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 the course of both their futures. Gregory J.M. Kasunich’s phenomenal THE HEART OF TEXAS has been a festival favorite, 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 body of 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 has 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 Master’s Degree 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 around 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) for which she was granted a development deal with Adi Shankar's Bootleg Universe, and “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). The film is additionally produced and executively produced by Soledad Bautista and Mario Davila respectively and the stunning cinematography was captured by Brent Johnson.
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