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WorldFest-Houston 54 Day Three Features
Highlights for Day Three!
Day three of WorldFest-Houston with friends flying in from all over! We have a wonderful selection of incredible indie films from such far away lands as Bulgaria (SHIBIL), Canada (BONE CAGE), Columbia/Mexico/USA (OKLAHOMA MON AMOUR), Germany (IT's GONNA BE FINE), Japan (PEGASUS), Macao (PATIO OF ILLUSION) and Mexico (LUCINDA URRUSTI. PAINTER). Join us for a marvelous slate of award-winning films tonight and all day tomorrow!
SPECIAL POP UP SCREENING of Special Jury Remi Award Winning film I'VE GOT YOUR 6 by Director Bill Foster at 5pm today in theater 12! Don't miss this beautiful story with cast and crew!
We'll see you at the movies!
-TEAM WORLDFEST
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GET BACK UP
Showing: Saturday, 4/23 at 4:45 pm
Encore: Sunday, 4/25 at 4:45 pm
"The riveting, emotionally charged story of one man's journey from rock stardom to rock bottom, rescued by his faith, the love of a woman, his family and his band mates; it is a story of despair and of hope for all.
DIRECTOR NORRY NIVEN IN ATTENDANCE
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OKLAHOMA MON AMOUR
Showing: Saturday, 4/24 at 4:50 pm
In the mid-nineties while living in Mexico, activists Leam and Fiona Gaertner had two sons: Nico and Sebastián. Political threats prompted the couple's relocation to Oklahoma, where they had a house in the small town of Ava. There, a tragedy ruptured the family, triggering the film's present-day events. In 2016, Nico, now 24, is living in Mexico. The restlessness that consumes him is justified because his brother -who was left behind in Oklahoma with their bitter father, is on his way to Mexico by road, determined to put all the pieces together. The film portrays a ruptured family, the journey of two brothers needing to find their true identity and to unveil buried secrets, all of this tinted by the puzzling closeness between Mexico and the U.S. Filmed in black and white, with a non-traditional structure, the film interacts with current world tensions, also showing a cosmopolitan Mexico City seldom seen in cinema.
DIRECTOR CAROLINA RUEDA IN ATTENDANCE
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SAVING PARADISE
Showing: Saturday, 4/24 at 7:15 pm
SAVING PARADISE is a drama based on a true story about a ruthless corporate raider who is forced to return to his small town roots when he suddenly inherits his father’s nearly bankrupt pencil factory, which is the heart and soul of the depressed community. With the foreclosure deadline looming, he must decide to either let it close or join the community's fight to save it.
DIRECTOR JAY SILVERMAN AND WRITER VAN BILLET IN ATTENDANCE
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VECINOS: LOVE THY NEIGHBOR
Showing: Saturday, April 24 at 9:35 pm
A grouchy widower's life turns upside down when a sweet-natured widow moves down the hall in this heart-warming romantic comedy.
DIRECTOR ALEX AVILA, PRODUCER NELDA PEREZ, AND WRITER RUPERT REYES IN ATTENDANCE
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About WorldFest Houston
Haney Kathleen (WorldFest-Houston Intl Film & Video Festival) Kathleen Haney is the Artistic & Program Director of the 55th Annual WorldFest-Houston. She has been associated with WorldFest since 1983 and has been the Program Director since 1998. She was born in Mexico City, speaks Spanish, English and French and graduated from the Univ. of Houston in 1979 cum laudi.
She has served on several international juries and also directs the WorldFest Screenplay Competition.
Hunter Todd is the Chairman & Founding Director of WorldFest-Houston. A former filmmaker, he produced, directed and shot more than 300 films of all types - from features to TV Commercials, and was awarded 117 Intl Awards. He is a retired USCG/Merchant Marine Captain and still sails as much as possible, including the annual HYC Regatta at WorldFest. Married with a 21 going-on-29 daughter who is attending Mary Baldwin College in Virginia. He has served on the Intl juries of more than 25 festivals, most recently was President of the Intl Jury of the Concorto Intl Film Festival in Italy and The Golden Bell TV Festival in Seoul, Korea...
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