New Releases

New Releases

New videos from the WILDsound Festival. Daily MOVIES to watch. Plus, screenplay readings, poetry readings, audience feedback videos.

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New Releases
  • Jeff Hilliard - Abandon, 7min., USA, Music Video

    Dwight a 50 year old left over 80's metal rocker who's still holding onto his rockstar dreams while living at home with his mom and working as an Uber driver has a one night stand with Vivian a married lady who struggles with letting go of her wild side.

    http://www.jeffhilliard.tv/
    https://insta...

  • Winning Comedy Feature Film: COMIC IN COVID. Feb. 25/26 event

    COMIC IN COVID, 127min., USA
    Directed by Michael T. O'Brien
    An out of work comic, due to Covid-19, practices his routines in his car because the walls in his apartment are too thin and he doesn't want to disturb the neighbors.

    watch the audience feedback video:
    https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/...

  • THE LAST HOUSEBOAT, reactions DOCUMENTARY Festival (interview)

    The Last Houseboat, 31min., USA
    Directed by Colin D'Amelio
    The Last Houseboat is a heartfelt short documentary that delves into the history of a unique wooden vessel, lovingly crafted by a family patriarch in 1970. Anchored on the Rhode Island coast for over 50 years, the houseboat became more th...

  • BEEHOLD, reactions CHICAGO Feedback Festival (interview)

    Beehold, 18min., USA
    Directed by Ben Berry
    From his work with local nuns looking for answers about their barren apple trees to his consulting with golf courses in natural habitat management to classrooms, and his own design workshop – he is a true beeliever in the good story – the gospel of abund...

  • The Nose Knows: Foreignness and Fortune in China, reactions DOCUMENTARY Festival

    The Nose Knows: Foreignness and Fortune in China, 23min., Singapore
    Directed by Bill Callahan, Kieran Hanson
    What can noses tell us Chinese identity, and the PRC's increasingly important place in the world?

  • I AM 18, reactions DOCUMENTARY Festival

    I Am 18, 40min., India
    Directed by Sasi Kumar
    "I am 18" is a powerful documentary set in India that delves into the lives of young adults as they reach the significant milestone of turning 18. This age marks a pivotal moment in many cultures and societies, symbolizing the transition from adolesce...

  • ARCTIC POLAR BEAR MOTHERS, reactions DOCUMENTARY Festival

    Arctic Polar Bear Mothers, 16min., USA
    Directed by Carol J. Amore
    Immerse yourself in the "Seasons of Life"
    of a heroic Polar Bear Mother who has to
    protect and provide for her hungry cubs everyday
    in the everchanging arctic weather extremes.

    http://www.arcticpolarbearmothers.com/

  • SMILE FOR THE DEAD, reactions DOCUMENTARY Festival (interview)

    Smile for the Dead, 54min., USA
    Directed by Hamilton Young Ward
    True crime meets the paranormal as "Smile for the Dead" uncovers the eerie mystery of William H. Mumler's spirit photography and his ghostly portraits that baffled the 1800s. This documentary investigates Mumler's techniques and why ...

  • PEKING OPERA, reactions DOCUMENTARY Festival

    Peking Opera, 6min., China
    Directed by Yiqing Wei
    It is incumbent upon us to restore the glory of Peking Opera.

  • A SMALL ACT OF COURAGE, 16min., Comedy concert film

    Recorded during a live performance in Brattleboro, VT, humorist, story-teller and now... musician? Dylan Brody brings a guitar and a looping box to his act risking poetry, confession and an actual song to his act!

    Directed by Dylan Brody

    http://dylanbrody.com/a-small-act-of-courage

    https://ins...

  • Best of LGBTQ+ Shorts Festival. Feb. 24/25 event

    See the full lineup of films:

    MOM-CRETE, 5min., USA
    Directed by Jeremy Andrew Davis
    Combative siblings travel to a lakeside to spread their Mom's ashes.

    http://jeremyandrewdavis.com/
    https://www.facebook.com/thejeremyandrewdavis
    https://www.instagram.com/jeremyandrewdavis/

    Watch the audience ...

  • LGBTQ+ Feature Film Festival: THANK YOU FOR HER. Feb. 24/2th event

    THANK YOU FOR HER, 150min., USA
    Directed by Peyton Savington
    When aspiring fantasy novelist Anna Drake accidentally runs cyclist Lance off the road, she has no idea this chance encounter will change both their lives. As their romance blossoms, Anna finds herself falling for Lance's free-spirited ...

