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41st WorldFest International Independent
Film Festival
April 11-20, 2008

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Festival Schedule April 2008
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Saturday - April 19, 2008
 
FEATURES

1:00 pm
Theatre A

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1:00 pm
Theatre B

DIGITAL REMI AWARD WINNING INTERNATIONAL SHORTS - Digital Remi Award Winning Shorts - Page down to see the full list.

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1:00 pm
Theatre C

35mm Remi Award Winning Shorts - Page down to see the full list.

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3:00 pm
Theatre A

35mm Remi Award Winning Short Films - Page down to see the full list.

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3:00 pm
Theatre B

Digital Remi Award Winning Short Films - Page down to see the full list.

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3:00 pm
Theatre C

DEATH GAME - (Encore Screening) - MENAHEM GOLEN - USA / BELLARUSSE - A promising young basketball player is drawn into the violent world of drugs, high stakes and corruption as he is about to go pro. 90 minutes - 35mm

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5:00 pm
Theatre A

TrailerONE NIGHT (UNA NOTTE) (PANORAMA ITALIA) (Encore Screening) - TONY D'ANGELO - When a common friend dies, a group of young Italians go out to celebrate his life, five lost souls with one philosophical taxi cab driver. 91 minutes

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5:00 pm
Theatre B

SAVING LUNA - SUZANNE CHISHOLM & MICHAEL PARFIT - CANADA - A young Orca whale is separated from his pod-family and soon begins to make friendly overtures to the logmining camps along the fiords of western Canada. 92 minutes

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5:00 pm
Theatre C

LABOU (FAMILY/CHILDRENS FILM) - GREG ARONOWITZ - LOUISIANA, USA - Three unlikely young friends set out on a journey to find the dreaded Ghost of Captain LaRouge, whose treasure-laden ship was lost in the Louisiana bayou over 200 years ago. What they find is an adventure beyond their wildest dreams, and the magical swamp creature Labou, whose whistles are rumored to be the original inspiration for jazz. 95 minutes- 35mm

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7:15 pm
Theatre A

NIGHT OF THE SHOOTING STAR (PANORAMA ITALIA) - PAOLO & VITTORIO TAVIANI - ITALY - Rosanna tells her children the story of her village of San Lorenzo in 1944 when they flee from the Nazis rumoured to coming to blow-up their town with the American close behind them to liberate them. 105 minutes - Retrospect Italia - 35mm

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7:15 pm
Theatre B

GEETA IN PARADISE - BENNY MATTHEWS - TEXAS/USA - Geeta, a dreamer, Mom, and wanabee star goes to extreme lengths with the aid of her best friend and kidnaps a famous Indian film director amidst much comedic mayhem but perhaps dreams can come true. 88 minutes - 35mm

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7:15 pm
Theatre C

TrailerTHIS BEAUTIFUL CITY (Encore Screening) - ED GASS-DONNELY - CANADA - Five separate lives are interwoven at critical junctures at a high rise condo in Toronto's mixed West end neighborhood. 87 minutes - 35mm

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9:30 pm
Theatre A

IMMENSITY OF JUSTICE - (Encore Screening) - WIESLAW SANIEWSKI - POLAND - A famous Polish defense lawyer tells his best friend's son of a tragic case of injustice involving a murdered TV journalist and her lover who was sent to jail without evidence. 127 minutes - 35mm

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9:30 pm
Theatre B

TrailerGREETINGS FROM THE SHORE - GREG CHWERCHAK- USA - After her father's death, a young college bound girl heads to the Jersey Shore for one last summer but encounters a mysterious world of Russian sailor, high-stakes gambling and unexpected love. 118 minutes - Digital

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9:30 pm
Theatre C

THE ANTE (Encore Screening) - MAX PERRIER - CANADA - Down-on-his luck, Sam Bailey take a wrong run and winds up lost at a remote farm where a psychotic housewife frames him for murder. 82 minutes - 35mm

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SHORTS

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1:00 pm

D
igital Shorts

Total Time:
93 min

DRAMATIC SHORT FILM PROGRAM
Yard of Blondes -
USA - Sergio Bastini
The Spark -
Canada - Gabrielle Nadeau
Marla -
Germany - Marta Malowanczyk
Anybody -
USA - David Franklin
Kinds of People -
USA - Ryan Ashton

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1:00 pm

35mm Shorts

Total Time:
80 min

COMEDY SHORTS PROGRAM
The Bumblebee Man -
Canada - Ryan Cavan & Alex Heaslip
Legend of The Slow Man
(La Leyenda del Hombre Lento) - Spain - Armando Del Rio
Difficult Loves -
Spain - Marios Garefos
Lavatory - Lovestory -
Russia - Konstantin Bronzit
Tickets Please (Boletos Por Favor) -
Spain - Lucas Figueroa
Before and After Kissing Maria -
Spain - Ramon Alos

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3:00 pm

Digital Shorts

Total Time:
98 min

DRAMATIC SHORT FILM PROGRAM
The Drummer -
USA - Bill Block
Alicja Wonderland -
Spain - Martin Gauvrean
The Parabolic Disk (La Parabolica) -
Spain - Xavi Sala
Breast Pump & Blender -
USA - Elizabeth Gorcey
Shadow Train -
Germany - Klaus Koermann
Spike Up -
Australia - Anthony Maras

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3:00 pm

Digital Shorts

Total Time:
73 min

COMEDY SHORT FILM PROGRAM
Burgeon and Fade -
Canada - Audrey Cummings
Demption -
USA - Jason Neudecker
The Mirror (El Espijo) -
Spain - Lili Cabrera & Valerio Veneras
Enfants Terrible -
USA - Terry Nemeroff
Speak Softly (Hablame Bajito) -
Spain - Fernando Merinero
By Night (Nachts Das Leben) -
Germany - Julia Schwartz

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WORLDFEST PRODUCTION SEMINARS - Saturday, 19 April 2008

The Renaissance Hotel - Lower level meeting rooms
6 Greenway Plaza
Houston, TX
Check Festival Registration Desk for the location of the meeting room.

10:00 am

Screenplays & Script Protocol - a look into the business of writing and selling your screenplay.
Jon Scheide, multi award-winning Hollywood director & writer.

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2:00 pm

Directing the Indie Film
A Special Panel of selected filmmakers whose films are premiering at WorldFest Houston. They will offer in depth knowledge about the gritty realities of independent filmmaking. Moderated by International award winning Canadian/USA director, producer, and writer - David Winning. (Something Beneath, Swamp Devil, Blood Ties and more)

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