WorldFest Houston - International Film Festival
You are cordially invited to be part of the upcoming 55th Annual WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival - the oldest Independent Film Festival in the whole wide world! WorldFest gave first awards to giants of the film industry, including Spielberg, Lucas, Ang Lee, the Coen Brothers, Ridley Scott, John Lee Hancock, Brian de Palma, Randal Kleiser, Oliver Stone, David Lynch and literally hundreds more! With more than 4,581 category entries received from 74 nations in 2021, WorldFest contains 10 Major film & video competitions in one event, unlike Cannes, Sundance and Toronto, which are just 2 competitions for shorts and features only. This year, entries will be showcased at Cinemark Memorial City from April 20th through April 24th.
WorldFest was founded over 60 years ago as Cinema Arts, an International Film Society in August, 1961. WorldFest became the third competitive international film festival in North America, following San Francisco and New York. WorldFest is the oldest Independent Film & Video Festival in the world. It evolved into a competitive International Film Festival in April, 1968.
The mission/vision statement of WorldFest is to recognize and honor outstanding creative excellence in film & video, to validate brilliant abilities and to promote cultural tourism for Houston, to develop film production in the region and to add to the rich cultural fabric of the city of Houston. All members of the WorldFest staff are filmmakers.
For more information, visit the World Fest Houston website.
