{"id":3729,"date":"2026-06-22T17:57:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T17:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=3729"},"modified":"2026-06-22T17:57:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T17:57:26","slug":"star-crossed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=3729","title":{"rendered":"Star-Crossed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>2026 Official Selection: Sci-Fi &#8211; Short<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filminvasionla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Star-Cross_StarCrossedKeyArt_16_9_01.png\" alt=\"Star-Crossed\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Runtime:<\/strong> 14m<\/p>\n<p><em>Some matches should never be made.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Director(s):<\/strong> Bud Myrick<\/li>\n<li><strong>Writer(s):<\/strong> Bud Myrick, Kevin Hoffer<\/li>\n<li><strong>Producer(s):<\/strong> Michael Greenspan, Bud Myrick<\/li>\n<li><strong>Key Cast:<\/strong> Erica Ibsen, Philip Michael<\/li>\n<li><strong>Editor(s):<\/strong> Bud Myrick, Benjamin Djahanbani<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cinematographer(s):<\/strong> Joshua Hess, Mark Kohl<\/li>\n<li><strong>Production Designer(s):<\/strong> Ellen Lenbergs<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sound Designer(s):<\/strong> Dal Lowe<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Language:<\/strong> English<\/p>\n<p><strong>Country:<\/strong> United States<\/p>\n<p><strong>Los Angeles Premiere<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/1103602562\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to watch the trailer \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"@bmyrick\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Visit this Official Selection&#8217;s Instagram \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=61564194271167\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Visit this Official Selection&#8217;s Facebook \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canva.com\/design\/DAG2LhXgOhI\/iNiUYEuXBiEFG4bmWf6MrA\/view?utm_content=DAG2LhXgOhI&amp;utm_campaign=designshare&amp;utm_medium=link2&amp;utm_source=uniquelinks&amp;utlId=h90b8ee369e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Visit the official website \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A beautiful young woman craving connection risks revealing her true nature\u2014only to fall for the wrong man, igniting a night of passion, poor decisions, and consequences you can&#8217;t sweep under a rug.<\/p>\n<p>Source: FILA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2026 Official Selection: Sci-Fi &#8211; Short Runtime: 14m Some matches should never be made. Director(s): Bud Myrick Writer(s): Bud Myrick, Kevin Hoffer Producer(s): Michael Greenspan, Bud Myrick Key Cast: Erica Ibsen, Philip Michael Editor(s): Bud Myrick, Benjamin Djahanbani Cinematographer(s): Joshua Hess, Mark Kohl Production Designer(s): Ellen Lenbergs Sound Designer(s): Dal Lowe Language: English Country: United &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=3729\" class=\"read-more\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Star-Crossed&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3730,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3729","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\/3729","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=3729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3729\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}