  • LILI, 15min., Puerto Rico, Drama/Thriller/Political

    Directed by Brian Rios

    A father and daughter must cross the border in order to find a better life, but the daughter cannot speak.

    https://www.instagram.com/lilishortfilm/

    WILDsound Podcast: https://www.wildsoundpodcast.com/the-film-podcast-by-wildsound/2022/11/24/november-22-2022-filmmaker-bri...

  • THE FULL CATASTROPHE, 4min,. USA, Documentary

    Directed by Yolanda Reid Chassiakos
    Ethnic Cleansing in Smyrna, 1922: A Family's Odyssey

    https://amphitritepublishing.com/

  • MOSAIC, 4min., USA, Fantasy/Sci-Fi

    Frank, a tile and mosaic specialist receives a mysterious videotape that turns his life into pieces.

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22023224/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_1

    https://www.instagram.com/keith.q.chen/

    Directed by Keith Qi Chen

    Director Statement
    The short film is to explore the idea of the vali...

  • Watch winning Sci-Fi film: Onámuh. Feb. 22/24 event

    Onámuh, 22min,. Mexico
    Directed by Miguel Ángel Vives Ponzanelli
    Onámuh, a humanoid marked by past abuses, searches for resources to survive. Árret, a deity of the earth, helps him and takes him to her lair, where Onámuh finds the energy he needed. However, his need turns into an addiction, leadi...

  • SCI-FI/FANTASY Short Film Festival: Feb. 22/24 event

    See the full lineup of films:

    HYBRID, 14min., USA
    Directed by Chris Romrell
    A story of a family's internal struggle during a global crisis. While trying to navigate unknow fears and events they have to learn how to draw closer to each other and work together.

    https://www.instagram.com/chris.r...

  • Into the Gamba-Verse short film, reactions EXPERIMENTAL/MUSIC/DANCE Festival

    Into the Gamba-Verse, 6min., USA
    Directed by Julianna Emanski, Christophe Skupien, Joy Bollinger, Molly Hammond
    In 2024, Lumedia Musicworks and Bruce Wood Dance Dallas joined forces to create "Into the Gamba-Verse", a visually captivating short film that merges the timeless resonance of early mus...

  • Lettre à ma fille short film, reactions EXPERIMENTAL/MUSIC/DANCE Festival

    Lettre à ma fille, 4min., Benin
    Directed by Michael Maurissens
    Unfolding on the beaches and streets of Benin, a heartfelt letter from a mother to her future daughter expresses the challenges and joys of growing up as a woman. Through song and dance, a tribe of women dispel fairy tales myths to ce...

  • longing/belonging short film, reactions EXPERIMENTAL/MUSIC/DANCE Festival

    longing/belonging, 3min., Canada
    Directed by Rachael Withers, Niamh Wilson
    longing/belonging follows a queer femme struggling to break out of the mold of their straight relationship and their journey to discovering identity and community.

    https://instagram.com/longingbelonging.film

  • One Human Show short film, reactions EXPERIMENTAL/MUSIC/DANCE Festival

    One Human Show, 8min, USA
    Directed by Yue Zhu
    “One Human Show” delves into the essence of life, exploring diverse forms, gender roles, and societal constructs. Through the symbolic cycle of birth, death, and rebirth, the film reflects on equality, transformation, and the interconnectedness of exi...

  • RESISTANCE short film, reactions EXPERIMENTAL/MUSIC/DANCE Festival

    RESISTANCE, 7min., South Korea
    Directed by SU IN GOK, JI HOON YOO, SEOK JIN Noin YANG
    One isolated in the waves, helpless against an overwhelming force.

  • CATABASE FIRST PART: AD LOVE, reactions DANCE/MUSIC/EXPERIMENTAL (interview)

    CATABASE FIRST PART: AD LOVE. 97min., France
    Directed by Nicolas Pereira
    Two lovers fall into madness.

    https://www.instagram.com/nicolaspereiratheater/

    Get to know the filmmaker:

    1. What motivated you to make this film?

    Honestly, I can't say exactly why. By 2021, it had been four years sinc...

  • THESE THINGS short film, reactions EXPERIMENTAL/MUSIC/DANCE FestivalTHESE THINGS

    These Things, 4min,. USA
    Directed by Stephen Davis
    These Things is a short film about four dancers who experience an event that leaves them feeling scared, sad and confused.

    http://www.thesethingscinedance.com/
    https://instagram.com/thesethings.cinedance