Best Director Short Film
JP, a recently retired government-trained assassin, is enjoying a quiet life—until a covert call informs him he’s been “burned.” With his identity compromised and his sister unexpectedly visiting, JP must juggle eliminating threats while hiding the bloody evidence from the one person he actually cares about. The pressure leads him to make a disastrous mistake: killing an innocent man in an attempt to stay ahead of his hunters.
Amid the chaos, the truth of JP’s career and strange double life begins to surface—especially when we meet his unusual partner in crime: Mr. Widdles, a sharp-eyed Siamese cat with higher security clearance than JP himself. Together, the unlikely pair must navigate betrayal, guilt, and government secrets—without letting JP’s sister in on the world-ending mess he’s neck-deep in.