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Dear Familia de Film,
Five fantastic days of film featuring friends flying in from all over! We are honored to present these up and coming indie filmmakers to our great city - YEE HAW! Today we load our attending filmmakers on a bus and take them to NASA to get a taste of what makes Houston so special. For our audiences, there's still lots to see! Come on out to Cinemark Memorial City to celebrate creative excellence with us in our final offering of #WorldFest55. Full film details below.
Roll 'em! 11 AM Film
HARPER (USA) Dir. Kate Bohan (ENCORE)
1 PM Films SORRY, I FORGIVE YOU (China) Xiaofeng Long Family Shorts* WAR ON THE DIAMOND (USA) Andy Billman
3 PM Films A ZEBRA RIDING BOY (China) Xiaotian Fan & Chen Juzhi Nature Shorts* A SMALL FORTUNE (Canada) Adam Perry
5 PM Films SOYLENT GREEN (Retrospective, USA) Richard Fleischer Drama Shorts* THE GREAT INDIAN KITCHEN (India) Jeo Baby
7 PM Films Suspense / Thriller Shorts * OLIVER AND THE POOL (Mexico) Acardi Palerm-Artis*
*Denotes filmmakers in attendance!
See you at the movies, - Team WorldFest | ||
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  SORRY, I FORGIVE YOU (China) Xiaofeng LongApr 24, 2022 1:00 PM
The wedding ceremony of Xie Bing and her boyfriend Ning Zhiyuan is about to be held. Her birth mother returns to China to attend the wedding, but Xie Bing insists on admitting only Song Chunlian, her foster mother, as Mother at her wedding. Her decision makes the future mother-in-law Pan Ruxin and her own father Xie Xiaobo fall into troubles respectively. Accordingly, a lot of things happen. In the end, the sincerity of Xie Bing touches everyone and enables her foster mother Song Chunlian to be the official mother at the wedding as is wished. The birth mother and the little stepmother also put aside their prejudices and give her wedding instructions.
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Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  WAR ON THE DIAMOND (USA) Andy Billman Apr 24, 2022 1:00 PM - Cinemark Memorial City
Based on the 1920 novel "The Pitch That Killed", War on the Diamond follows the tragic story of Ray Chapman, Indians star shortstop, who died after he was hit by a pitch thrown by Yankees star pitcher Carl Mays. | ||
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A ZEBRA RIDING BOY (China) Xiaotian Fan & Chen Juzhi Apr 24, 2022 3:00 PM - Cinemark Memorial City
A Zebra-Riding Boy is an exploration of the combination of literature and commerce. Also it is the first film of the impressionism-southern author films, based on Su Tong's novels Cavalryman and Paper. Poor bowlegged teenager Zuo Lin has a little dream to ride a horse in the most prosperous place of the city: the sad wooden horse cavalry, the happy zebra cavalry, the bleak and sad iron cavalry, the brilliant paper cavalry all melt into one. | ||
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A SMALL FORTUNE (Canada) Adam Perry Apr 24, 2022 3:00 PM - Cinemark Memorial City
When a desperate man finds a bag of lost money off the shores of Prince Edward Island, his decision to keep it secret turns his quaint fishing village into a growing crime scene. | ||
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SOYLENT GREEN (Retrospective, USA) Richard Fleischer Apr 24, 2022 5:00 PM - Cinemark Memorial City
A nightmarish futuristic fantasy about the controlling power of big corporations and an innocent cop who stumbles on the truth. Set in 2022 (!) Earth is overpopulated and totally polluted. When a top level member of the board of Soylent Industries is found dead, Detective Thorn (Charlton Heston) is assigned to the investigation, discovering not a burglary but an execution. Powerful men want to close the case, but Thorn continues and discovers a bizarre and disturbing secret of the ingredient use to manufacture Soylent Green. | ||
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THE GREAT INDIAN KITCHEN (India) Jeo Baby Apr 24, 2022 5:00 PM - Cinemark Memorial City
Filmmaker in attendance!
Like any Indian girl, the demure bride of 'The Great Indian Kitchen' goes to her new husband's house prepared to adapt to their customs and make it her home. Everything seems to be going fine, her husband and his parents love and care for her. But unexpected problems arise when her kind mother-in-law has to be away. She struggles to cope with the mountain of endless household chores, differences in opinion and unfamiliar traditions. | ||
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Enjoy an array of Suspense/Thriller Short Films selected by the WorldFest Curation Team. Apr 24, 2022 7:00 PM - Cinemark Memorial City Hide and Seek Jump Seat* Over There Red Flags Stranded* The Last One
*Denotes Filmmakers in attedance | ||
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  OLIVER AND THE POOL (Mexico) Acardi Palerm-Artis*
OFFICIAL CLOSING NIGHT FILM Apr 24, 2022 7:00 PM - Cinemark Memorial City
Filmmaker in attendance!
Oliverio sets the urn that contains his father’s ashes on the table next to the poolside chaise lounge. He grabs his phone and types in a word: aneurism. Oliverio’s father died during a family dinner, just after his parents announced that they were getting divorced. His mother already had a new man in her life. Oliverio, a 13-year-old only child, installs himself on the chaise lounge and decides that he will stay right there. From that very spot he continues his life – mourning, observing, learning to forgive, and falling in love. Trailer:
This film also has multiple craft and actor nominations! Don't miss it!
Thank you for supporting Independent Film and Creative Excellence here in Houston, TX and around the World! | ||
SCREENINGS & EVENT LOCATIONS Cinemark Memorial City, 310 Memorial City Way
TICKET OPTIONS Screenings start at $7.50. Opening night is $20. Festival Passes at $100.
55th ANNUAL WORLDFEST-HOUSTON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
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