{"id":3709,"date":"2026-06-19T21:52:45","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T21:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=3709"},"modified":"2026-06-19T21:52:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T21:52:45","slug":"hill-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=3709","title":{"rendered":"Hill Boy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>2026 Official Selection: Drama &#8211; Short<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filminvasionla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Hill_Boy_STILLS_AXLTOPCU_2-copy-2.png\" alt=\"Hill Boy\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Runtime:<\/strong> 8m<\/p>\n<p><em>A boy is faced with a choice: stay closed off or open up, let go, and roll.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Director(s):<\/strong> Eilythia Penati<\/li>\n<li><strong>Writer(s):<\/strong> Eilythia Penati<\/li>\n<li><strong>Producer(s):<\/strong> Tracey Gibbs, Alysha Wang<\/li>\n<li><strong>Key Cast:<\/strong> Henry Tsai, Alec Mendez<\/li>\n<li><strong>Editor(s):<\/strong> Benjamin Turnquest<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cinematographer(s):<\/strong> Zayd Ezzeldine<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sound Designer(s):<\/strong> Alice Wibisono<\/li>\n<li><strong>Composer(s):<\/strong> Jeremy Earnest<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Language:<\/strong> English<\/p>\n<p><strong>Country:<\/strong> United States<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"@eilythia.penati\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Visit this Official Selection&#8217;s Instagram \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eilythiapenati.com\/work\/hillboy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Visit the official website \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<p>When a pessimistic recluse meets a carefree spirit at group therapy, he realizes that healing can look ridiculous after he learns of an unconventional (and slightly chaotic) way of letting his emotions loose.<\/p>\n<p>Source: FILA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2026 Official Selection: Drama &#8211; Short Runtime: 8m A boy is faced with a choice: stay closed off or open up, let go, and roll. Director(s): Eilythia Penati Writer(s): Eilythia Penati Producer(s): Tracey Gibbs, Alysha Wang Key Cast: Henry Tsai, Alec Mendez Editor(s): Benjamin Turnquest Cinematographer(s): Zayd Ezzeldine Sound Designer(s): Alice Wibisono Composer(s): Jeremy Earnest &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=3709\" class=\"read-more\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Hill Boy&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3710,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3709","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\/3709","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=3709"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3709\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}