hawthorne direct Brings Home the Gold Remi Award from the WorldFest – Houston International Film Festival
Fairfield, IA - hawthorne direct, the direct response TV advertising agency, recently received the Gold Remi Award from the WorldFest – Houston International Film Festival in the documentary category for the WorldTeach documentary.
"Receiving the Gold Remi WorldFest – Houston International Film Festival awards is wonderful. We are pleased to be bringing WorldTeach further positive recognition," said Timothy R. Hawthorne, chairman and executive creative director of hawthorne direct.
WorldTeach:
Program Objective:
WorldTeach is a small, private, non-profit organization placing volunteer teachers in developing countries to live and work as English, computer and environmental studies instructors. With only 250 volunteers and a full time staff of less than a dozen, WorldTeach is typically under funded, with limited means of recruiting new volunteers and raising grant money. Through its emotional and personal portrayal of how WorldTeach touches volunteers’ and indigents’ lives, Tim and Laya Hawthorne’s documentary fulfills its purpose of motivating prospective volunteers to sign up and generating contributions from foundations and individuals.
Synopsis:
Tim and Laya Hawthorne, a husband and wife team, produced, directed, shot, wrote, edited and self-funded this documentary/promotional video for WorldTeach, a 15 year-old, non-profit volunteer organization located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. As a 2-person crew, Tim and Laya took 2 months off from their jobs (he’s in television advertising; she’s in dance/movement instruction), flew around the world (over 35,000 miles and 30 flights) traveling to Costa Rica, Ecuador, Galapagos, Namibia and China to document the activities, thoughts, hopes and dreams of American volunteers teaching English in Third World countries. Over 40 hours of tape were shot with a Sony DV Cam. The resulting 54 minute video was presented as a gift to WorldTeach for purposes of fund-raising and recruiting new volunteers at colleges and universities throughout the USA. As a small, non-profit organization (about 350 volunteers yearly) with limited financial resources, WorldTeach was overjoyed to receive such a powerful, professionally produced recruiting and fund-raising tool. Helen Claire Sievers, WorldTeach Executive Director, said, “Please know that you have made a major impact on what is a very fine program that continues to promote peace and understanding between peoples, as they help children around the world to gain the skills they will need to provide for themselves richer lives.”
Since the competition began in 1967, with only 253 entries, the WorldFest – Houston International Film Festival has worked with every major studio, all major distributors, every TV and cable network and nearly all major distributors, producers and agencies in the motion picture and television industry. The WorldFest – Houston International Film Festival is a sister to WorldFest – Charleston. Both festivals are currently known as the only truly independent film festivals in North America.
The WorldFest – Houston International Film Festival has honored the following talents with the prestigious WorldFest – Houston International Film Festival awards: John Avildson, John Badham, Ralph Bakshi, Carroll Ballard, John Boorman, Marty Brest, The Coen Brothers, Michael Cimino, Jonathan Demme, Brian Hancock, Randal Kleiser, George Lucas, David Lucas, David Lynch, Paul Mazursky, Steve Poster, Robert Rodriguez, John Sayles, Ridley Scott, Steven Spielberg, Oliver Stone, Robert Townsend, Will Vinton, Peter Weir, Hugh Wilson and more.
hawthorne direct is a full-service direct response advertising agency, specializing in creative and production, long and short form media buying, telemarketing/fulfillment management and integrated marketing. For more information about hawthorne direct please see www.hawthornedirect.com.
