The 36th Annual WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival has released its results. The festival is dedicated to independent features and short films, with more than 25,000 in attendance this year. Highlights of the 10-day event included indie panels, a sailing regatta and Texas BBQ at the Houston Yacht Club. HFF "Kronrad Wolf" Productions took home three separate prizes on April 12, 2003 for their films ROCKS, MOUSE and GROSSENWAHN. Georg Gruber's ROCKS and Martina Liebritz's GROSSENWAHN took home the only Platinum awards given for animation. However, the prestigious Vancouver Film School took home the most awards with six, including one gold, two silver and three bronze. Three of those prizes went to Harmony Rowand alone for the films HEARTBEAT, DR. VOODOO and SAVAGE SUPERMARKET. In animation related wins, Ray Pointer and his Inkwell Studios also took home three awards: a platinum prize for MAX FLEISCHER'S KO-KO SONG CAR-TUNES as well as gold awards for MAX FLEISCHER'S FAMOUS OUT OF THE INKWELL and FIRST SOUND OF MOVIES documentaries. Below is a list of the animated winners.
Platinum Award Cel AnimationROCKS by Georg Gruber (HFF "Konrad Wolf" Productions)
Gold Award Cel AnimationHEARTBEAT by Harmony Rowand (Vancouver Film School)BARCODE by Gretta Pieper (Netherlands Consulate General)
Silver Award Cel Animation DR. VOODOO by Harmony Rowand (Vancouver Film School)
Bronze Award Cel AnimationSAVAGE SUPERMARKET by Harmond Rowand (Vancouver Film School)
Platinum Award AnimationGROSSENWAHN by Martina Liebritz (HFF "Kronrad Wolf" Productions)
Gold Award AnimationTHE FIREFLY MAN by Tim Matney (Graveyard Machine Productions)
Silver Award AnimationPINKY by Ted Boume (Photosynthetic Films)UNTITLED Sabina De Los Rios (Vancouver Film School)SUDDENLY IT RAINED by Timothy Wilkerson (King Thrushbeard Productions)
Bronze Award AnimationDIRECTOR BUGS by Dave Gordon (Vancouver Film School)INTELLIGENT LIFE by Jeff Spoonhower (Vancouver Film School)
Special Jury Award AnimationMOUSE by Georg Gruber (HFF "Konrad Wolf" Productions)SENIOR TRAPO (MR. CLOTH) by Paco Gisbert
For more information on WorldFest-Houston or for a complete list of winners e-mail mail@worldfest.org or go to www.worldfest.org.
