Award of Excellence – Operation Talus (USA)

Title: Operation Talus
Runtime: 3 min
Country: USA 
Director: Sean Cygan
Placement: Award of Excellence 
Competition: December, 2024

Synopsis: Operation Talus takes place in the far future, where technological advancements have grown quite expansive. The citizens of Redline City have become enslaved to their debt to Talus, the power-hungry CEO who has effectively turned his enterprise into government. With the rise of a mysterious Rebel group, the city has plunged into chaos and unrest.

Echo and Cyrus, who have been taken in by the Rebels, are assigned to a mission to steal the Power Core that energizes Talus’ corrupt and festering enterprise. However, the heist is compromised and the two must fight for their way out to survive.