WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival

WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival
Location	Houston, TX, USA
Founded	April 1968; 56 years ago
Founded by	Hunter Todd
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

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

External links

Official website

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[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.

[:0-3] "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.

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