ARTFEST INTERNATIONAL, INC.


CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER





I, Eddie Vakser, certify that:





1.
I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Artfest International, Inc.;





2.
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of thecircumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report.







3.
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results ofoperations and cash flows of the small business issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;







4.
The small business issuer's other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e)(4) and 15d-15(e)(4)) for the registrant and have:







(a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material informationrelating to the small business issuer, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report isbeing prepared;





(b) designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonableassurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;





(c) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls andprocedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and





(d) noted that there has not been any changes in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the smallbusiness issuer's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect the


registrant's internal control over financialreporting that are required to be disclosed;





5.
The small business issuer's other certifying officer and I will disclose in future filings, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to theregistrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):





(a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the smallbusiness issuer's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and





(b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the small business issuer' internal control over financial reporting.





DATED: September 30, 2009
/s/ Eddie VakserEddie VakserChairman and Chief Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer