WorldFest Houston International Film and Video Festival
WHIFF
WorldFest Houston offers Intl competition in many categories, to include Short Films, Features, Student, Experimental, Music Video, Documentary, New Media, TV Commercials, TV Production and Screenplays. Remi Awards and cash grants are made to winning films. All selected films receive support with complimentary VIP Festival Passes, special room discounts and more. The Remi Award is named after the great western Artist Frederick Remington, who captured the spirit of Texas and the American West.
39th edition
2006 | 21 - 30 April
Platinum Remi - Cel Animation
La Leyenda del Espantapajaros
The Legend of the Scarecrow
Spain | Mar 2005 | 11:00
Director: Marco Besas
10
Platinum Remi - Animation
7
Platinum Remi - Computer Animation
6
Platinum Remi - Romantic Comedy
5
Platinum Remi - Original Dramatic
11
Platinum Remi - Suspense/Thriller
5
Azadi
Australia | 2005 | 20:00
Director: Anthony Maras
An Afghan father and his young son flee the violent street of Kabul only to encounter another type of persecution upon arrival in Australia.
2
Big Girl
Canada | 2005 | 14:00
Director: Renuka Jeyapalan
Nine-year-old Josephine is resentful of her mother's love life. When Mom's new boyfriend catches Josephine's cold shoulder, a bittersweet battle of wi...
5
Diez Minutos
Ten Minutes
Spain | Jan 2004 | 16:00
Director: Alberto Ruiz Rojo
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2
El Corazón Delator
The Tell Tale Heart
Luxembourg | 2005 | 9:45
Director: Raúl García
One of Edgar Allan Poe’s most famous stories, "The Tell Tale Heart" is a psychological portrait of a murderer who loses his mind because he keeps hear...
6
The Fan and the Flower
United States | 2005 | 7:10
Director: Bill Plympton
An ill fated and unconsummated romance between a fan and a flower magically creates a fairy tale ending.
7
Hiro
Canada | 2005 | 19:58
Director: Matthew Swanson
After a chance encounter with a young girl, a shy Japanese insect collector finds himself thrust into a wild chase to recover a stolen beetle.
5
In The Tradition of My Family
United States | Mar 2006 | 14:43
Director: Todd Davis
Billy wants a better scar than the one his father gave him.
7
La Leyenda del Espantapajaros
The Legend of the Scarecrow
Spain | Mar 2005 | 11:00
Director: Marco Besas
The life of a scarecrow changes radically when he decides to become friends with the birds
10
Lucky
United Kingdom | 2005 | 20:00
Director: Avie Luthra
Lucky is a South African AIDS orphan who learns about life through an unlikely bond with a racist Indian woman.
11
Short film types screened
Fiction / Live action Animation Documentary
Experimental Music videoCompetition and rewards
International competition
No cash awards No screening fees
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