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Title: Candyland
Runtime: 12 min
Country: USA
Director: David Gil
Placement: Award of Merit
Competition: June, 2025
Synopsis: An African-American teenager indoctrinated to perceive gun violence as a game, and his hormonally-unbalanced trans-mother, are challenged by an inevitable adrenaline crash and by their addictive personalities on their journey to Candyland.