WorldFest News: 06/23/2008

ENTRIES OPEN FOR THE 42nd Annual WorldFest-Houston on August 15, 2008. The Main Entry Deadline is December 15, 2008. The 42nd Annual WorldFest-Houston Dates are 16-25 April 2009.

FEATURE, SHORT & ALL CATEGORY REMI WINNERS ARE NOW POSTED FOR THE 2008 - 41st ANNUAL WORLDFEST-HOUSTON! (click here)

JOIN THE HOUSTON FILM SOCIETY - RECEIVE FREE PREMIERE PASSES TO NEW FILMS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR! CLICK HERE!

ENTRIES FOR 2009 OPEN AUGUST 15TH.
4 EASY STEPS TO ENTER:
1. CLICK ABOVE ON THE GREY BAR - ON ENTER FILM FESTIVAL.
2. CLICK ON THE FAQ.
3. CLICK ON CATEGORIES.
4. CLICK ON ENTRY FORMS.
... FILL IT OUT, SEND IT IN!

... QUICK & EASY TO ENTER!

WorldFest Major Grand Remi's Announced: WORLDFEST – 2008 GRAND REMI AWARDS - All Awards now posted!

THEATRICAL FEATURE FILM REMI AWARDS
• BEST OF SHOW •
“ BEFORE THE RAINS”
DIRECTOR: SANTOSH SAVAN
PRODUCER: ASHOK RAO - INDIA

TELEVISION & CABLE REMI AWARDS
• BEST OF SHOW •
“ EXTRATERRESTRIAL”
NATALIYA GEROVSKA, DIRECTOR
STAR MEDIA - RUSSIA

FILM & VIDEO REMI AWARDS
• BEST OF SHOW •
“ STOP THE AERIAL HUNTING OF WOLVES IN ALASKA”
BOB BURNETT, DIRECTOR - GVI - USA

SHORT FILM & VIDEO REMI AWARDS
• BEST OF SHOW •
“ THE DRUMMER”
BILL BLOCK, DIRECTOR - NEW YORK, USA

NEW MEDIA - WEBSITE REMI AWARDS
• BEST OF SHOW •
“CREATIVE CAPERS ENTERTAINMENT WEBSITE"
MARGOT HALE, CREATIVE CAPERS - USA

TELEVISION COMMERCIAL REMI AWARDS
• BEST OF SHOW •
“ GUINNESS - AT LAST”
MAX GUTIERREZ, DIRECTOR - NEW YORK, USA

EXPERIMENTAL FILM & VIDEO REMI AWARDS
• BEST OF SHOW •
“ LONG PATH OF STONE”
PABLO MILLAN, DIRECTOR - SPAIN

SCREENPLAY REMI AWARDS
• BEST OF SHOW •
(NO GRAND REMI WAS AWARDED)

MUSIC VIDEO REMI AWARDS
• BEST OF SHOW •
“ MIXED UP S.O.B. ”
WEIRD AL JANKOVIC, DIRECTOR - USA

STUDENT FILM & VIDEO REMI AWARDS
• BEST OF SHOW •
“ NACHTS DAS LEIBEN (BY NIGHT) ”
JULIA SCHWARTZ, DIRECTOR - GERMANY

FEATURE FILM & VIDEO REMI AWARDS
• BEST NEW DIRECTOR •
“ WHITE ANGEL”
MAHSUN KIRMIZIGÜL, DIRECTOR - TURKEY

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM - VISION AWARD
“ WHITE ANGEL”
MAHSUN KIRMIZIGUÜL, DIRECTOR - TURKEY

(All other Remi Awards are now posted under 2008 Remi Awards in EXCEL - To order Duplicate Awards - click here!)

WorldFest News: 04/24/2007
Special Encore Show of HOUSE OF DREAMS at 7:10pm this Sunday, 29 April at the AMC Studio 30! Tickets are now on sale on-line!

WorldFest News: 04/23/2007
Charles Durning receives the WorldFest Lifetime Achievement Award to a standing-room-only crowd, gets two standing ovations! THE WAITER is totally sold out!
WorldFest announces new PRODUCERS SEMINAR on Friday, April 27th at 2pm in The Renaissance Hotel Meeting Rooms. This is a panel of experienced Independent Film Producers that will review the complexities of producing and distributing the Indie Film.

WorldFest News: 04/18/2007
The 40th Annual WorldFest is Ready To Roll! - 58 new Intl Indie Feature Films, 68 new Intl Indie Short Films - 500+ intl directors! We are honoring the country of Italy with 3 new Italian Films and 3 Classic Restrospects, including The Bicycle Thief! All Shows are open to the general public! Meet the Directors and the actors! Come to the WorldFest Festival Club and have a glass of wine on us! Just go to The Lodge at Bayou Bend and tell them you are a WorldFest fan!

WorldFest News: 03/30
WorldFest is now streaming trailers! View our Schedule!

03/27
We are now posting just the Short Films and Feature Films that are selected for screening. You may still win a Remi Award and not be shown to the general public. We have begun informing all Remi Nominees via email over the next few days. We expect the TV, Film & Video and other categories to close in the next few days. We will also inform you of the results, either way! ... we are posting the title, filmmaker and genre.

03/23
Howdy from Houston! Welcome to the award-winning WorldFest website!
The 2007 WorldFest Feature Film Schedule is now on-line! Short Films are still being selected. All other competition categories are in the final judging phase and will be posted soon. Personal emails and letters are being sent over the next three weeks. Click below to see the Final Feature & Initial Short Film Premiere Selections. (Please do not call us about your film if you do not see it listed, as we are hard at work and it will just slow us down!)
The 40th Annual WorldFest Short & Feature Film Premiere List for 2007: Subject to constant revision! Click Here to see the list -

"Before there was Sundance or SXSW, before there was Toronto or Tribeca, there was WorldFest!"

The festival that gave first honors to Spielberg, Lucas, Ang Lee, Ridley Scott, David Lynch, The Coen Brothers, Brian De Palma and Atom Egoyan!

The complete past 2006 Remi Award Winners List for all competition categories is posted!

The past 39th Annual WorldFest-Houston was a remarkable ten days! Over 550 International Filmmakers attended, many premieres were sold out! The Remi Awards Gala Dinner was sold out! The HYC Festival Regatta was a wonderful event, with clear blue skies, low humidity and racing breezes! Dates for the 40th Annual WorldFest-Houston are: April 20-29, 2007. Entries are now closed! -

For the past 2006 WorldFest: 55 New Indie Features, 96 International Shorts, 550+ Intl Directors! Our schedule has posted complete details: Titles, Showtimes, Synopsis, Director, Country of origin and a click-thru for Short Films and Feature Film Trailers for 2006! The Color 2006 Program Book is now on-line to read and print-out!

Short and Feature Film selections are now posted. Click above on WorldFest Remi Winners. The list is Alphabetical.

For our 40th Festival, WorldFest will stream trailers and clips for all Feature films, all Short Films and five Remi Nominees in each category! This is done only with the filmmakers full permission. Our streaming technology cannot be downloaded. There were more than 350,000 viewers of our 2006 Shorts & Feature Film Trailers!

We have posted pix of the 2005 Fest, Awards Gala & HYC Regatta!
Click here for the 2005 Awards Gala Photos!
Click here for the HYC Regatta Photos!