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

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-truth-is-dead

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...

Watch the best scene reading: https://youtu.be/LeLjDjPZmLY

Matthew Toffolo interviewed Maria Lena Skillings about her feature screenplay "Echoes of Erdington," which was selected from the Horror Underground Festival. Maria explained that the screenplay was inspired by true events involving two i...

Matthew Toffolo interviewed Michael Hayes about his winning teleplay screenplay "In the Shadows," which tells the story of a retired teacher coming to terms with his bisexuality while being in an interracial marriage. Michael explained that the five-episode mini-series explores how his character'...

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.

Wildflowers, 11min.
Directed by Arda Wuyts
While running away from her small, rural Pennsylvanian town with her boyfriend, Emily, a high school senior, discovers what it means to be truly free.

Trash, 4min.
Directed by 9 young people aged 11 to 14
Producer Atelier Caméléon
Out of laziness, a c...

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...

When the snow begins to melt, 11min.
Directed by Marie Luise Lehner, Emil Huppenkothen
In their spectacular outfits, Lehner and Schmitz make not only fashion statements but also political ones. Here, characters wander into and out of their roles. The means by which the film is made become visible...

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/

https://www.wildsound.c...

“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...