{"id":4064,"date":"2026-10-23T17:19:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T17:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=4064"},"modified":"2026-10-23T17:19:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T17:19:18","slug":"arent-we-havin-a-good-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=4064","title":{"rendered":"Aren\u2019t We Havin\u2019 A Good Time"},"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=1nWNS3-jFMNlwaEHQ3iuJUa-p1yhVc_Jc&amp;sz=w515\" alt=\"Aren't We Havin' A Good Time\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>A renowned event host tries to reconnect with his inspirational grandfather, a revered singer of the 1970s now living with Alzheimer&#8217;s dementia, upon discovering he can still sing.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Screening date &amp; tickets<\/strong> \u2014 to be announced<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Director(s):<\/strong> Derry Shillitto<\/li>\n<li><strong>Writer(s):<\/strong> Kieran Hardcastle<\/li>\n<li><strong>Producer(s):<\/strong> Chloe Elizabeth Martin<\/li>\n<li><strong>Key Cast:<\/strong> Nicholas Lumley, Kieran Hardcastle<\/li>\n<li><strong>Editor(s):<\/strong> Luke Radford<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cinematographer(s):<\/strong> Will J Carman<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sound Designer(s):<\/strong> Alex Stroud<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Language:<\/strong> English<\/p>\n<p><strong>Runtime:<\/strong> 17m<\/p>\n<p><strong>Country:<\/strong> United Kingdom<\/p>\n<p><strong>Los Angeles Premiere<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong> Peter (NICHOLAS LUMLEY &#8211; \u2018Paddington 2\u2019, \u2018Lady Macbeth\u2019) a popular singer\/stand-up entertainer of the seventies and eighties, resides in a care home in Nottingham as a result of Alzheimer\u2019s dementia.<br \/>\nKezz (KIERAN HARDCASTLE &#8211; \u2018This Is England\u2019, \u2018Bohemian Rhapsody\u2019) his naturally-gifted event host of a grandson, assumed he was all but lost to the condition, until&#8230; during a routine visit, he&#8217;s suddenly shocked and astonished to learn that due to the remarkable effects of<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfreeway.com\/submissions\/36963381\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to watch the trailer \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ArentWeHavinAGoodTime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Visit this Official Selection&#8217;s Facebook \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: SOFF<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2026 Official Selection: Short Film &#8211; Drama A renowned event host tries to reconnect with his inspirational grandfather, a revered singer of the 1970s now living with Alzheimer&#8217;s dementia, upon discovering he can still sing. Screening date &amp; tickets \u2014 to be announced Director(s): Derry Shillitto Writer(s): Kieran Hardcastle Producer(s): Chloe Elizabeth Martin Key Cast: &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=4064\" class=\"read-more\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Aren\u2019t We Havin\u2019 A Good Time&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4081,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4064","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\/4064","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=4064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4064\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}