{"id":4207,"date":"2026-11-02T17:17:06","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T17:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=4207"},"modified":"2026-11-02T17:17:06","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T17:17:06","slug":"a-widows-peak-the-death-benefit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=4207","title":{"rendered":"A Widow\u2019s Peak &amp; The Death Benefit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>2026 Official Selection: Screenplay \u2013 Screenplay &#8211; Short Film<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/thumbnail?id=1Sp0aUq2qx7iJh4RgjETPFHEbqH9tLidW&amp;sz=w515\" alt=\"A Widow's Peak &amp; The Death Benefit\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Screenplay Awards Ceremony<\/strong> \u00b7 Sun, Dec 6, 2026 \u00b7 2:00 PM \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/shermanoaksfilmfestival.com\/tickets\/\">Get Tickets \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>His wife is gone. His hair is going. Her $100,000 life insurance can only buy back one of them, and it might include a trip to Turkey.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Writer(s):<\/strong> Tommaso Di Blasi<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Language:<\/strong> English<\/p>\n<p><strong>Country:<\/strong> Not Specified<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"@maso.maso.maso\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Visit this Official Selection&#8217;s Instagram \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dominic Russo only trusted his wife, Grace, to cut his hair. A year after she dies giving birth to their daughter, he\u2019s balding fast, and nightmares of a veiled widow aren\u2019t helping. When Grace\u2019s $100,000 death benefit arrives, his dermatologist suggests a hair transplant in Turkey. Then a prank goes awry, and his half-blind neighbor Morris recommends a toupee. At Grace\u2019s grave, an allergic reaction forces Dominic to face reality. He shaves his head clean.<\/p>\n<p>Source: SOFF<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2026 Official Selection: Screenplay \u2013 Screenplay &#8211; Short Film Screenplay Awards Ceremony \u00b7 Sun, Dec 6, 2026 \u00b7 2:00 PM \u2014 Get Tickets \u2192 His wife is gone. His hair is going. Her $100,000 life insurance can only buy back one of them, and it might include a trip to Turkey. Writer(s): Tommaso Di Blasi &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=4207\" class=\"read-more\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A Widow\u2019s Peak &amp; The Death Benefit&#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-4207","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\/4207","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=4207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4207\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}