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WorldFest-Houston Day Two Highlights

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Dear Film Fans! 

 

Opening night was a delightful blur of ballgowns, flashing lights and dazzling debuts from Covid-cocoons. NARCO SUB (USA) fans were glowing with Director Shawn Welling, Producer Derek Potts and Actor Tom Vera in attendance. NARCO SUB was presented a Special Jury Remi Award for Action Adventure.  

 

 

BEAUTIFUL LURE (Japan) opened our special focus on emerging Asian Cinema Panorama Asia directed by Hiroshi Akabane. Not only did this beautiful film win a Special Jury Remi Award for Dramatic Features but was also presented with two other awards - Best Actress (Panorama Asia) was awarded to Nao Hasegawa and won Russian American Magazine's Best International Feature.

 

Day Two has an amazing selection of films from all over the world! What will you watch this evening?  Be sure to reserve your seat through Cinemark online for tickets or by phone or in person for passes! 

 

 

See you at the movies!

 

- Team WorldFest

 

 

 

 

 

Love Thy Neighbor - The Story of Christian Riley Garcia

 

Showing: Friday, 4/23 @ 4:40 pm

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On May 18th of 2018, a gunman opened fire into a classroom at Santa Fe High School. In the midst of panic and terror, Christian Riley Garcia guided others into a closet where he used himself as a barrier against the door. Love Thy Neighbor dives into the darkness that clouded that day, May 18th, the family’s effort to find normality and healing in the wakes of their loss, and tell a story of Riley.

 

DIRECTOR BRANDON SMITH IN ATTENDANCE (SOLD OUT)

 

 

 

 

 

DOWNEAST

Showing: Friday, 4/23 at 4:45 pm

 

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A story of love, loss, and redemption DOWNEAST dives into the oft ignored seedy underbelly of Maine and follows Emma Maddox as she returns to her hometown years following the mysterious death of her brother, Mikey.

 

 

DIRECTOR JOE RAFFA AND ACTORS GREG FINLEY AND DYLAN SILVER IN ATTENDANCE

 

 

 

 

 

Zero Gravity       

Showing: Friday, 4/23 at 7:05 pm

 

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ZERO GRAVITY follows a diverse group of middle-school students from San Jose, CA, who compete in a nationwide tournament sponsored by NASA and MIT to code satellites aboard the International Space Station.

 

DIRECTOR THOMAS VERRETTE IN ATTENDANCE

 

 

 

 

 

Life After You         

Showing: Friday, April 23 at 7:15 pm

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Life After You is a narrative feature film centered around a suburban family’s struggle with the death of their 19-year-old son, following an overdose of heroin that was laced with fentanyl. The film explores the question of who and what is responsible for this tragedy.

 

 

 

 

DIRECTOR SARAH T. SCHWAB, PRODUCER CHARLENE GIANNETTI AND ACTRESS FLORENCIA LOZANO 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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