From the 8th through the 17th, more than 200 New Indie Films from 37 Countries, including 20 Premieres in our new Panorama China! Our new Website, designed by the brilliant creative team at Lopez Negrete Communications is now live! We have be posted film Titles, and Showtimes! You can purchase single tickets and VIP Series Passes Online and we will open and close with Houston Productions! The Opening Night World Premiere is LAST MAN CLUB, Directed by prior Remi Winner Bo Brinkman with Barry Corbin, who will attend the Premiere in person to accept his Remi Lifetime Achievement Award! The films Producer is Houstonian Linda Pandolph. The Opening Night World Premiere of Panorama China is THE COMPACT DENSITY OF STONEDirected By Ping Wang, Beijing, China!
We are closing with HOPE, directed by Houstonian Lakisha Lemons at 7pm on Sunday, the 17th! There are 9 Master Classes in many aspects of film/video production, including the use of Drones in filmmaking and how to obtain amazing free stock footage from NASA! All Master Classes are held at the HQ DoubleTree Hotel in Greenway Plaza with special rates for Filmmakers and Filmbuffs. The Festival Club is located in the HQ Hotel for great networking with more than 600 Intl filmmakers attending. All Premieres at the HQ AMC Studio 30 Dunvale Theater! WorldFest is the only film festival in the Whole Wide World with a VIP Tour of NASA, a Texas BBQ and the annual WorldFest Consular Regatta at the classic Houston Yacht Club on Closing Day! Lots more info at https://worldfest.org
WorldFest gave 1st Honors to Steven Spielberg, Ang Lee, the Coen Brothers, John Lee Hancock, George Lucas, Ridley Scott, Robert Rodriguez, Francis Ford Coppola, Randal Kleiser and hundreds more filmmakers! This years Remi WInners will be the Ang Lee's and Spielberg's of Tomorrow!