WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival

The WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival, founded in 1968, is an annual film festival held annually in April in Houston, Texas.^[2] Notable festival alumni include John Lee Hancock, who wrote and directed the Oscar-winning film The Blind Side, as well as Steven Spielberg, Randal Kleiser, Ang Lee and David Winning.^[3]

WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival

Location	Houston, TX, USA
Founded	April 1968; 57 years ago (1968-04)
Founded by	Hunter Todd[1]
Awards	Remi Award
Website	worldfest.org

Competition categories

WorldFest bestows awards in 10 major film and video categories as well as 200+ sub-categories.^{[citation needed]}

• Independent Shorts
• Independent Experimental Films & Videos
• Independent Theatrical Features
• Independent Study Films & Videos
• Television and Cable Production
• TV Commercials / Public Service Announcements
• Film & Video Production
• Screenplays
• Music Videos
• New Media (including websites and 3D productions)

Awards

The award given at the Worldfest-Houston is called the Remi. The Remi Award is named after painter/illustrator Frederic Remington.^[4]

One Grand Remi is awarded to the top winner in each of the major competition categories.

• Grand Remi

Within each competition category, there are multiple sub-categories. The following are awarded in each sub-categories:

• Special Jury Award
• Platinum Remi
• Gold Remi
• Silver Remi
• Bronze Remi