Kathy Nguyen Li‘s dramedy NGUYEN OR LOSE wins Best Screenplay at the 2025 Virginia Screenwriting Competition, which also placed Semi-Finalist in the 2025 Cinestory Feature Competition.
After a naive kid crosses the wrong gang boss, he must deliver $250k to clear his debt and seeks the help of his comically absurd Vietnamese refugee family. Can the family overcome their differences and dysfunction to work together, or will they lose their home and family for the second time in their lives?
Kathy was a 2023 WIFV Narrative Script Development Fellow, where she workshopped REFUGE, which placed Semi-Finalist in the 2023 Nicholl Fellowship Competition.
