New Releases
New videos from the WILDsound Festival. Daily MOVIES to watch. Plus, screenplay readings, poetry readings, audience feedback videos.
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WATCH - We're Still Breathing, Amhara Genocide in Ethiopia. DOC Fest Sept. 2024
We're Still Breathing, Amhara Genocide in Ethiopia is a short documentary about the systemic silent genocide of the Amhara people in Ethiopia.
https://www.amharaamerica.org/post/secure-your-seat-documentary-film-we-are-still-breathing-amhara-genocide-in-ethiopia
https://twitter.com/AAA_Amhara
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Watch - FEMININE SINGULAR feature. DOC Festival Sept. 2024
FEMININE SINGULAR, 72min., Argentina
Directed by Dorian Shine
An evocative cinematic and performance art voyage through the lives of 30 extraordinary Argentinian women between 4 years old and more! Within each woman's story, a treasure of resilience and strength appears through their unique persp... -
Watch - THE EXAMINED LIFE. DOC Festival September 2024
THE EXAMINED LIFE, 14min., USA
Directed by KA Chinery
What is this journey we call life? And what is its purpose? Is there a goal or a destination? Throughout this profound journey, we experience so much joy and so much suffering. But what we must know is that the triumphs and struggles that we e... -
Watch - THE SECRET OF PREHISTORIC MOTHERS. DOC Festival Sept. 2024
THE SECRET OF PREHISTORIC MOTHERS, 53min,. Germany
Directed by Anja Krug-Metzinger
What was motherhood like in prehistoric times? Most recent archaeological findings prove that the cooperative support of mothers within a community became a successful reproductive strategy.
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Watch - THE RAZOR'S EDGE. DOC Festival Sept. 2024
THE RAZOR'S EDGE, 67min., Greece
Directed by Christos N Karakasis,
The first Greek documentary about the art of Kung Fu by the Director and Producer Christos N. Karakasis with the central figure being the teacher Sifu Kyriakos Eleftheriou.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32143636
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HOME short film, reactions WILDsound Festival (interview)
HOME, 16min., USA
Directed by Al Chang
Seo-won navigates a fragmented reality filled with emotional encounters and haunting memories, seeking solace and clarity in her search for home.
https://www.instagram.com/4lcfilmGet to know the filmmaker:
1. What motivated you to make this film?
When ...
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MOISTURE short film, reactions WILDsound Festival
MOISTURE, 25min., Brazil
Directed by Duda Gorter
Brazil: In a gray city in the near future, religious sects and rats live on the prowl. It rains non-stop. -
SCREENPLAY MOVIE: Tamara's Escape, by Rebecca Robinson
In 2052 after the dissolution of the United States 30 years earlier, a young woman, 17 year-old Tamara O’Neal, is smuggled out of the Confederacy to New Albion, liberal bastion based in the Colorado Rockies, to what her father thinks is safety. After a difficult transition to life in New Albion a...
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FEM/DOM - Empowered short film, reactions WILDsound Festival
FEM/DOM - Empowered, 15min., USA
Directed by Mitchell Suikess
Violet is a resourceful, independent, and modern woman. By day, she works as a soft-spoken assistant for an abusive, and misogynistic boss, Mr. Mann. By night, Violet swaps her powerlessness for power, when she moonlights as a dominatr... -
CHHAVA short film, reactions WILDsound Festival (interview)
CHHAVA, 39min., India
Directed by Anurag Srijit, Arman Shaikh
Set in the storied Apshinge Military Village in Maharashtra, 'Chhava' offers an intimate glimpse into the lives of families bound by centuries of military service, from the reign of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj to today. Crafted with ca... -
TORII short film, reactions WILDsound Festival
TORII, 13min., Germany
Directed by Martin Gerigk
Torii ?? is a short film in the form of an audiovisual composition about the traditional Shinto gates of the same name in Japan. The film uses these gates which symbolically mark the transition from the mundane to the sacred as representatives of a... -
Watch - UP AT NIGHT - Under 5 Minute Festival showcase Sept. 2024
UP AT NIGHT, 2min., Switzerland
Directed by Hassan Camara
http://ashesproductions.com/
https://facebook.com/hassancamara
https://instagram.com/hassancamaraa
Watch the Audience Feedback Video:
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Watch - WEEKEND RELEASE. Under 5 Minute Festival Sept. 2024
WEEKEND RELEASE, 1min., UK
Directed by Susanda Wolf
A woman waits for her son to pick her up from the police station, but he isn't coming.
