{"id":4226,"date":"2026-11-03T17:35:47","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T17:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=4226"},"modified":"2026-11-03T17:35:47","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T17:35:47","slug":"the-hour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=4226","title":{"rendered":"The Hour"},"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=1zD2hOXujABbxdBZbU7CHJt5Oq-CxjMkk&amp;sz=w515\" alt=\"The Hour\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>A portrait of a young woman&#8217;s first year after leaving an abusive spouse as she navigates her healing journey and discovers the power of community.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Screening date &amp; tickets<\/strong> \u2014 to be announced<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Director(s):<\/strong> Paige Henderson<\/li>\n<li><strong>Writer(s):<\/strong> Molly Flanagan<\/li>\n<li><strong>Producer(s):<\/strong> Molly Flanagan, Lady Maggie Anwer, Kelsey Fordham, Maddy Murphy<\/li>\n<li><strong>Key Cast:<\/strong> Molly Flanagan, Ari Hader, Phoebe Holston, Samantha Cutaran, Joseph Callari, Eileen Grubba<\/li>\n<li><strong>Editor(s):<\/strong> Ji Ye Won<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cinematographer(s):<\/strong> Lu\u00edsa Dal\u00e9 Silva<\/li>\n<li><strong>Production Designer(s):<\/strong> Emily Palmer<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sound Designer(s):<\/strong> Griffin Fisher<\/li>\n<li><strong>Composer(s):<\/strong> Jina Hyojin An<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Language:<\/strong> English<\/p>\n<p><strong>Runtime:<\/strong> 17m<\/p>\n<p><strong>Country:<\/strong> United States<\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong> The chronicles of a woman\u2019s first year of healing after leaving an abusive spouse. Guilt and shame slow her progress, and tensions rise as years of domestic violence come to the surface. But with the support of her therapist, women in her support group, and her family, she may be able to rediscover the strength in herself and ultimately choose to heal.<\/p>\n<p>Inspired by a personal story, this film was made in response to an industry that too often uses sexual abuse for shock<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfreeway.com\/submissions\/35097852\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to watch the trailer \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thehourfilm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Visit this Official Selection&#8217;s Instagram \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/the-hour-film.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 portrait of a young woman&#8217;s first year after leaving an abusive spouse as she navigates her healing journey and discovers the power of community. Screening date &amp; tickets \u2014 to be announced Director(s): Paige Henderson Writer(s): Molly Flanagan Producer(s): Molly Flanagan, Lady Maggie Anwer, Kelsey Fordham, Maddy &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=4226\" class=\"read-more\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Hour&#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-4226","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\/4226","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=4226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4226\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}