FORGET SUNDANCE!
![]() "WorldFest is one of the best conceived festival productions on the planet!" ~ Craig Outhier, film critic, Phoenix press; Tempe Times.
![]() WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival (now in it's 42nd year!) continues with its totally dedicated Independent Film screening format for the upcoming April 16- 25, 2009 unspooling at the flagship AMC Studio 30 Dunvale Theaters. WorldFest will screen just 55-60 feature film and 100 Short Film Premieres, with a complete and absolute emphasis on the American and International Independent feature films and with a continuing annual spotlight on an individual country and its films. WorldFest also offers competition in TV Production, Documentary, Corporate & Business Films, Student & Experimental, TV Commercials, Film & Video Production, Music Videos, New Media (Interactive & Web Sites) and unproduced Screenplays.
![]() WorldFest is one of the oldest and largest film & video competitions in the world, with more than 4,500 category entries received from 37 countries in 2008. Actually WorldFest is 12 Major film & video competitions in one event, unlike Cannes, Sundance and Toronto, which are just 2 competitions for shorts and features only. Because of our 12 major competitions and the 200+ sub-categories, WorldFest does give a lot of awards, but they are both earned and deserved. No awards are given in any category unless the scores from the juries are high enough to place for honors. Overall only 15-20% of the total category entries actually win an award at WorldFest. However, everyone attending the Grand Awards Gala wins an award, as we only invite the actual winners, which makes for a delightful and enjoyable evening, since there are no disappointed "nominees" that do not win anything. Those that do not win an award are informed by email or a personal letter prior to the festival.
![]() WorldFest Artistic and Program Director Kathleen Haney stated, "We feel that it is impossible to properly emphasize individual films when the festival screening schedule is too large. We must consider both our festival audience and our independent filmmakers. A huge slate of 150-300 films cannot possibly do justice to each individual film. Further, it is impossible to see more than 50-60 films (with four shows a day) in a ten-day festival, so it is foolish to program more than that." Haney continued, "We will concentrate on only the very best, selecting new American & Foreign Independent films that truly deserve a premiere at WorldFest. By doing so, we can concentrate on the films and their filmmakers and enable our faithful audience the opportunity to see each and every film!" All 35mm films and Digital entries are screened at the AMC Studio 30 Dunvale Theatres, WorldFest - the Indie Film Festival for the New Millennium!
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By having a small, highly selective schedule of new Indie Short & Feature films, the festival can help the film gain reviews and a distributor, rather than merely act as a preview platform for an upcoming release from a large US distributor. Most of the so-called ‘Independent Films' featured at Sundance are quite frequently fairly large-budget films produced by special "Indie" divisions of the major studios. In fact, the majority of films featured at Sundance and other "Indie" Festivals actually already have their distribution in place. The 120-page WorldFest program book is distributed free of charge to the public, all attending filmmakers, all studios and every major film festival in the world and to every known major film & video distributor in the world. The WorldFest program book has become an invaluable reference document for film acquisition and review.
![]() 42nd WORLDFEST HOUSTON CALL FOR ENTRIES
2009 WorldFest-Houston Remi Awards
International Competition Categories: check online for all category numbers before you fill the form.
The main entry deadline was December 15, 2008, but the Final Brick-Wall (EXCLUSIVE FOR OUR READERS) Deadline is February 28, 2009 for our filmmakers from filmfestivals.com and fest21.com audience and no Late Fee: SAVE $15!
Your Holiday wish shall be granted! ![]() Download the entry form here
use the FEST21 special entry code for the discount.
Award Nominees by 03/31/2009 - We will post nominees on the festival's website!
All entry forms, photos, entry fees and entries should be sent together in the same pack to:
Entry Team WorldFest - 2009
42ND ANNUAL WORLDFEST-HOUSTON
ENTRY COORDINATOR
9898 Bissonnet Street, Suite 650
HOUSTON, TEXAS USA 77036 QUESTIONS? (713) 965-9955 - Fax: (713) 965-9960 or simply email at: mailto:entry@worldfest.org%20
In the USA - Toll Free - (866) 965-9955
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42nd Annual WorldFest