“Save The Date” for WorldFest Houston Film Festival ~2010 April 9-18th
“Save The Date” for WorldFest
Houston Film Festival ~2010
April 9-18th
Why:WorldFest showcases and
celebrates the best and brightest emerging
cinematic talents over 10 action-packed days in April 2010. Film lovers can be
among the first to see and meet the stars and directors of tomorrow at the 43rd
Annual WorldFest-Houston.
Who:WorldFest is one of the longest-running
independent film and video competitions in the world. The 43rd Annual WorldFest-Houston
is scheduled for April 9-18th, 2010.
What:An
annual cinematic competition that publicly screens the top winners selected by
our North American film industry judges.WorldFest audiences get to meet the directors and talent, who made the
cut for these 10 great days in April, 2010.WorldFest-Houston features:
·55
award-winning Indie films
·100 superb short films
·450 Indie filmmakers from around the globe
·6 Master Classes/Film industry seminars
·1 Grand Awards Gala & Cocktail Reception
with the filmmakers
·Closing Day Regatta/Barbecue & VIP
NASA/Space Center Houston Tour
When:Film Festival: Friday April 9 through Sunday
April 18, 2010
Daily
Film screenings: 5:00, 7:00 & 9:00 PM (plus matinees @ 1:00 & 3:00 pm Sat
& Sun)
Film
Industry Seminars: Thursday, Friday and Saturday April 15, 16 and 17 at 10 a.m.
and 2 p.m.
Grand
Finale Regatta and Barbecue: April 18 at 1 p.m. at The Houston Yacht Club.
Where:All films will screen at AMC Studio 30
Dunvale located at 2949 Dunvale in Houston, TX 77063.
Film
industry seminars/ Awards Gala will be held at the Renaissance Hotel, Greenway
Plaza.
Closing
Regatta and Barbecue will be held at the Houston Yacht Club on Galveston Bay.
Ticket Info:Options
start at $7 for a single matinee (films before 6 pm) or $10 per single evening admission
and range upward based on packages that customers purchase. Special group
discounts available on line. Film Buff $100 (11 admissions), Silver Screen $150
(all films for one person), Gold Pass $395 (all films, all seminars for one
person) & ultimate VIP Platinum Pass $500 (all films, all seminars &
Awards Gala & HYC Regatta per person). Check www.worldfest.orgfor details. Tickets will be available
mid-March online and up to theatre- capacity at show time at the Cinema Box Office.
All films, seminars and events are
open to the public. Opening Night Prices ~ $20 per person for Film &
Program book. $30 per person for Film, Program book and Champagne Reception at Renaissance
Hotel after the film
Hotel Info:Special
Festival Room Discounts are available at the WorldFest headquarters hotel, The
Renaissance. Guests should mention “WorldFest” and call 713-629-1200.
Background: WorldFest, founded in 1961, is the third
oldest International film festival in the United States and the oldest
Independent Film Festival in the world. This annual event has evolved into a
competitive Independent International film festival showcasing the rising stars
of tomorrow! WorldFest is managed by Hunter Todd and Kathleen Haney. WorldFest
is produced by a core staff of key individuals, dedicated volunteers, and industry
professionals who make the detailed work of running a world-class international
film festival possible. WorldFest Houston is a non-profit educational and cultural
organization with a 501 (c)-(3) status.
For more
information about WorldFest, its annual competition, and past winners, visit www.worldfest.org.
* THE YOUNGEST SON (IL FIGLIO PIÙ PICCOLO)Pupi &
Antonio Avat i~ ITALY ~An amoral man manhandles his wife and falls into the
claws of a wheeler dealer.Panorama
Italia
BAMBARA WALALLAAthula
LiyanageSRI
LANKA ~After his jailtime for having killed the step-father who raped his
sister, Podi Eka, an uneducated Sri Lankan man goes through many changes in a life
of rags-to-riches. WORLD Premiere
THE BE ALL AND END ALL Bruce Webb- UK ~ A teenage boy from
Liverpool, diagnosed with a fatal illness, tries everything to get his last
wish fulfilled with his best friend’s help.
