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Title: The Hitman’s Dalliance
Runtime: 12 min
Country: USA
Director: Kudzai King
Placement: Award of Excellence
Competition: March, 2025
Synopsis: In the grimy underbelly of Los Angeles, two souls locked in a deadly dance grapple with their own demons. Anthony, a hardened criminal desperate to protect his family, finds himself bound before Gabin, an enigmatic hitman haunted by the duality of life and death. As Gabin toys with his captive, weaving tales of past kills and existential musings, the lines between hunter and hunted blur. Their barbed dialogue exposes the raw duality of human nature: the capacity for monstrous acts hidden beneath the veneer of normalcy, the desperate clinging to life even amidst the bleakest circumstances. As the tension escalates, a shocking revelation throws their fragile dance into disarray, forcing both men to confront the true cost of their choices. In the end, they discover that in the grand narrative of existence, even the most hardened souls yearn for redemption, leaving a lingering question: can forgiveness exist in the face of unspeakable deeds?