WorldFest-Houston 54th announces Major Award Winners

WorldFest-Houston Remi Awards

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.

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.

BEST ACTRESS / Panorama Asia ~ NAO HASEGAWA

"BEAUTIFUL LURE" ALSO WINS SPECIAL JURY AWARD ~ WRITER / RYUHO OKAWA AND BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, KOICHI KIMURA.

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LIFE AFTER YOU Director Sara T. Schwab, Producer Charlene Giannetti & Best Actress & co-Writer, Florencia Lozano

DOWNEAST guests, Greg Finley, Dylan Silver and Director Joe Raffa at the Cinemark Memorial City

WorldFest 2021 Grand REMI Awards for other Major Categories:

● BEST THEATRICAL FILM PRODUCTION ●

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Luís Ismael, Director, Portugal

● BEST FILM & VIDEO PRODUCTION ●

TECHNO FOSSIL (ANTHROPOCENE EP.2)

Pyeongsoon Choi, Director, South Korea

● BEST TELEVISION / CABLE / WEB PRODUCTION ●

SCIENCE OF COOKING

Hooyoung Jang, Director, South Korea

● BEST NEW MEDIA ●
BONEYARD BALLET

Steven Holleran, Director USA

● BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM & VIDEO ●
SINCE YESTERDAY

Alexander Bradley, Director, UK

● BEST SHORT SUBJECT ●
MONSTRUS CIRCUS

Jordan Inconstant, Director, France

● BEST STUDENT FILM ●

MATTER OF TIME

Yang Liu, USA/CHINA

● BEST COMMERCIAL ●

MATCH.COM “2020 LOVE STORY”

Ryan Reynolds, Director, USA

● BEST MUSIC VIDEO ●
BEYONCÉ “BROWN SKIN GIRL”

Beyoncé and Jenn Nkiru, Directors, USA/UK

● BEST SCREENPLAY ●
LAND OF RAINBOW

Mahmoud Salimi, USA

The Best International Feature, sponsored by the Russian-American Business Publication, went to BEAUTIFUL LURE (Japan) directed by Hiroshi Akabane

The full detailed WorldFest Remi Awards Winners list is also available online at www.worldfest.org

Dates for WorldFest 55 are April 22-25, 2022.

Entries officially open August 1, 2021. Main deadline is December 15, 2021. Final Brick-Wall Entry Deadline with late fee penalties is January 15, 2022.

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.”

Team WorldFest thanks you for your help in making this crazy year a success!

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WorldFest-Houston will be sure to have our Signature Closing Day event The Houston Yacht Club / Consular Regatta & Texas Barbecue back for the 2022 edition. We will be delighted to Welcome y'all "Back on Board!"