{"id":4025,"date":"2026-10-20T16:31:25","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T16:31:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=4025"},"modified":"2026-10-20T16:31:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T16:31:25","slug":"like-leaving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=4025","title":{"rendered":"Like Leaving"},"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=14YXpfj7IdzALLsvsjiL6RtlWBpQLRCZp&amp;sz=w515\" alt=\"Like Leaving\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>As the dream of emigration slowly unsettles the foundation of a young couple\u2019s life, their little daughter sets out to mend things in her own way.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Screening date &amp; tickets<\/strong> \u2014 to be announced<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Director(s):<\/strong> Niloufar Mehrshad Abdollahi<\/li>\n<li><strong>Writer(s):<\/strong> Niloufar Mehrshad Abdollahi<\/li>\n<li><strong>Producer(s):<\/strong> Niloufar Abdollahi<\/li>\n<li><strong>Key Cast:<\/strong> Navid Salahi, Samaneh Shoaei, Ava Bakhshi<\/li>\n<li><strong>Editor(s):<\/strong> Mahmoudreza Enshaei<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cinematographer(s):<\/strong> Ali Saman<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sound Designer(s):<\/strong> Mehdi Arafati<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Language:<\/strong> Persian<\/p>\n<p><strong>Runtime:<\/strong> 12m<\/p>\n<p><strong>Country:<\/strong> Iran<\/p>\n<p><strong>Los Angeles Premiere<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong> A young couple is on the brink of emigration, hoping to build a better future for their little daughter. But when an unexpected delay disrupts the process, and Nazy \u2014 now pregnant \u2014 can no longer travel, tensions rise. Reza, unwilling to let go of their dream, proposes a devastating solution. Caught in a painful dilemma, Nazi is unaware that their daughter, Ava, has quietly made her own decision to resolve the crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Source: SOFF<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2026 Official Selection: Short Film &#8211; Drama As the dream of emigration slowly unsettles the foundation of a young couple\u2019s life, their little daughter sets out to mend things in her own way. Screening date &amp; tickets \u2014 to be announced Director(s): Niloufar Mehrshad Abdollahi Writer(s): Niloufar Mehrshad Abdollahi Producer(s): Niloufar Abdollahi Key Cast: Navid &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=4025\" class=\"read-more\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Like Leaving&#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-4025","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\/4025","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=4025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4025\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}