{"id":4082,"date":"2026-10-24T19:50:01","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T19:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=4082"},"modified":"2026-10-24T19:50:01","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T19:50:01","slug":"the-orange-circle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=4082","title":{"rendered":"The Orange Circle"},"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=1I3cvi_4Nh5wv9pfZ4DNc21vpzR9HTk1a&amp;sz=w515\" alt=\"The Orange Circle\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>You have to do what it says&#8230; or else.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Screening date &amp; tickets<\/strong> \u2014 to be announced<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Director(s):<\/strong> Mike Robinson<\/li>\n<li><strong>Writer(s):<\/strong> Mike Robinson<\/li>\n<li><strong>Producer(s):<\/strong> Kat Hartman Rocco, Sean Cruser, Mike Robinson<\/li>\n<li><strong>Key Cast:<\/strong> Kunjue Li, Matthew Burnside, Kevin Toomey, Jenny Castro, Ryan Featherston<\/li>\n<li><strong>Editor(s):<\/strong> Kevin Toomey<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cinematographer(s):<\/strong> Sean Cruser<\/li>\n<li><strong>Production Designer(s):<\/strong> Alexander Cantrell<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sound Designer(s):<\/strong> J\u00e9r\u00e9my Ben Ammar<\/li>\n<li><strong>Composer(s):<\/strong> David Bauer &amp; Nick Sudar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Language:<\/strong> English<\/p>\n<p><strong>Runtime:<\/strong> 13m<\/p>\n<p><strong>Country:<\/strong> United States<\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong> A woman is terrorized by a mysterious orange circle who intimidates her into attacking people with a pair of garden shears.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"@mikerobinsonnnn\" 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 You have to do what it says&#8230; or else. Screening date &amp; tickets \u2014 to be announced Director(s): Mike Robinson Writer(s): Mike Robinson Producer(s): Kat Hartman Rocco, Sean Cruser, Mike Robinson Key Cast: Kunjue Li, Matthew Burnside, Kevin Toomey, Jenny Castro, Ryan Featherston Editor(s): Kevin Toomey Cinematographer(s): Sean &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=4082\" class=\"read-more\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Orange Circle&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4096,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4082","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\/4082","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=4082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4082\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}