BERGFEST Florian
Eichinger – GERMANY/UK ~ After 8 years of estrangement from his overbearing
Father, Hannes takes his fiancée to the family mountain hut in the Bavarian
Alps to have her meet him but Hannes must face some bitter truths about his past.N. American Premiere
BONDED PARALLELS Hovhannes
Galstyan- ARMENIA/NORWAY~ The stories of 2 women take place -one in Norway at
the end of World War II, and the other in Soviet Armenia in 1988--become
intertwined.N.
American Premiere
* CHAMELEON Krisztina
Goda - HUNGARY~ Office cleaner, Gabor is actually a slick & irresistible
con-man but he falls for Hanna his latest victim after telling her that as a
Doctor he can cure her.
* THE FROST Ferran
Audi- SPAIN/NORWAY ~ After the accidental death of their only son, Rita and
Alfred feel such remorse that they engage in a fierce fight of mutual
destruction
* GENERAL NIL Ryszard
Bugajski- POLAND ~A reconstruction of the last few years in the life of the top
leaders of the Polish underground Home Army (AK), General Emil 'Nil' Fieldorf.
* DISRUPT / DISMANTLE Jack
Lucarelli - USA ~ Hard realities intertwine when an elite division of L.A.
undercover narcotics cops, Division 123, begins to peel away the layers of a
powerful drug cartel to undermine their manipulative influence.
* FOR THE SAKE OF THE SONG: THE STORY OF ANDERSON FAIR Bruce Bryant HOUSTON,TX ~ For 40 years, legendary
folk & acoustic music venue, Anderson Fair Retail Restaurant, has fostered &
nurtured some of the most important USA performers & songwriters.
* GODFORSAKENJamil Dehlavi – UK~A fallen angel seeks redemption for the
death of a child under his protection. N. American premiere.
* IN/SIGNIFICANT OTHERSJohn Schwert- USA ~ This
multi-narrative drama navigates the different lives of one city's residents, all
connected through the same local homicide investigation.
* LA MISSION Peter Bratt – CA, USA - Reformed inmate & recovering alcoholic, Che
Rivera (Benjamin Bratt) has worked hard to redeem his life & raise his
pride & joy, only son, Jes, whom he has raised on his own after the death
of his wife. Che’s path to redemption is tested, however, when he discovers Jes
is gay
* LOSING YOUIan Clay-USA ~ Jordan, an LA actor, suspects that girlfriend, Cassie,
now in Nashville may have been sexually assaulted, so he drives cross country
with best friend, Calvin, to find her.WORLD Premiere
LOVE LIFE OF A GENTLE COWARD Pavo Marinkovic-CROATIA~Saša is an unsuccessful writer with an
unstable private life who works as a restaurant critic. His life starts to
change when he falls in love with Ines…
* MAYA
Michal Bat-AdamISRAEL ~ Maya, a
struggling actress get the role of a lifetime in a play, but becomes involved
romantically with the director whose notion of her role as the psychiatric
patient is very different from her own. WORLD Premiere
* PASTOR SHEPHERD Edwin Marshall –USA ~ The quirky
tale of a down-on-his-luck freeze-dried-pet-salesman and his journey to become
the first-ever-cyber-evangelist. WORLD Premiere
* POINT OF DEATH Corey
Seymour –USA (Houston) ~ What does a man experience when he's reaching his last
breath…when he's between heaven and hell… WORLD Premiere
SOLITAIREFrancesco Campanini- ITALY ~ After a
three-billion-lire hit and a bloody hold-up, Leo Piazza becomes the sole
survivor of a heist gone bad with the killers drawing ever closer determined to
retrieve their loot from him in an ultimate showdown. N. American Premiere/ Panorama
Italia
* TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: KA SHEN'S JOURNEYDocu-drama
- Brian Jamieson CA, USA - Hong Kong born Eurasian actress, Nancy Kwan,
revisits her past from her early youth in warn-torn China to her compelling
journey to becoming one of Hollywood's first "It" girls from the
Orient.
* OY VEY, MY SON IS GAY! - Romantic comedy - Evgeny Afineevsky
-LA,CA, USA - A romantic comedy about how far we have come and yet how far we
still have to go, when two families must come to terms with their sons love for
each other and their adoption of a baby.
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