The Candidate (2010) is a 19-minute fictional film about an underhanded company man who is offered assistance by a secret organization that immerses him in forces beyond his control.



Burton Grunzer – a hyper-aggressive and confident dealmaker – lives in the pressure cooker of a Fortune 500 company. His hard work and tenacity guarantee him a place at the top, but one man threatens everything that heʼs built. Co-worker Whitman Hayes is protected by someone high up and his blunders in the board room are damaging Burtonʼs reputation. Burton is repeatedly contacted by a secret organization called the Society for United Action. Mystified, he agrees to meet with a representative from the society, sealing his entry into a world where wishful thinking is used as a tool for murder.