“Save The Date” for WorldFest Houston Film Festival ~2010 April 9-18th

Hunter Todd — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:00:00 GMT

“Save The Date” for WorldFest Houston Film Festival ~2010

April 9-18^th

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 43^rd Annual WorldFest-Houston.

Who: WorldFest is one of the longest-running independent film and video competitions in the world. The 43^rd Annual WorldFest-Houston is scheduled for April 9-18^th, 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.org for 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.

Media Contacts:

Alexa Gabillard 713-965-9955 features@worldfest.org

Kathleen Haney, 713-965-9955, kathleen@worldfest.org

WORLDFEST-HOUSTON 2010 ~ First Titles

* 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 WALALLA Athula Liyanage SRI 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.

* GODFORSAKEN Jamil Dehlavi – UK~ A fallen angel seeks redemption for the death of a child under his protection. N. American premiere.

* IN/SIGNIFICANT OTHERS John 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 YOU Ian 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-Adam ISRAEL ~ 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

SOLITAIRE Francesco 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 JOURNEY Docu-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.

* Director is planning to attend WorldFest

12-Mar-10 10:00 AM

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“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.

April 9-18^th

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 43^rd Annual WorldFest-Houston.

Who: WorldFest is one of the longest-running independent film and video competitions in the world. The 43^rd Annual WorldFest-Houston is scheduled for April 9-18^th, 2010.