{"id":4036,"date":"2026-10-21T02:51:04","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T02:51:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=4036"},"modified":"2026-10-21T02:51:04","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T02:51:04","slug":"ever-green-the-fing-spectrum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=4036","title":{"rendered":"Ever Green &amp; The F***ing Spectrum"},"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=1aDX898bxPffl1jWfQXKGHif22Z2hUY1H&amp;sz=w515\" alt=\"Ever Green &amp; The F***ing Spectrum\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>A raw exploration of neurodiversity, family dysfunction, and the Hollywood gaze on disability.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Screening date &amp; tickets<\/strong> \u2014 to be announced<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Director(s):<\/strong> Peter Kangas<\/li>\n<li><strong>Writer(s):<\/strong> Peter Kangas, Josiah Polhemus<\/li>\n<li><strong>Producer(s):<\/strong> Peter Kangas, Josiah Polhemus, Taylor Rust, Elissa Down<\/li>\n<li><strong>Key Cast:<\/strong> Brendan Looney, Leo Burnett, Josiah Polhemus<\/li>\n<li><strong>Editor(s):<\/strong> Matthew R. Smith<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cinematographer(s):<\/strong> Frank Paul Perez<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sound Designer(s):<\/strong> Owen Peterson<\/li>\n<li><strong>Composer(s):<\/strong> Katherine Beggs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Language:<\/strong> English<\/p>\n<p><strong>Runtime:<\/strong> 15m<\/p>\n<p><strong>Country:<\/strong> United States<\/p>\n<p><strong>Los Angeles Premiere<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong> Paul, a young autistic man, struggles to process his father&#8217;s terminal cancer diagnosis while haunted by Ever Green\u2014a character from a Hollywood autism film he despises. Through therapy sessions and painful memories, Paul confronts his grief, his strained relationship with his father, and society&#8217;s stereotypical portrayals of autism. A raw exploration of neurodiversity, family dysfunction, and the Hollywood gaze on disability.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/4bw4SQyDP7k?si=Vff_MaoaaTprkjKT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to watch the trailer \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/spectrumotionpictures\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Visit this Official Selection&#8217;s Instagram \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spectrummotionpictures.com\" 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 A raw exploration of neurodiversity, family dysfunction, and the Hollywood gaze on disability. Screening date &amp; tickets \u2014 to be announced Director(s): Peter Kangas Writer(s): Peter Kangas, Josiah Polhemus Producer(s): Peter Kangas, Josiah Polhemus, Taylor Rust, Elissa Down Key Cast: Brendan Looney, Leo Burnett, Josiah Polhemus Editor(s): Matthew &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=4036\" class=\"read-more\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Ever Green &amp; The F***ing Spectrum&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4046,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4036","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\/4036","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=4036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4036\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}