WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival

WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival

Location	Houston, TX, USA
Founded	April 1968; 56 years ago (1968-04)
Founded by	Hunter Todd[1]
Awards	Remi Award
Website	worldfest.org

The WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival, founded in 1968, is an annual film festival held annually in April in Houston, Texas.[2] Notable festival alumni include John Lee Hancock, who wrote and directed the Oscar-winning film The Blind Side, as well as Steven Spielberg, Randal Kleiser, Ang Lee and David Winning.[3]

Competition categories

WorldFest bestows awards in 10 major film and video categories as well as 200+ sub-categories.^[citation needed]

• Independent Shorts
• Independent Experimental Films & Videos
• Independent Theatrical Features
• Independent Study Films & Videos
• Television and Cable Production
• TV Commercials / Public Service Announcements
• Film & Video Production
• Screenplays
• Music Videos
• New Media (including websites and 3D productions)

Awards

The award given at the Worldfest-Houston is called the Remi. The Remi Award is named after painter/illustrator Frederic Remington.[4]

One Grand Remi is awarded to the top winner in each of the major competition categories.

• Grand Remi

Within each competition category, there are multiple sub-categories. The following are awarded in each sub-categories:

• Special Jury Award
• Platinum Remi
• Gold Remi
• Silver Remi
• Bronze Remi

References

1. Darling, Cary (2018-01-22). "WorldFest Houston film festival lands a new home". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2019-03-12.
2. Lang, Katricia (2017-04-25). "WorldFest-Houston Celebrates 50 Years of the Best in Video, Film and Commercials". Houston Press. Retrieved 2019-03-12.
3. "After 50 Years, Houston's WorldFest Film Festival Continues to Launch Rising Hollywood Stars". Houstonia. Retrieved 2019-03-12.
4. "2015 Remi Winners - Worldfest-Houston". Worldfest-Houston. Retrieved 2020-04-11.

External links

• Official website