Wonderful WorldFest Film Premiere Schedule!

Opening Night is just two weeks away for WorldFest54 (April 22 - 25, 2021) at Cinemark Memorial City!

We’ll be premiering Houston’s hometown hero Shawn Welling’s exciting thriller NARCO SUB as our official festival opening. Japan's BEAUTIFUL LURE will be kicking off our Panorama Asia section. See below for film details and trailers.

Join us after the movies at the HQ Westin Memorial City with your ticket for a glass of champagne to celebrate! Champagne starts flowing around 9pm. Don't forget your mask or purchase a WorldFest mask!

Remember we will be at 50% capacity at Cinemark so be sure to purchase your tickets early! Plus check our website for full schedule and follow our socials for daily festival updates. 

Here's looking at some amazing films at WORLDFEST 54 MINI-FEST!

NARCO SUB by Shawn Welling

(Thursday, April 22, 2021 at 7:05 and 7:10 pm)
Starring: Tom Vera, Tom Sizemore, Lee Majors, Robert LaSardo, Jim Jimenez, Jon Fiore, Jen Barbeito, Alexis Arnold, Sydney Ruddock, Johnny Ray Gibbs, Nick Nicholson, Derek H. Potts, Kolby Listenbee, Blaine Ochoa
Produced by: Derek H. Potts

Synopsis: The Colombian cartel runs a mission through Mexico to deliver cocaine into the United States while holding two young hostages. Their plan is exposed when a former Navy SEAL helps the DEA and Border Patrol rescue the two girls. When the cartel leader hears word of their capture, he plans to kidnap the former Navy man’s family in return for his help with their next shipment. This time in a submarine. It is up to Bruce Stryker to help the cartel deliver their inventory into the United States in order to get his family back.

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BEAUTIFUL LURE: A Modern Tale of "Painted Skin" by Hiroshi Akabane

(Thursday, April 22, 2021 at 7:15 and 7:20 pm)

Starring: Nao Hasegawa, Ryoma Ichihara, Yoshimi Ashikawa, Moro Morooka, Miho Yabe, Ryota Nakanishi, David Ito, Yoshiko Sengen, Aya Sugimoto, Toshiyuki Nagashima
Produced by: Ryuho Okawa, Hisaaki Takeuchi, Icuco Miura, Hidetoshi Momiyama, Yoichi Utebi

Synopsis: Maiko Yamamoto works as a secretary to the vice president of a major bank. With both beauty and wit, she is the target of everybody’s attention and admiration, but she has a hidden side. At night, she works as a hostess at a high-class club in Ginza and looks for men who are worthy of her beauty. One night, finally the man who she has been waiting for comes in. Taro Shiomura is the most hopeful candidate to become the next prime minister of Japan. Taro quickly falls in love with Maiko. All goes well as Maiko’s plan, and preparations for their marriage get steadily underway. However, Taro’s life mentor and the spiritual leader Katsuko Tachibana tells him that Maiko is a youma who is possessed by the nine-tailed fox. Maiko can only satisfy herself by destroying the country with her beauty. Yet Taro struggles because he wants to believe that she has a conscience. On the day of the wedding, what does fate hold for them?

SCREENINGS & EVENT LOCATIONS

Cinemark Memorial City, 310 Memorial City Way

TICKET OPTIONS

Screenings start at $7.50. Festival Passes at $200.

54nd ANNUAL WORLDFEST-HOUSTON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

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  • Dates: Thursday, April 22nd through Sunday, April 25, 2021
  • Location: Screenings at Cinemark Memorial City, 310 Memorial City Way