{"id":3972,"date":"2026-10-15T23:42:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T23:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=3972"},"modified":"2026-10-15T23:42:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T23:42:15","slug":"the-unfortunate-side-effects-of-drinking-with-a-crippling-want","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=3972","title":{"rendered":"The Unfortunate Side Effects of Drinking with a Crippling Want"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>2026 Official Selection: Short Film &#8211; Drama<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/thumbnail?id=1bjN0vfmKwON-RoOabLbZ_jW7r8lSPrvI&amp;sz=w515\" alt=\"The Unfortunate Side Effects of Drinking with a Crippling Want\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Two strangers imagine their lives together upon seeing each other at a party.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Screening date &amp; tickets<\/strong> \u2014 to be announced<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Director(s):<\/strong> Steven Soria<\/li>\n<li><strong>Writer(s):<\/strong> Steven Soria<\/li>\n<li><strong>Producer(s):<\/strong> Rachel Leyco, Shea William Vanderpoort, Alpha Faye<\/li>\n<li><strong>Key Cast:<\/strong> Rachel Leyco, Yssamei, Matt Groove<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Language:<\/strong> English<\/p>\n<p><strong>Runtime:<\/strong> 11m<\/p>\n<p><strong>Country:<\/strong> United States<\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong> Two strangers imagine their lives together upon seeing each other at a party.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/1220765560\/9aa5930b65?fl=tl&amp;fe=ec&amp;share=copy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to watch the trailer \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"@soriasteven\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Visit this Official Selection&#8217;s Instagram \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: SOFF<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2026 Official Selection: Short Film &#8211; Drama Two strangers imagine their lives together upon seeing each other at a party. Screening date &amp; tickets \u2014 to be announced Director(s): Steven Soria Writer(s): Steven Soria Producer(s): Rachel Leyco, Shea William Vanderpoort, Alpha Faye Key Cast: Rachel Leyco, Yssamei, Matt Groove Language: English Runtime: 11m Country: United &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=3972\" class=\"read-more\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Unfortunate Side Effects of Drinking with a Crippling Want&#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-3972","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\/3972","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=3972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3972\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}