{"id":3959,"date":"2026-10-15T16:59:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T16:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=3959"},"modified":"2026-10-15T16:59:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T16:59:18","slug":"it-had-to-be-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=3959","title":{"rendered":"It Had To Be You"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>2026 Official Selection: Short Film &#8211; SciFi<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/thumbnail?id=1UxryoUHCMC5jXdrV0Aj777QLaJscfK0L&amp;sz=w515\" alt=\"It Had To Be You\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>A romantic night in isn\u2019t all it seems when a man discovers his lovestruck date has a peculiar room full of male mannequins.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Screening date &amp; tickets<\/strong> \u2014 to be announced<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Director(s):<\/strong> Monisha Dadlani<\/li>\n<li><strong>Writer(s):<\/strong> Monisha Dadlani<\/li>\n<li><strong>Producer(s):<\/strong> Monisha Dadlani, Sofia Snyder<\/li>\n<li><strong>Key Cast:<\/strong> Monisha Dadlani, Alexander Chard<\/li>\n<li><strong>Editor(s):<\/strong> Will Mason<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cinematographer(s):<\/strong> Brian M Tang<\/li>\n<li><strong>Production Designer(s):<\/strong> Elli Kypriadis<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sound Designer(s):<\/strong> Brianna Tang<\/li>\n<li><strong>Composer(s):<\/strong> Xander Rodzinski<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Language:<\/strong> English<\/p>\n<p><strong>Runtime:<\/strong> 15m<\/p>\n<p><strong>Country:<\/strong> United States<\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong> A romantic night in isn\u2019t all it seems when a man discovers his lovestruck date has a peculiar room full of male mannequins.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/1224286473?share=copy&amp;fl=sv&amp;fe=ci\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to watch the trailer \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"@ithadtobeyoufilm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Visit this Official Selection&#8217;s Instagram \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monishadadlani.com\/it-had-to-be-you-short-film\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Visit the official website \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: SOFF<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2026 Official Selection: Short Film &#8211; SciFi A romantic night in isn\u2019t all it seems when a man discovers his lovestruck date has a peculiar room full of male mannequins. Screening date &amp; tickets \u2014 to be announced Director(s): Monisha Dadlani Writer(s): Monisha Dadlani Producer(s): Monisha Dadlani, Sofia Snyder Key Cast: Monisha Dadlani, Alexander Chard &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=3959\" class=\"read-more\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;It Had To Be You&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sherman-oaks-film-festival"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3959","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=3959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3959\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}