Category: Best Actress & Actors Award – 2025 WSXA Paris

(WINNER)

Original Film Title: $TACK$

Director’s Name: Gerald Webb

Writer’s Name: Gerald Webb

Producer: Gerald Webb, Meredith Thomas

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: United States

Language: English

Runtime: 7 minutes 26 seconds

Film Description:

Unprecedented times force two fierce rivals to come face to face, for the first time in over a decade, to close a deal for the most valuable substance on earth. Featuring the Daytime Emmy nominated performance of Mark Christopher Lawrence as Hector, $TACK$ is a sarcastic plea for every viewer to be responsible for the attitudes, assumptions and judgments buried deep inside themselves. It’s timely message taunts, teases and dares the audience to discover the film’s hidden twists and clues before their own biases and assumptions lead them down the wrong path.

(FINALIST)

Original Film Title: The Shoe

Director’s Name: Mauricio De la Maza-Benignos, Sofía Alejandra Díaz Garza

Writer’s Name: Mauricio De la Maza-Benignos, Sofía Alejandra Díaz Garza

Producer: Mauricio De la Maza-Benignos, Sofía Alejandra Díaz Garza

Country of Origin: Mexico

Country of Filming: Mexico

Language: Spanish

Runtime: 1 hour 29 minutes 33 seconds

Film Description:

A tasteless prank from a bully sets off a series of events that spoil the plans of his charming progressive wife.

(HONORABLE MENTION)

Original Film Title: Vortex

Director’s Name: Dash Hawkins

Writer’s Name: Dash Hawkins

Producer: Dash Hawkins, Tyler Savage

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: United States

Language: English

Runtime: 9 minutes 49 seconds

Film Description:

During her live-streamed marriage proposal in Sedona, a wellness influencer discovers an abandoned camcorder containing a mysterious video that draws her down the rabbit hole of obsession.

Original Film Title: The Sadness of Being Happy with Other People

Director’s Name: Tolga Suna

Writer’s Name: Tolga Suna

Producer: Tolga Suna, Oğuzhan Başoğlu, Iraz Taşkın

Country of Origin: Turkey

Country of Filming: Turkey

Language: Turkish

Runtime: 6 minutes 24 seconds

Film Description:

When everything seems to be going smoothly, the moment you encounter your unforgettable love, you find yourself alone with your sorrow.

(WINNER)

Original Film Title: Relation Fumante

Director’s Name: Léonard Barthélemy

Writer’s Name: Léonard Barthélemy

Producer: Léonard Barthélemy

Country of Origin: France

Country of Filming: France

Language: French

Runtime: 21 minutes 14 seconds

Film Description:

Original Film Title: Last Kiss In Paris

Director’s Name: Damian Chapa

Writer’s Name: Damian Chapa

Producer: Damian Chapa, Patricia Robinson

Country of Origin: United States, France, United States

Country of Filming: United States

Language: English, French, Russian

Runtime: 1 hour 38 minutes

Film Description:

David Michaels, a troubled New York poet (Damian Chapa) finds inspiration and heartbreak in the enigmatic, institutionalized Poet Regina Romanescu (Olga Kent)

As their bond deepens, David must confront the darkness of Regina’s past and oppressive forces that seem to keep them apart.

Will their light shine bright enough to overcome the shadows or will it become a tragic victim of it’s own beauty set against the timeless backdrop of Paris.