{"id":3780,"date":"2026-07-02T18:48:36","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T18:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=3780"},"modified":"2026-07-02T18:48:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T18:48:36","slug":"chicken-salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=3780","title":{"rendered":"Chicken Salad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>2026 Official Selection: Arthouse\/Experimental &#8211; Short<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filminvasionla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Chicken_Sa_Chicken-Salad-12.jpg\" alt=\"Chicken Salad\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>In this Surrealist cinema poem, a woman processes the waves of grief and finds solace in becoming one with her art.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Director(s):<\/strong> CK Thornton<\/li>\n<li><strong>Writer(s):<\/strong> CK Thornton<\/li>\n<li><strong>Producer(s):<\/strong> CK Thornton<\/li>\n<li><strong>Key Cast:<\/strong> Chelsea Yakura-Kurtz<\/li>\n<li><strong>Editor(s):<\/strong> Stephanie Williams<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cinematographer(s):<\/strong> Geffen Shichor<\/li>\n<li><strong>Production Designer(s):<\/strong> Julia Vela; Shirley Guo<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sound Designer(s):<\/strong> WA Reeves<\/li>\n<li><strong>Composer(s):<\/strong> Nick Shadel<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Runtime:<\/strong> 12m<\/p>\n<p><strong>Country:<\/strong> United States<\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong> CHICKEN SALAD is a surrealist film exploring grief and the raw and chaotic emotions of heartbreak through dreamlike, thought-provoking visuals. The act of art becomes a vehicle for our subject\u2019s healing; she merges with her creations, blending her artwork into reality. &quot;Chicken Salad&quot; ultimately showcases how art provides a path to expression, acceptance and love in the face of profound loss.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"@buffalo_milk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Visit this Official Selection&#8217;s Instagram \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/buffalo-milk.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Visit the official website \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: FILA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2026 Official Selection: Arthouse\/Experimental &#8211; Short In this Surrealist cinema poem, a woman processes the waves of grief and finds solace in becoming one with her art. Director(s): CK Thornton Writer(s): CK Thornton Producer(s): CK Thornton Key Cast: Chelsea Yakura-Kurtz Editor(s): Stephanie Williams Cinematographer(s): Geffen Shichor Production Designer(s): Julia Vela; Shirley Guo Sound Designer(s): WA &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=3780\" class=\"read-more\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Chicken Salad&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3781,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3780","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\/3780","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=3780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3780\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}