• 48th Annual WorldFest Festival dates are April 10-19, 2015 — 10 Great Days in April!
• Entries officially open on Friday, August 15th, 2014 right here online. We are awaiting your entries and will confirm their receipt! We now accept PayPal for even better payment security. Info on the Entry Form.
• The EarlyBird Discount Deadline has Passed Saturday, November 15th, 2014.
• The MAIN FESTIVAL ENTRY DEADLINE is Online Midnight Monday, December 15th, 2014! (A Enter-By deadline! Entries do not have to reach us until Dec. 31st!)
• Need a later deadline? Simply email us – entry@worldfest.org – And we will check with your Category Jury to see if it is OK!
• FINAL “Brick Wall” Entry Deadline is Saturday, January 31st, 2015 - There is a $15 Late Fee! This is per Entry or Entries (1 or more late entries, $15 total Late Fee), for Late Entries that are entered from DEC 16th through Jan 15th! The entries Must reach us by JAN 31, 2015!
• Jury sessions in all categories will be completed by Sunday, March 15th, 2015.
• Top nominees will be notified as Jury results come around Tuesday, March 31st, 2015.
• Feature and Short Film Screening Schedule will be approx. Tuesday, March 31st, 2015
• Screenplay/Script Awards offer Options, Production Deals & Seminars!

‘INDIE RULES’ FOR FEATURES AND SHORTS ONLY

WorldFest prefers actual premieres! If you have been screened in many other festivals, and won lots of awards, all over the world, our sincere Congratulations, and we do welcome your entries into competition, but Premieres receipt a higher Screening Priority. This is a highly competitive film and video festival with more entries than most other festivals. Our Discovery history includes Spielberg, George Lucas, Francis Ford Coppola, David Lynch, Ang Lee & Spike Lee (no relation), The Coen Brothers, Randal Kleiser, Robert Rodriguez, Brian De Palma, Atom Egoyan, John Lee Hancock, among many others. WorldFest is the oldest Indie Film Festival in the world, and the 3rd oldest International Film Festival in North America (After San Fran & NYC), so we are seeking the newest and the very best!

For Exhibition Screenings we do insist on at least a Texas Premiere. Opening & Closing Nights are to be World Premieres! 
We screen in DVD, USB, DCP & BluRay on big screens in the AMC Theaters. We use 3 big fat cheeky Christie Digital Projectors with 20,000+ Lumens on big 60′ theater screens! You can still win a Remi Award and not be screened to the general public. (We have never screened the Best Medical Film!)

We do not participate in WAB – Without A Box, as we prefer to be “Truly Independent!”