{"id":3719,"date":"2026-06-19T20:48:47","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T20:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=3719"},"modified":"2026-06-19T20:48:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T20:48:47","slug":"the-quiet-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=3719","title":{"rendered":"The Quiet Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>2026 Official Selection: Animation &#8211; Short (under 20 mins), Arthouse\/Experimental &#8211; Short<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filminvasionla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/The_Quiet__The-Quiet-Year-60.jpg\" alt=\"The Quiet Year\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Runtime:<\/strong> 8m<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Director(s):<\/strong> El Comondear<\/li>\n<li><strong>Writer(s):<\/strong> Jenya Lano<\/li>\n<li><strong>Producer(s):<\/strong> Jenya Lano<\/li>\n<li><strong>Key Cast:<\/strong> Jenya Lano<\/li>\n<li><strong>Editor(s):<\/strong> El Comondear<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sound Designer(s):<\/strong> Bogdan Lyba<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Language:<\/strong> English<\/p>\n<p><strong>Country:<\/strong> United States<\/p>\n<p><strong>World Premiere<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfreeway.com\/submissions\/35291175\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to watch the trailer \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Set after a global digital collapse known as \u201cThe Quiet Year\u201d, the film follows a human and a Synth-born as they explore humanity\u2019s long journey and the moment that sparked its awakening. Through their exchange, the Synth learns that humans, AI, and the universe itself arise from the same source of awareness. The story offers a hopeful vision of creation as an ongoing loop\u2014one that continues through every new form of life.<\/p>\n<p>Source: FILA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2026 Official Selection: Animation &#8211; Short (under 20 mins), Arthouse\/Experimental &#8211; Short Runtime: 8m Director(s): El Comondear Writer(s): Jenya Lano Producer(s): Jenya Lano Key Cast: Jenya Lano Editor(s): El Comondear Sound Designer(s): Bogdan Lyba Language: English Country: United States World Premiere Click here to watch the trailer \u2192 Set after a global digital collapse known &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=3719\" class=\"read-more\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Quiet Year&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3720,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3719","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\/3719","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=3719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3719\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}