Amexica is a 2010 American short film written and directed by Ronald Krauss and starring Joseph Ferrante, AnnaLynne McCord and Kelly Wing. It has won "Best Short Film" at such festivals as the Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films, Mexico International Film Festival,[1] the Hawaii International Film Festival in Honolulu,[1] Malibu International Film Festival,[1] and The Beijing International Film Festival.

Amexica
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Directed byRonald Krauss
Written byRonald Krauss
Produced byRonald Krauss
StarringAnnaLynne McCord
Joseph Ferrante
Jordan James
Kelly Wing
CinematographyJason Lehel
Edited byMark Sult
Music byAssaf Rinde
Release date
  • 2010 (2010)
Running time
25 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSpanish
English

Premise

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A couple of con artists buy a young boy from a child trafficking ring and use him for a get-rich scheme in a series of false roads accidents.[2]

Cast

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  • Joseph Ferrante as Man
  • AnnaLynne McCord as Woman
  • Jordan James as Boy
  • Gloria Sandoval as El Pastor
  • Bernadette Wysocki as Accident Victim #1
  • Cary Joseph as Doctor
  • David Schroeder as Accident Victim #2
  • Yasmine Nickle as Girl with doll
  • Andres Salazar as Trafficker
  • AJ Anselmo as Boy in warehouse
  • Alexa Gardner as Girl in warehouse
  • Hannah Taylor Greene as Child at playground
  • Bonnie Hellman as Waitress
  • Jenny M. Rich as Receptionist
  • Evan Lake Schelton as Child at playground
  • Kelly Wing as Entrepreneur
  • Ronnie Flynn as Ronald

References

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  1. ^ a b c Kennedy, Craig (September 23, 2010). "Short film 'Amexica' addresses human trafficking, gets weekend Oscar qualifying run in LA". Living in Cinema. Archived from the original on March 26, 2017. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
  2. ^ Films Amexica Archived July 21, 2010, at the Wayback Machine Palm Springs International Film Society. Retrieved on 2 September 2010
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