have been closed, so it has been a very slow process getting all the elements! Our Remi Winners have been wonderful in helping with the postage for their awards, as we lost more than $250,000 in VIP Sponsorships! No Festival, No Check!
This is America’s Discovery Film Festival – We’re Fiercely Independent!
Competition in 10 major categories with 200 sub-categories to ensure you are judged with your peers for the chance to win a coveted Remi Award!
Ten great days in April, at the beautiful Memorial City Cinemark Theatres. Here’s a taste of what WorldFest-Houston has waiting for you: see your film on a big screen; network with filmmakers from 75 countries; enjoy the Festival Club every night at our headquarters hotel, the Memorial City Westin/Marriott, parties at the VIP Hotel Zaza, walk the Red Carpet; attend more than 200 new film Premieres; learn at 9 Master Classes on filmmaking, from Drone Photography to using Free NASA stock footage; enjoy the VIP Police Escort Tour of NASA & Rocket Park; treat yourself to some delicious Texas BBQ & Beer as you meet the gregarious Skippers at The Houston Yacht Club/Consular Regatta before taking in the Closing Night Film to wrap up the 2021 Festival!
See the largest survey in North America of New Asian Independent & major studio films with emerging Asian Filmmakers attending our remarkable 7th Annual Panorama Asia, the largest Major Spotlight on Asian Cinema in the film festival world!
Enjoy great new films from Italy in our 16th Annual Panorama Italia, with the Italian Directors in person to intro the film and meet the audience!
All at the 54th WorldFest-Houston Intl Film Festival, April 16-25, 2021.
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The WorldFest Remi Award for "The Songwriter of Botnang" arrived in Germany on the very day of Gerda Herrmann's 89th birthday. Alexander Tuschinski's poignant film about Gerda's childhood during the turbulent time of WWII depicts her love of music and her eventual ability to craft songs which helped her create a life of joy in spite of tragic surroundings.
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Happiest of Holidays from Team WorldFest!
Howdy from Houston!
Our world has been affected like nothing else in our life's history! Many of our staff, including our Director - were hit by the Covid19!! All of us are fine now and adapting to "Pandemic Life"... we hope you and yours are all safe and well...
And our very warmest wishes to you and yours for a Wonderful Christmas, the Happiest of Holidays, Happy Hanukkah, and a Wonderful, Peaceful & Prosperous New Year from all of us at the 54th WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival! The Oldest Indie Film Fest in the World!
You are cordially invited to participate in the upcoming 54th WorldFest-Houston! The Main Online Deadline is only a few days away! Tuesday, December 15th! You may enter via our website or via filmfreeway.com ~ The festival that gave first honors to Spielberg, George Lucas, Ang Lee, the Coen Brothers, Francis Ford Coppola, John Lee Hancock, Gillian Armstrong, Oliver Stone, Guillermo del Toro, Deepa Mehta, David Lynch, Jane Campion, Randal Kleiser, & David Winning - among hundreds of others!
We offer competition in 10 major categories, including Shorts, Features, New Media, Screenplays, Student, Experimental, TV Production, Music Video, TV/Web Commercials, & Film & Video! We screen Remi Winners on big Cinemark Theatre screens, not little hotel meeting rooms. We have a great Festival Club for super networking, 3 HQ Hotels with great rates, the Remi Awards Gala, a VIP Tour of NASA with an official Police Escort and the only film festival in the world with a Regatta & Texas BBQ! You could be the next Spielberg or Ang Lee!
We welcome your entry--so thank you for making our year great. We couldn't have done it without you! (Entries close Dec 15th!) The 54th is April 16-25, 2021, 10 Great Days in April!) There is a Final Late Entry Deadline of January 15th, 2021, (with a Late Fee, natch!) just in case!
Wishing you great Joy, Happiness, Peace, and Health!
A Wonderful Christmas and a Very Bountiful and healthy New Year!
Most Sincerely,
Hunter, Kathleen, Katy, Susan, Elease, Adrienn, Josie, Henry, Brian, Catherine, Manisha, Tom and All of us at Team WorldFest!
(Our special thanks to Jason Leuing for his brilliant CHRISTMAS phpoto!)
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The 54th WorldFest-Houston in just 22 days! Happy Easter Holiday from the team
We wanted to give you a progress report on WorldFest 54! We are running slightly behind due to the Covid19 pandemic!
We hope to complete all jury sessions in the next ten days!
Because of Covid19 restrictions, we have had to cut back the 54th WorldFest-Houston to just 3 1/2 days, but we are premiering 39 new Feature films and around 90 Intl shorts. Remarkably, actual entry totals were UP this year, despite Covid19! This did mean a greater burden on our Intl Juries, however. The USA was first in total entries, then - surprisingly, China was second and then Canadian entries! A total of 76 nations entered! The most in our 54-year history!
