After receiving news from a potentially life-changing radio contest, an aspiring country singer Janie May (Lauren Noll) races to the studio after her overnight diner shift when she collides with an undocumented worker — changing their futures. Gregory J.M. Kasunich’s film, The Heart Of Texas has been a festival favourite, with screenings at HollyShorts, In the Palace International Short Film Festival, and Sidewalk Film Festival, accumulating 14 accolades so far during its festival run. The film has qualified for the 2025 Oscars.
Director and co-writer Gregory JM Kasunich is an award-winning film, commercial, and music video writer, director, and producer from Pittsburgh, PA. His work includes projects for Taylor Swift, The Pentatonix, The Summer Set, DreamWorks, Disney, Lucasfilm, General Mills, DirectTV, Mattel, iHeatRadio, and many others. His editorial and portrait photography have been published in several periodicals. His films have been nominated and awarded in festivals the world over.
Lead actress, co-writer, and producer Lauren Noll is a Los Angeles based actor and filmmaker with a Masters in Acting from Harvard University. Since arriving in LA post-grad school, in addition to acting in various films, commercials, and music videos, Lauren’s curiosity about other roles in filmmaking led her to write, direct, and star in her first award-winning short film, “Honor” (2020), a personal drama about the encounter of a queer student with Brigham Young University’s honor code office. She followed that filmmaking debut with “Gen V” (2021), “Clean Slate” (2022), which was awarded a grand jury prize at the Collaboration Filmmakers Challenge, and “The Heart of Texas” (2023), which has garnered her six acting awards to date. She is currently preparing for her feature film directorial debut. Male lead Carlos Moreno Cravioto is an actor with multiple film and TV credits to his name including a recurring role in the popular Mexican series “La Bella y Las Bestias” (2018).
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