{"id":3976,"date":"2026-10-15T23:40:35","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T23:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=3976"},"modified":"2026-10-15T23:40:35","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T23:40:35","slug":"the-death-of-jim-mcgraw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=3976","title":{"rendered":"The Death of Jim McGraw"},"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=1WYJR-FyKeaa2sn6NUQc4RtDC5sTqdUvA&amp;sz=w515\" alt=\"The Death of Jim McGraw\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Three witnesses. Two sides. One prosecutor. Who will you believe?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Screening date &amp; tickets<\/strong> \u2014 to be announced<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Director(s):<\/strong> Evan Fine<\/li>\n<li><strong>Writer(s):<\/strong> Evan Fine<\/li>\n<li><strong>Producer(s):<\/strong> Michele Sieglitz, Jason Ting<\/li>\n<li><strong>Key Cast:<\/strong> Emma Faun Ferguson, Kent Weishaus, Valentina Sarmiento, Adrien Rooke, Germaine Gaudet, Marcus Stock, Max Mahle, Bruce Fingles<\/li>\n<li><strong>Editor(s):<\/strong> Evan Fine<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cinematographer(s):<\/strong> Evan Fine, Jason Ting<\/li>\n<li><strong>Production Designer(s):<\/strong> Sydney Gorin<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sound Designer(s):<\/strong> Evan Fine, Andy Zenczak<\/li>\n<li><strong>Composer(s):<\/strong> Evan Fine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Language:<\/strong> English<\/p>\n<p><strong>Runtime:<\/strong> 17m<\/p>\n<p><strong>Country:<\/strong> United States<\/p>\n<p><strong>Los Angeles Premiere<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong> A prosecutor fights for justice in the wake of a billionaire&#8217;s murder on New Year&#8217;s Eve.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lYSivBEBMM0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to watch the trailer \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/mcgrawshortfilm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Visit this Official Selection&#8217;s Instagram \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fivewattlights.com\/the-death-of-jim-mcgraw\" 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; Drama Three witnesses. Two sides. One prosecutor. Who will you believe? Screening date &amp; tickets \u2014 to be announced Director(s): Evan Fine Writer(s): Evan Fine Producer(s): Michele Sieglitz, Jason Ting Key Cast: Emma Faun Ferguson, Kent Weishaus, Valentina Sarmiento, Adrien Rooke, Germaine Gaudet, Marcus Stock, Max Mahle, Bruce Fingles &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=3976\" class=\"read-more\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Death of Jim McGraw&#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-3976","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\/3976","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=3976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3976\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}