{"id":3988,"date":"2026-10-17T03:22:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T03:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=3988"},"modified":"2026-10-17T03:22:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T03:22:11","slug":"tv-dad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=3988","title":{"rendered":"TV Dad"},"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=17-2uAnnUkmYBmcK0KpRmJ9hrJoLKtiSh&amp;sz=w515\" alt=\"TV Dad \" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>A surreal horror story about a lonely latchkey kid who becomes fixated on a sitcom character as a surrogate father figure.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Screening date &amp; tickets<\/strong> \u2014 to be announced<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Director(s):<\/strong> Sam Ripley<\/li>\n<li><strong>Writer(s):<\/strong> Sam Ripley<\/li>\n<li><strong>Producer(s):<\/strong> Borna Jamshidi, Dhruvraj Singh Bhati, Associate Producer: Jonathan Taub<\/li>\n<li><strong>Key Cast:<\/strong> Ron Livingston, Logan Kaufman, Keenan Moran<\/li>\n<li><strong>Editor(s):<\/strong> Kyle Moore<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cinematographer(s):<\/strong> Ian Herz<\/li>\n<li><strong>Production Designer(s):<\/strong> Bianca Natalia<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sound Designer(s):<\/strong> Thomas Neugebauer<\/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> Alienated from his father, lonely twelve-year-old Kyle finds comfort in the warm, familiar world of an old family sitcom. When the show&#8217;s kindly patriarch begins speaking directly to him through the television, Kyle believes he&#8217;s finally found the father he always wanted. But as his fixation deepens, TV Dad&#8217;s comforting guidance takes a sinister turn, offering Kyle a path to a perfect new home&#8230; if he&#8217;s willing to leave his real one behind.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"@samripleyy\" 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 A surreal horror story about a lonely latchkey kid who becomes fixated on a sitcom character as a surrogate father figure. Screening date &amp; tickets \u2014 to be announced Director(s): Sam Ripley Writer(s): Sam Ripley Producer(s): Borna Jamshidi, Dhruvraj Singh Bhati, Associate Producer: Jonathan Taub Key Cast: Ron &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=3988\" class=\"read-more\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;TV Dad&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4001,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sherman-oaks-film-festival"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3988","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=3988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3988\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}