{"id":3978,"date":"2026-10-15T23:37:19","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T23:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=3978"},"modified":"2026-10-15T23:37:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T23:37:19","slug":"grandpa-went-viral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=3978","title":{"rendered":"Grandpa Went Viral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>2026 Official Selection: Screenplay \u2013 Screenplay &#8211; Feature Film<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/thumbnail?id=1gEucphBp535FYEE7y8hbsUsnZfW8w1fO&amp;sz=w515\" alt=\"Grandpa Went Viral\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ceremony date &amp; tickets<\/strong> \u2014 to be announced<\/p>\n<p><em>In this heartwarming musical comedy, a tech-hating grandpa\u2019s \u201cTech Monster\u201d story goes viral, teaching his family to balance technology with real-life connection.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Writer(s):<\/strong> Thylea Michele Thymes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Language:<\/strong> English<\/p>\n<p><strong>Country:<\/strong> Not Specified<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"@thylea_thymes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Visit this Official Selection&#8217;s Instagram \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In this heartwarming musical comedy, a beloved, old-school grandpa is determined to spend a few meaningful days with his tech-obsessed grandkids: Emma, a blogger preteen, and Matthew, who deeply idolizes Grandpa and even dresses like him. When the children receive new devices, Grandpa\u2019s cherished one-on-one time is suddenly threatened. Determined to reconnect, he spins a bedtime story about a fearsome \u201ctech monster,\u201d hoping to teach them the value of real-life memories.<\/p>\n<p>Source: SOFF<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2026 Official Selection: Screenplay \u2013 Screenplay &#8211; Feature Film Ceremony date &amp; tickets \u2014 to be announced In this heartwarming musical comedy, a tech-hating grandpa\u2019s \u201cTech Monster\u201d story goes viral, teaching his family to balance technology with real-life connection. Writer(s): Thylea Michele Thymes Language: English Country: Not Specified Visit this Official Selection&#8217;s Instagram \u2192 In &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=3978\" class=\"read-more\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Grandpa Went Viral&#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-3978","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\/3978","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=3978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3978\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}