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Jury Selections for Short & Feature Films is nearing the final stage for the 51st WorldFest! Remi Winners will begin receiving Award notices over the next 10-14 days and beyond! The International Juries hope to complete all reviews by mid- March.
Starting with its 51st continuous showing, a new home has been selected for the WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival: Memorial City-Houston’s Cinemark Theatres!
The Cinemark Memorial City Theatre is a state-of-the-art complex with 16 auditoriums featuring Luxury Lounger seating. Cinemark Luxury Loungers are electric-powered, plush, oversize lounge chairs with footrests and cup holders. All auditoriums have 4K digital projection powered by Barco projectors and enhanced sound systems that will enable guests to hear the movies as the filmmakers intended.
WorldFest began in August 1961, as an International Film Society, screening Independent, foreign & art films. It became an officially competitive International Film Festival seven years later, in April 1968, and has been in continuous operation ever since. It is one of the original three film festivals in North America, with San Francisco and New York as the first two events. Following WorldFest were Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Seattle, Sundance and SXSW, Toronto and Tribeca.
WorldFest Artistic and Program Director, Kathleen Haney also stated: “We are looking forward to this wonderful new partnership with Cinemark, both for our international filmmakers and our Houston audiences. They will now enjoy a luxurious cinema feel combined with the caring and professional staff at the Cinemark 16 at Memorial City Mall.” Haney continued, “WorldFest will continue to bring the best independent international films along with their directors to Houston and now to Memorial City! This move marks an exciting shift for WorldFest to include sight, sound and feel in our festival for the ultimate cinematic experience.”
The 51st Annual WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival will present two ongoing Panoramas: The 13th Annual Panorama Italia, co-sponsored by The Italian Cultural Institute and The Italian Consulate in Houston as well as the 4th Annual Panorama China, a comprehensive survey of modern Chinese cinema from both independent and major studios from China. WorldFest will also continue the annual Short Film Showcase, a special review of more than 100 new and award winning shorts and student films, from the festival that gave first top honors to Spielberg, Lucas, The Coen Brothers, Ridley Scott, Robert Rodriguez, Spike Lee, Gavin Hood, John Lee Hancock, Michael Cimino, Steven Poster, Oliver Stone, Ang Lee, Atom Egoyan and David Lynch among many others. More than 1,000 International filmmakers from 74 countries are expected to attend during the ten-day festival.
WorldFest-Houston is sponsored by Memorial City Mall, Cinemark Theatres, Boxer Property, Lopez Negrete Communications, the State of Texas, the City of Houston, Eastman Kodak, the Texas Film Commission, Masterpiece International, The Universal Film & Festival Organization (UFFO), Cottonwood Financial, the Brown Foundation, InkTip, Avis/Budget, Regent University and the Houston Arts Alliance (HAA).
Dates for the 51st Annual WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival are April 20-29, 2018. https://www.worldfest.org ~ For additional VIP Pass and Single Ticket information, call 713-965-9955 or e-mail - attend@worldfest.org.
