{"id":3977,"date":"2026-10-15T23:37:53","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T23:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=3977"},"modified":"2026-10-15T23:37:53","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T23:37:53","slug":"the-candle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=3977","title":{"rendered":"The Candle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>2026 Official Selection: Short Film &#8211; Horror<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/thumbnail?id=15_RSe6jaiWgXcaZJDPjrsdvzT-GB406l&amp;sz=w515\" alt=\"The Candle\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Have your cake&#8230;and it eats you.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Screening date &amp; tickets<\/strong> \u2014 to be announced<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Director(s):<\/strong> Ren Ariel Sano<\/li>\n<li><strong>Writer(s):<\/strong> Ren Ariel Sano<\/li>\n<li><strong>Producer(s):<\/strong> Ren Ariel Sano, Logan Mack<\/li>\n<li><strong>Key Cast:<\/strong> Daisy Lopez, John-Michael Sedor<\/li>\n<li><strong>Editor(s):<\/strong> Joe Carugati<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cinematographer(s):<\/strong> Logan Mack<\/li>\n<li><strong>Production Designer(s):<\/strong> Grace Alie<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sound Designer(s):<\/strong> Elizabeth McClanahan<\/li>\n<li><strong>Composer(s):<\/strong> Sylvain Kauffman<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Runtime:<\/strong> 9m<\/p>\n<p><strong>Country:<\/strong> United States<\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong> An unsuspecting young couple bring a cursed candle to a friend&#8217;s 30th birthday party and unleash an unlikely evil that comes to collect its just desserts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfreeway.com\/submissions\/36648877\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to watch the trailer \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thecandleshort\" 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; Horror Have your cake&#8230;and it eats you. Screening date &amp; tickets \u2014 to be announced Director(s): Ren Ariel Sano Writer(s): Ren Ariel Sano Producer(s): Ren Ariel Sano, Logan Mack Key Cast: Daisy Lopez, John-Michael Sedor Editor(s): Joe Carugati Cinematographer(s): Logan Mack Production Designer(s): Grace Alie Sound Designer(s): Elizabeth McClanahan &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=3977\" class=\"read-more\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Candle&#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-3977","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\/3977","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=3977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3977\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}