{"id":6955,"date":"2026-05-07T05:11:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T02:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kasfilmfest.com\/finalists\/the-sentry\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T05:52:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T02:52:54","slug":"the-sentry","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kasfilmfest.com\/en\/finalists\/the-sentry\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sentry"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"6955\" class=\"elementor elementor-6955 elementor-6752\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b75a195 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"b75a195\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-771aa840\" data-id=\"771aa840\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2dc2ad98 elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"2dc2ad98\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/kasfilmfest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/kiff26-the-sentry-cover.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6951\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kasfilmfest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/kiff26-the-sentry-cover.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/kasfilmfest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/kiff26-the-sentry-cover-1536x480.jpg 1536w\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">The Sentry<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">dir. Jake Wachtel, 17\u201934\u2019\u2019 (Cambodia, USA)<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-54790672 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"54790672\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-699f052d\" data-id=\"699f052d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-909c809 aux-appear-watch-animation aux-fade-in-up elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"909c809\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">A cheeky dismantling of spy tropes and a love letter to Cambodia, THE SENTRY follows a suave Western agent who thinks he&#8217;s about to make another routine kill. 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