Matthew Toffolo chats with Daryl Granger about his feature documentary “The Showmen”, which explores the world of traveling carnivals through the lens of World’s Finest Shows. Daryl explained his filmmaking approach, emphasizing authenticity, minimal pre-planning, and learning from subjects, and ...

Matthew Toffolo chats with Sucheta Sunku Gupta about her experimental short film "Tiger," which was played at the Experimental Dance Music Festival. Sucheta described the film as exploring the experience of growing up with "tiger parents," a strict and high-achievement parenting style common in i...

CHASE 8, 2min., Armenia
Directed by Hrant Yeritsian

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Hello, Humans., 14min., USA
Directed by Kimberly Henrickson

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Matthew Toffolo chatted with the very talented artist JOYA, an independent singer-songwriter and actress from Hong Kong. Joya discussed her music video "Good Stuff," which was shown at the LGBTQ+ Film Festival and serves as her most explicit coming-out project, depicting the normalcy of a queer r...

Matthew Toffolo interviewed Sabine Meyer, a psychiatrist and writer, about her wrtings and WILDsound converting her short stories into films. Sabine explained how her interest in using dreams for writing inspiration began after listening to a lecture by Robert Butler about accessing the subconsci...

Bleach Burns, 10min., USA
Directed by Perry Feder
With yearbook photo day fast approaching, a teenage girl pressured to maintain a perfect image becomes obsessed with a blue-haired classmate who threatens everything she’s been taught to suppress.

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THE FIRST TEAR, 8min., South Korea
Directed by Bo Kim
On a distant ark carrying thousands of robots, Unit 7 begins to question the purpose of their endless journey. When the crew arrives on a world filled with life, a single unexpected moment changes everything.

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Matthew Toffolo interviewed Maël Caradec about his short film "boysick," a 26-minute French film exploring virtual stalking on Grindr following a breakup. Maël explained the film was inspired by his own personal experience with problematic stalking behavior after being ghosted by an ex-boyfriend,...

Matthew Toffolo interviewed Hamish Sturgeon about his short film "Gossamer," which premiered at the LGBTQ+ Film Festival. Hamish described the film as a drama exploring identity, with thriller and experimental elements, and explained its origins from his own reflections on private identity and th...

TOPLESS, 9min., USA
Directed by Eric Bravo
A day-in-the-life of a character who desperately wants to chop off their breasts but is terrified to examine why.

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GOOD STUFF, 3min., Hong Kong
Directed by Edwin Lai
Good Stuff is the lead si...

The Kingdom of Rexmonte, 150min., USA
Directed by Rebeccah Crabtree
The Gem has woken!
The Princess is free!
Yet much is uncertain
for the royal family tree...

When a sudden invasion threatens their kingdom, a fractured royal family must face their long-avoided differences in order to protect th...

SEASONING, 2min., USA
Directed by John Bonner
In this 90s TV commercial, a boy and two girls run up the hill for a nice picnic. What could possibly go wrong when he sprays on some cologne?

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If you were light, 22min., Mexico
Directed by Maurilio Rodríguez
After a lifetime together, the relationship between Lázaro, an ancient vampire, and his wife Aura is nearing its end. Old and ill, Aura begs Lázaro to end her suffering. Unable to face loneliness, Lázaro makes the drastic decision t...

"The Cunningham Wake" by The Lycan Bite, 4min., USA
Directed by Greg Kissner
Sexy vampires feed on the werewolf band boys. An homage to Tales from the Crypt's: Bordello of Blood

HUNTED, 2min., Croatia
Directed by Darko Kokić
When technology advances, maybe you should run.

Who the hell are ya? /// Té qui toué ?, 4min., Canada
Directed by Francis Ouellet
A worker on his break realizes he might not be as alone as he thought... /// Un travailleur en pause se rend compte qu'il n'est peut-être pas si seul que ça....

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DEMON, 10min., China
Directed by Yunhan Jiang
The empty room, strange symbols, and the notebook filled with uninterpretable bloodstains. The husband searched for his wife's whereabouts, but was repeatedly eroded by the fragmented memories of the cultist. When his wife's figure appeared again, her...

Beyond Mamushi, 50min., UK
Directed by Martin Daniels
Kate Andrews is in a psychologically brutal relationship but by chance an outer influence could either help pull her out of her own hell or plunge into something far more evil and menacing.