The MAIN ENTRY DEADLINE is December 15th, 2013
THE FINAL "BRICK-WALL" DEADLINE is: JANUARY 31st, 2013 - ENTRIES MUST REACH US BY THEN! We now accept PayPal for even greater payment security. The secure PayPal payment address is - entry@worldfest.org
The 47th Annual WorldFest-Houston - April 4-13, 2014
Ten Great Days in April!
“Before there was Sundance or SXSW, Before there was Toronto or Tribeca, there was WorldFest!”
The 46th Annual WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival continues its totally dedicated Independent Film screening format for the upcoming April 4-13, 2014 unspooling.
WorldFest will screen just 50-60 feature film premieres, with a total and absolute emphasis on the American and International Independent feature films and a continuing annual spotlight on award-winning short films and documentary films. Entry forms & complete entry information are on our website (www.worldfest.org) – Click on Enter Film Festival, then on History, FAQ, Categories, Entry Form… The Main Entry Deadline is Saturday, December 15th, 2013 – A Mail-By Ship-By Deadline! Entries do not have to arrive by this deadline.
WorldFest Artistic and Program Director, Kathleen Haney, stated, “We are fiercely dedicated to the Indie Feature and Short Film and look for a quality selection of individual films to maintain a smaller, yet effective program rather than an overly large and unwieldy slate of 150-300 films. Haney continued, “For the 2014 WorldFest we continue to use ‘A good story, well told’ as our time-tested approach to film selection”. (For complete winner info from the past 2013 WorldFest, go to – http://www.worldfest.org – click on View the 2013 Remi Winners).
After he received the WorldFest Grand Remi Award, Ridley Scott commented “WorldFest is in the business of validating excellence!” The mission of WorldFest is to recognize and validate creative excellence in film & video production in every facet and category of filmmaking. Many filmmakers report that a Remi Award from WorldFest opens doors to advance their careers.
WorldFest will continue with its annual Short Film Showcase, a special review of 100 new short and student films...from the festival that gave first top honors to Spielberg, Lucas, The Coen Brothers, Ridley Scott, Robert Rodriguez, Spike Lee, Gavin Hood, John Lee Hancock, Michael Cimino, Leslie Linka Glatter, Oliver Stone, Ang Lee, Atom Egoyan and David Lynch, among many others! Few other festivals have such a “Discovery” track record. WorldFest has emerged as the oldest continuous film festival management in the world with the same executive director, serving for 46 consecutive years. A few other festivals are older, but they have had as many as ten different directors. It is the oldest film festival in The South, and the 3rd oldest International Film/Video Festival in North America, after San Francisco & NYC.