http://palmanda.com/Watch the Audience Feedback Video:
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Watch - TURNING A NEW LEAF. Under 5 Minute Festival Sept. 2024
TURNING A NEW LEAF, 2min,. USA
Directed by Isabelle Alison Hibbard
Hazel and Willow, two teenage theater club members, exit from backstage after a rehearsal. Willow is upset by her role, and Hazel argues that no, being a tree and chorus member is the best. Hazel breaks into song, and the girls en... -
Watch - NOUMENA. Under 5 Minute Festival Sept. 2024
NOUMENA, 2min., USA
Directed by Coby Resnick, Yanni Economos
"Noumena" is an experimental film that explores the Kantian principles of reality. It follows a student studying at a library late at night as she tries to understand concept of metaphysics. As she becomes deeper in thought, her environ... -
Watch - THE NEW BEGINNING. Under 5 Minute Festival Sept. 2024
THE NEW BEGINNING, 2min,. France
Directed by Alexandre Diennet
In a world in decline, Gareth questions his own survival. Along the way, he meets Jim, perhaps the last ray of hope capable of persuading him to remain among the living.
Watch the Audience Feedback Video:
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Watch - A PICCOLI PASSI. Under 5 Minute Festival Sept. 2024
A PICCOLI PASSI, 5min., Italy
Directed by Francesco La Barbera
Antonio, a 12-year-old boy, defends a man from the abuses of his own friends. Following this event, the boy's present and future will be profoundly changed, together with that of those around him.
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Watch THE LAND OF MEMORIES. Under 5 Minute Festival Sept. 2024
THE LAND OF MEMORIES, 3min., Italy
Directed by Rocco Losasso
memories, happy or sad are always memories.
a past time that can no longer return
https://www.instagram.com/rocco___losassoWatch the Audience Feedback Video:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-the-land-of-memoriesD...
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Watch PIPPY AND THE TYPIST. Under 5 Minute Festival Sept. 2024
PIPPY AND THE TYPIST, 5min., USA
Directed by Rachel Nemez
Our protagonist, Pippy, discovers that a magical typewriter controls the events happening down below.
https://rachelnemez.com/
https://www.instagram.com/rachelnemez/Watch the Audience Feedback Video:
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DANCE THE WALTZ short film, reactions EXPERIMENTAL/DANCE/MUSIC Festival
DANCE THE WALTZ, 12min,. Isreal
Directed by Alona Milner
“It is a dancing, whirling, almost hallucinatory ecstasy, an increasingly passionate and exhausting whirlwind of dancers, who are overcome and exhilarated by nothing but ‘the waltz.’” Said Ravel about his masterpiece “La Valse”.
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FITTED SKIN short film, reactions EXPERIMENTAL/DANCE/MUSIC Festival
FITTED SKIN, 6min, USA
Directed by Karen Gayle
Set against the horizon of New York City, Fitted Skin is a dance short about finding comfort in the skin you’re in. Like a fitted sheet, it is almost impossible to get each corner to perfectly cover each edge. Paolo Nutini’s powerful score Iron -
IN THE DISTANCE short film, reactions EXPERIMENTAL/DANCE/MUSIC Fest (interview)
IN THE DISTANCE, 10min., France
Directed by Laëtitia Daché
"In the Distance" is a choreographic triptych presented as short films, offering a perspective on the notions of complementarity and duality, expressions of resilience in the face of challenges.
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NOT ALONE short film, reactions EXPERIMENTAL/DANCE/MUSIC Festival (interview)
NOT ALONE, 5min., UK
Directed by Maryam Imogen Ghouth
A poetry film about creative expression, featuring the artist Sacha Jafri.
https://www.instagram.com/maryamghouthGet to know the filmmaker:
1. What motivated you to make this film?
I felt compelled to speak up for artists and justify o...