Category: Best Actress & Actors Award – 2024 WSXA BARCELONA

Original Film Title: The Burden of Nine Lives

Director’s Name: Vega Montañez

Writer’s Name: Vega Montañez

Producer: Vega Montañez, Alysha M. Wright, Cosmo Losco, JT Weaver, Cruzie Cruz

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming : United States

Language: English

Runtime: 1 hour 48 minutes

Film Description:

After witnessing his two closest cousins executed during a black market sale gone wrong, Jimmy, barely surviving the trap himself, dedicates his repeated chances at life to seeking street vengeance.

Original Film Title: L+T

Director’s Name: Nevena Nikolova

Writer’s Name: Nevena Nikolova

Producer: Emajick Productions

Country of Origin: Bulgaria

Country of Filming : Bulgaria

Language: Bulgarian

Runtime: 17 minutes 58 seconds

Film Description:

A young woman makes a heartbreaking love confession to a stranger in a snack bar. None of them imagined how far this will go.

Original Film Title: The Marksman

Director’s Name: Lanigan McCulty

Writer’s Name: Lanigan Matthew McCulty

Producer: Lanigan Matthew McCulty

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming : United States

Language: English

Runtime: 5 minutes 5 seconds

Film Description:

A young and unassuming bus boy meets a secret agent who claims to have worked with the boy’s deceased father. The two embark on a mission to recover the last of his father’s work.

Original Film Title: How Do You Fall Out of Love with Country Music?

Director’s Name: Shyamala Moorty

Writer’s Name: Maximillian Gill

Producer: Vidushi Chadha, Kurt Leitner, Shyamala Moorty, Muita Muthee

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming : United States

Language: English

Runtime: 12 minutes 30 seconds

Film Description:

She just wants to sing country and western on stage, but it’s not easy for a South Asian-American in the deep south where every audience is a hostile one. “How Do You Fall Out of Love with County Music” is a humorous and moving short film about cultural alienation and the possibilities for human connection through music. Set on stage in a honky-tonk bar, Amy Singh courageously bares her soul to the audience and reveals deep truths about racism and belonging in our country today.