We will not be able to have our traditional Remi Awards Dinner due to the Covid19 restrictions. Our Cinemark Theatre is also following Covid19 restrictions, limiting seating to 50%, which means some films can only have 50 viewers! We do have very special rates at our HQ Westin Hotel, near the Cinemark Theatre. We will be sending all filmmakers selected for screening the special hotel discount code! We will announce all Remi Winners on April 22nd, online and in a jpeg file! We will then begin sending all Remi Winners their Remi Awards! Of course, you may order Duplicate Awards for your associates on our website!
We are publishing an Official 54th WorldFest-Houston color program book, which we will send to all Remi Winners that are Selected for Screening! It will also be Online on our website for all the world to see! Last festival, we had more than one million Intl viewers of the program book!
All our best wishes in these very difficult Covid19 Times!
Stay Safe!
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VIDEO Happy Days in Houston, ambiance at Worldfest Houston
The fantastic team behind each Worldfest Houston festival for quite some time! Hunter Todd founded the festival in 1961 and has run each of the 53 editions so far, that makes him the only festival organizer in the world with such a vast experience in running festivals.
Behind each great man you will always find a great woman: here both Kathleen and Katy Lea have proven essential to the success of the festival.
Check our ambiance video : this is what the festival looks like (FUN) when ther is no pandemic around: sheer celebration of indie talent.
This year the festival will run April 16-25, 2021 ina tighter mode, without the traditionnal 5 course gala diner.
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WorldFest 54 Opening Night is two weeks away!
Wonderful WorldFest Film Premiere Schedule!
Opening Night is just two weeks away for WorldFest54 (April 22 - 25, 2021) at Cinemark Memorial City!
We’ll be premiering Houston’s hometown hero Shawn Welling’s exciting thriller NARCO SUB as our official festival opening. Japan's BEAUTIFUL LURE will be kicking off our Panorama Asia section. See below for film details and trailers.
Join us after the movies at the HQ Westin Memorial City with your ticket for a glass of champagne to celebrate! Champagne starts flowing around 9pm. Don't forget your mask or purchase a WorldFest mask!
Remember we will be at 50% capacity at Cinemark so be sure to purchase your tickets early! Plus check our website for full schedule and follow our socials for daily festival updates.
Here's looking at some amazing films at WORLDFEST 54 MINI-FEST!
NARCO SUB by Shawn Welling
(Thursday, April 22, 2021 at 7:05 and 7:10 pm)
Starring: Tom Vera, Tom Sizemore, Lee Majors, Robert LaSardo, Jim Jimenez, Jon Fiore, Jen Barbeito, Alexis Arnold, Sydney Ruddock, Johnny Ray Gibbs, Nick Nicholson, Derek H. Potts, Kolby Listenbee, Blaine Ochoa
Produced by: Derek H. Potts
Synopsis: The Colombian cartel runs a mission through Mexico to deliver cocaine into the United States while holding two young hostages. Their plan is exposed when a former Navy SEAL helps the DEA and Border Patrol rescue the two girls. When the cartel leader hears word of their capture, he plans to kidnap the former Navy man’s family in return for his help with their next shipment. This time in a submarine. It is up to Bruce Stryker to help the cartel deliver their inventory into the United States in order to get his family back.
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BEAUTIFUL LURE: A Modern Tale of "Painted Skin" by Hiroshi Akabane
(Thursday, April 22, 2021 at 7:15 and 7:20 pm)
Starring: Nao Hasegawa, Ryoma Ichihara, Yoshimi Ashikawa, Moro Morooka, Miho Yabe, Ryota Nakanishi, David Ito, Yoshiko Sengen, Aya Sugimoto, Toshiyuki Nagashima
Produced by: Ryuho Okawa, Hisaaki Takeuchi, Icuco Miura, Hidetoshi Momiyama, Yoichi Utebi
Synopsis: Maiko Yamamoto works as a secretary to the vice president of a major bank. With both beauty and wit, she is the target of everybody’s attention and admiration, but she has a hidden side. At night, she works as a hostess at a high-class club in Ginza and looks for men who are worthy of her beauty. One night, finally the man who she has been waiting for comes in. Taro Shiomura is the most hopeful candidate to become the next prime minister of Japan. Taro quickly falls in love with Maiko. All goes well as Maiko’s plan, and preparations for their marriage get steadily underway. However, Taro’s life mentor and the spiritual leader Katsuko Tachibana tells him that Maiko is a youma who is possessed by the nine-tailed fox. Maiko can only satisfy herself by destroying the country with her beauty. Yet Taro struggles because he wants to believe that she has a conscience. On the day of the wedding, what does fate hold for them?
SCREENINGS & EVENT LOCATIONS
Cinemark Memorial City, 310 Memorial City Way
TICKET OPTIONS
Screenings start at $7.50. Festival Passes at $200.
54nd ANNUAL WORLDFEST-HOUSTON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
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- Dates: Thursday, April 22nd through Sunday, April 25, 2021
- Location: Screenings at Cinemark Memorial City, 310 Memorial City Way
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