Category: BEST INSPIRATIONAL FILM – WSXA PARIS 2026

Original Film Title: Jackie

Director’s Name: Alexander Pardo

Writer’s Name: Alexander Pardo

Producer: Alexander Pardo, Isaiah Wolfe, Ashima Aiyer

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: United States

Language: English

Runtime: 14 minutes 7 seconds

Film Description:

This short documentary follows Jackie Buntan through a day of training and home life, offering an intimate glimpse behind her rise. In 2024, she would make history as the inaugural ONE Strawweight Kickboxing World Champion.

Original Film Title: The Deep Dive

Director’s Name: Blair Murphy

Writer’s Name: Blair Murphy

Producer: Blair Murphy

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: United States

Language: English

Runtime: 33 minutes 14 seconds

Film Description:

Pennsylvanian independent filmmaker and unlikely scholar Blair Murphy goes nuts exploring Shakespeare… and hits the jackpot

Original Film Title: In sight SITE Focus

Director’s Name: Athina Chatzigiannaki

Writer’s Name: Athina Chatzigiannaki

Producer: Campbell Graham

Country of Origin: Australia

Country of Filming: Australia

Language: English, Greek (Modern)

Runtime: 8 minutes 56 seconds

Film Description:

Born in Sydney and taken away at five by her parents to live in their original homeland, Greece, she only comes to Australia when her son wants to study at the UniversIty.
Back in Sydney, she starts experiencing an increasing familiarity with some surroundings, not sure if that familIarity comes from actual memories she has as a very young child; or her imagination is kicking in colouring things. Tracing those “memories,” she reaches a point where past, present and future fuse into a unique perception and understanding, making her feel connected once again with this place and through that with her own inner self as a whole.