{"id":3961,"date":"2026-10-15T16:56:47","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T16:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=3961"},"modified":"2026-10-15T16:56:47","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T16:56:47","slug":"how-not-to-die-on-an-alien-planet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=3961","title":{"rendered":"How Not to Die on an Alien Planet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>2026 Official Selection: Short Film &#8211; Animation<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/thumbnail?id=1cOExCdTNFB-3QAHmYvER5KZidgDrLind&amp;sz=w515\" alt=\"How Not to Die on an Alien Planet\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Stranded on a distant world, a small, worn-out robot named Helen wanders through strange, beautiful landscapes, guided only by a song and the quiet weight of an unfinished mission.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Screening date &amp; tickets<\/strong> \u2014 to be announced<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Director(s):<\/strong> Carlos Fernandez Puertolas<\/li>\n<li><strong>Writer(s):<\/strong> Anthony Hodgson, Carlos Fernandez Puertolas<\/li>\n<li><strong>Producer(s):<\/strong> Paige Johnstone<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Language:<\/strong> English<\/p>\n<p><strong>Runtime:<\/strong> 9m<\/p>\n<p><strong>Country:<\/strong> Spain<\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong> Stranded on a distant world, a small, worn-out robot named Helen wanders through strange, beautiful landscapes, guided only by a song and the quiet weight of an unfinished mission.<\/p>\n<p>The short film was created by a single artist, whose creative journey at times mirrored the lonely travels of the robot in the story.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9QoD8Tm-xno\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to watch the trailer \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/charpu_art\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Visit this Official Selection&#8217;s Instagram \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/38anma26\" 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; Animation Stranded on a distant world, a small, worn-out robot named Helen wanders through strange, beautiful landscapes, guided only by a song and the quiet weight of an unfinished mission. Screening date &amp; tickets \u2014 to be announced Director(s): Carlos Fernandez Puertolas Writer(s): Anthony Hodgson, Carlos Fernandez Puertolas Producer(s): &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=3961\" class=\"read-more\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How Not to Die on an Alien Planet&#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-3961","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\/3961","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=3961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3961\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}