{"id":3775,"date":"2026-06-30T02:06:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T02:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=3775"},"modified":"2026-06-30T02:06:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T02:06:21","slug":"imago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=3775","title":{"rendered":"Imago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>2026 Official Selection: Arthouse\/Experimental &#8211; Short (under 20 mins), Sci-Fi &#8211; Short<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filminvasionla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Imago_Imago_B_16_9.jpg\" alt=\"Imago\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>A trans-dimensional visitor lands in the desert and gathers specimens, only to find the one that could set him free.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Director(s):<\/strong> Mark Steger<\/li>\n<li><strong>Writer(s):<\/strong> Mark Steger<\/li>\n<li><strong>Producer(s):<\/strong> Mark Steger<\/li>\n<li><strong>Key Cast:<\/strong> Mark Steger, Paul Donald, John Grady, Jimbo Matison<\/li>\n<li><strong>Editor(s):<\/strong> Mark Steger<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cinematographer(s):<\/strong> Mark Steger, Kyoko Takanaka(additional Cinematography)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Production Designer(s):<\/strong> Mark Steger<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sound Designer(s):<\/strong> Mark Steger<\/li>\n<li><strong>Composer(s):<\/strong> Robert Crouch<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Language:<\/strong> English<\/p>\n<p><strong>Runtime:<\/strong> 10m<\/p>\n<p><strong>Country:<\/strong> United States<\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong> Imago is an experimental odyssey of a trans-dimensional being who lands in the desert and gathers curious specimens. The symbiotic visitor may represent the larval stage of a more developed entity that requires an outside stimulus to complete its metamorphosis &#8211; and set it free.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/1198906904?share=copy&amp;fl=sv&amp;fe=ci\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to watch the trailer \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: FILA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2026 Official Selection: Arthouse\/Experimental &#8211; Short (under 20 mins), Sci-Fi &#8211; Short A trans-dimensional visitor lands in the desert and gathers specimens, only to find the one that could set him free. Director(s): Mark Steger Writer(s): Mark Steger Producer(s): Mark Steger Key Cast: Mark Steger, Paul Donald, John Grady, Jimbo Matison Editor(s): Mark Steger Cinematographer(s): &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=3775\" class=\"read-more\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Imago&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3776,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3775","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\/3775","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=3775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3775\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}