REGENERATION film, reactions EXPERIMENTAL/DANCE/MUSIC Festival
2026 Festival Audience Feedback Videos
•
4m 33s
Regeneration, 9min., USA
Directed by Kyle Jonah Ruddick
Regeneration is a short dance film that pays homage to the capacity of the human psyche and spirit to metabolize destruction into full bloom. Shot in the ashes of the Santa Monica Mountains in the weeks following the fire, the film captures a dancer amongst the desolate beauty of LA’s scorched terrain as she and it metabolize destruction back into full bloom — ecologically and emotively in parallel. Throughout, the patient eyes of more than 20 trail cameras document the slow return to life: grasses emerging from char, wildflowers erupting to superb loom, and wildlife feeding off a landscape more vibrant than before. Ultimately, it serves to leave its viewers with a message of hope: when held with reverence, and given time, the destructive events that sweep through our lives might just be serving to bring us back to life.
Up Next in 2026 Festival Audience Feedback Videos
-
CASUS film, reactions WILDsound Festival
CASUS, 14min., France
Directed by William Eguienta
To save the care center he works for from collapse, Akram, a driver for people with disabilities, finds himself drawn, against his will, into the world of drugs.
https://www.instagram.com/directedbywill -
Fangio: Courage or Destiny (Coraje o ...
Fangio: Courage or Destiny (Coraje o Destino), 15min., Argentina
Directed by Nicolas Pedro Villarreal
"Fangio: Courage or Destiny" follows a young boy as he is confronted with his future and the decisions he must make to fulfill his destiny. Inspired by the 1955 Formula 1 Grand Prix in Argentina,... -
NIX FIGMENT film, reactions WILDsound...
Nix Figment, 19min., USA
Directed by Cassandra Dawn
An unsuspecting physiological thriller. Bending your mind to the possibilities of reality while lowly addressing issues like self worth & our expectations of our life. Letting comparisons be the thief of joy. You don’t know what you’ve never exp...
