{"id":3593,"date":"2026-01-16T20:27:58","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T20:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=3593"},"modified":"2026-01-16T20:27:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T20:27:58","slug":"fleeing-shadows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=3593","title":{"rendered":"Fleeing Shadows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>2026 FI-Lima Official Selection: \u00a0<span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Short Film &#8211; Drama<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Max, a man fleeing the police who want to kill him for challenging their role in the disappearance of his friend during a government crackdown in Qazaqland, escapes to Canada. There, he reunites with Marat, a fellow immigrant who has been in Canada for years and offers him a place to stay. While Marat is accustomed to hard manual labor, Max struggles to adapt and, in his search for easy money, falls into a dangerous world of crime. When Max\u2019s choices lead to violence, both men are forced to flee once again\u2014this time, across borders. \u201cFleeing Shadows&#8221; is a gripping tale of survival, friendship, and the desperate pursuit of freedom.<\/p>\n<p>Director(s): Erjan Leroy Nurhassen<br \/>\nWriter(s): Erjan Leroy Nurhassen<br \/>\nProducer(s): Berik Igenbayev<br \/>\nKey Cast: Erjan Leroy Nurhassen, Berik Igenbayev, Ernat Alimgazi<\/p>\n<p>Country: Kazakhstan<br \/>\nSouth American Premiere<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3621\" src=\"https:\/\/filminvasionla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Fleeing-Shadows-300x174.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"174\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filminvasionla.com\/2026-fi-lima\/2026-official-selections-fi-lima\/\">Return to 2026 Official Selections \u2013 Films<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: FILA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2026 FI-Lima Official Selection: \u00a0Short Film &#8211; Drama Max, a man fleeing the police who want to kill him for challenging their role in the disappearance of his friend during a government crackdown in Qazaqland, escapes to Canada. There, he reunites with Marat, a fellow immigrant who has been in Canada for years and offers &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=3593\" class=\"read-more\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Fleeing Shadows&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3594,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-film-invasion-l-a"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3593\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}