{"id":3721,"date":"2026-06-19T20:48:46","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T20:48:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=3721"},"modified":"2026-06-19T20:48:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T20:48:46","slug":"the-ottoman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=3721","title":{"rendered":"The Ottoman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>2026 Official Selection: Animation &#8211; Short<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filminvasionla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/The_Ottoma_Still-4-1920x1080-1.jpg\" alt=\"The Ottoman\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Runtime:<\/strong> 12m<\/p>\n<p><em>Winning takes everything you\u2019ve got<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Director(s):<\/strong> Mike Stamm<\/li>\n<li><strong>Writer(s):<\/strong> Mike Stamm<\/li>\n<li><strong>Producer(s):<\/strong> Mike Stamm, Dimos Vrysellas<\/li>\n<li><strong>Key Cast:<\/strong> Bob Carter, Cadence Winter, Jack Carter, Ray Scarborough<\/li>\n<li><strong>Editor(s):<\/strong> Mike Stamm<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cinematographer(s):<\/strong> Mike Stamm<\/li>\n<li><strong>Production Designer(s):<\/strong> Matt Evans<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sound Designer(s):<\/strong> Sweet Justice Sound<\/li>\n<li><strong>Composer(s):<\/strong> Abraham Darwich, Zach Heyde<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Country:<\/strong> United States<\/p>\n<p><strong>Los Angeles Premiere<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gpSr8KH6E_8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to watch the trailer \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/luckbat.bsky.social\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Visit this Official Selection&#8217;s BlueSky \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/the-ottoman.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Visit the official website \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Ottoman, a hotshot mechanic and amateur robot gladiator, is looking forward to proving himself in the arena against the reigning Tournament champion and his massive mechanical Scorpion. But when his obsession with winning endangers the lives of his wife and son, the Ottoman must face some harsh lessons about what victory truly requires.<\/p>\n<p>Source: FILA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2026 Official Selection: Animation &#8211; Short Runtime: 12m Winning takes everything you\u2019ve got Director(s): Mike Stamm Writer(s): Mike Stamm Producer(s): Mike Stamm, Dimos Vrysellas Key Cast: Bob Carter, Cadence Winter, Jack Carter, Ray Scarborough Editor(s): Mike Stamm Cinematographer(s): Mike Stamm Production Designer(s): Matt Evans Sound Designer(s): Sweet Justice Sound Composer(s): Abraham Darwich, Zach Heyde Country: &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=3721\" class=\"read-more\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Ottoman&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3722,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3721","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\/3721","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=3721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3721\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}