Watch the POETRY movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glnV1DMyRW8

The conversation centered on Alexander Lizardo Peterson's poem "Body for Who," which was adapted into a poetry film by WILDsound. Alexander shared that the poem's inspiration came from his lifelong struggles with body image, inf...

When Ahmed, also known as Ashry, moves from Port Said to Cairo for university, he finds himself in a city where he can finally pursue his childhood dream of acting. Ashry, who’s a physiotherapy student at Cairo University, finds himself spending time in the university’s theater more than in its c...

Running Snake is a hand-drawn, frame-by-frame 2D animation tracing desire, shame, and loneliness from a young woman’s perspective. In a world where female self-expression is silenced, it transforms secrecy into a delicate visual meditation on liberation, intimacy, and the courage to be seen.

Matthew Toffolo interviewed Ivars Kovalevskis about his short film "Quelled," a psychological crime thriller from Ireland that won at the Thriller/Suspense festival. Ivars discussed his background in film, starting in his 40s after learning graphic design and animation, and his collaboration with...

THE MIRROR, 40 seconds
Directed by Shaghayegh Behzadmehr
Mirror tells the story of a young man who, gazing into his reflection, sees himself as old and weary. In his mind, the wrinkles and gray hair mark the passage of time, yet in reality he is still young. This contrast between inner perception...

Matthew Toffolo chatted with Johnny Mischief-Cancer, about his animated music video "Roll Call Home" for Jenny Wu's song, which was showcased at Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film Festival. Johnny, based in Portland, Oregon, directed and animated the entire project himself, including rotoscoping and mouth move...

CRYING BABY, DANCING BEE. 12min., Canada
Directed by Another 13 Moon Woman
A spoke hand drawn journey through Fiatlandia with Buzzbee, a creature half bee, half human. They call her the African Bitcoin Queen and in this first episode we find out why...

http://a13mw.com/

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“Alone, Yet Not” is a film about family, expectations, and failure. Through the story of a young woman at her breaking point, it explores these pressures and shows that, even in silence, we are never truly alone.

Directed by - Sean Kalinaki

https://www.instagram.com/seankalinaki

BEYOND THE BLACKOUT, 9min., Australia
Directed by Setareh Mehrdad
As an Iranian choreographer living away from my homeland, I created this dance film in response to the theme of “home.” For me, home is Iran: a place of memory, love, grief, and resistance.

https://www.instagram.com/setareh_mehrd...

CHATON - WE ARE INVINCIBLE, 3min., USA
Directed by Marcus CB Soori
The multi-award-winning melodic techno artist Chaton returns with his second-ever single, We Are Invincible.

https://www.instagram.com/chaton_music/

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-chaton-we-are-invincible

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TRUTH IS DEAD, 4min., Australia
Directed by Martin Ryan
Messengers from the future try to give a warning.

THAT NIGHT, 15min., USA
Directed by Sina Mahdavi
An undocumented worker in a small restaurant tries to support her family back home. When a stranger arrives and the police get involved, her life takes an unexpected turn.

Directed by Lisa Dreher
A man stops by his Hispanic neighbors’ house only to find it abandoned and quiet.

https://www.instagram.com/lisa_dreher97/

JUMPING AT SHADOWS: FORSAKEN FATHER, 40min., Australia
Directed by Locky Boaretto
Charlotte’s 18th birthday takes a dark turn when Agent Nixon arrives with shocking revelations about her past and his true reasons for hunting aliens. When a desperate attempt to change history unleashes catastrophi...

HALLOWEEN, 15min., France
Directed by Sacha Lafitte, Aurélien Cambriel
A psychiatrist starts a new job at a hospital. She leaves her daughter with a babysitter for Halloween night. But Michael Myers is lurking nearby.

NO MORE A VICTIM, 12min., New Zealand
Directed by Tanya M Wheeler
When the victim of a killer in the woods explains her final day, it turns out it was a different day to that experienced by her killer.

THE ALOHA WITHIN, 17min., USA
Directed by Elvis Maleko, Robert Massetti
Through a time of personal struggle and tragedy, a young Polynesian stage performer named Marc discovers a new meaning of hope. This hope is found through a support system he never knew he had. As he pieces together the suppo...