Gulf Coast Film Festival

Gulf Coast Film and Video Festival
Festival logo
Location	Clear Lake Area, Texas, United States
Founded	1999
Language	English
Website	http://www.gulfcoastfilmfest.com

The Gulf Coast Film and Video Festival, commonly known as the Gulf Coast Film Festival, is a film festival in the United States held in the Clear Lake Area of Greater Houston, Texas (United States). In 2008, 127 independently made films were submitted to the festival of which 26 were selected and shown in the festival.^[1]

Established in 1999 the Gulf Coast Film Festival features independent films from local, regional and international artists in various categories ranging from short films to documentaries.

Each year the festival grants a lifetime achievement award to an artist or film maker in recognition of their contribution. Previous winners of this award include Walter Coblenz (producer/director), Loretta Swit (actress) and Melissa Gilbert (actress), and Erin Gray (actress).

One of the festival's aims is to promote the Galveston Bay Area as a location for filming.^[2] The festival also works with local businesses to promote tourism in the area.

References

↑ Alvarez, Olivia Flores (17 September 2008). "The Gulf Coast Film Festival Opener". Houston Press.
↑ "Gulf Coast Film and Video Festival News Release". Guidry News. 30 August 2007.

External links

Official site

Galveston Bay Area

History

Large cities	Baytown Pasadena

Other cities	Anahuac Beach City Clear Lake Shores Dickinson El Lago Deer Park Friendswood Kemah La Marque La Porte League City Nassau Bay Morgan's Point Seabrook Shoreacres Taylor Lake Village Texas City Webster

CDPs and non- municipalities	Bacliff Bayview Clear Lake City (part of Houston/Pasadena) Double Bayou San Leon Smith Point

Counties	Chambers Galveston Harris

Subregions	Pasadena/Baytown Clear Lake Area Texas City/La Marque Chambers County

Bodies of water	Armand Bayou Cedar Bayou Clear Creek Clear Lake Dickinson Bay Galveston Bay Lake Anahuac Moses Lake San Jacinto River Taylor Lake Trinity Bay Trinity River

Major ports	Barbours Cut Bayport Texas City

Nature preserves	Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge Armand Bayou Nature Center Baytown Nature Center Pine Gully Park Texas City Prairie Preserve

Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land

Counties	Austin Brazoria Chambers Fort Bend Galveston Harris Liberty Montgomery Waller

"Principal" cities	Houston The Woodlands Sugar Land Baytown Conroe

Other cities	Alvin Angleton Bellaire Clute Deer Park Dickinson Freeport Friendswood Galena Park Galveston Humble Jacinto City Katy Lake Jackson La Marque La Porte League City Manvel Missouri City Pasadena Pearland Richmond Rosenberg South Houston Stafford Texas City West University Place For a complete listing, see list of cities and towns in Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land MSA

Unincorporated areas	Atascocita Channelview Cloverleaf Crosby Cypress Fresno Hockley Klein Port Bolivar Spring The Woodlands

Bodies of water	Buffalo Bayou Galveston Bay Gulf Intracoastal Waterway Houston Ship Channel San Jacinto River Trinity River Lake Houston Lake Conroe

State of Texas

Austin (capital)

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Society	Culture Crime Demographics Economy Education Gambling Politics

Regions	Ark‑La‑Tex Big Bend Blackland Prairies Brazos Valley Central Texas Coastal Bend Concho Valley Cross Timbers Deep East Texas East Texas Edwards Plateau Golden Triangle Hill Country Llano Estacado Northeast Texas North Texas Osage Plains Panhandle Permian Basin Piney Woods Rio Grande Valley Southeast Texas South Plains South Texas Texoma Trans-Pecos West Texas

Metropolitan areas	Abilene Amarillo Austin–Round Rock Beaumont–Port Arthur Brownsville–Harlingen College Station–Bryan Corpus Christi Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington El Paso Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land Killeen–Temple Laredo Longview Lubbock McAllen–Edinburg–Mission Midland Odessa San Angelo San Antonio–New Braunfels Sherman–Denison Texarkana Tyler Victoria Waco Wichita Falls

Counties	See: List of counties in Texas

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