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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  • IMPACT film, DOC Festival reactions

    IMPACT, 57min., Australia
    Directed by Patrick Dunne
    "IMPACT" is a film that tells the powerful story of two skydivers, Mark Lucchiari and Ben Lucock, and their journey to recovery after a near-fatal accident.

    http://www.impactdoco.com/
    https://www.facebook.com/impactdoco
    https://www.instagram.c...

  • BECAUSE I LOVE YOU film, reactions WILDsound Festival

    BECAUSE I LOVE YOU, 13min., USA
    Directed by Bob Celli
    Marco and Joanna enjoy an electric marriage, until Marco is witness to a series of events that lead him to suspect Joanna is having an affair with a co-worker. Starring Bob Celli (Gotham), Jennifer Plotzke (Blacklist), Dave Roberts (Blue Blood...

  • NOVA short film, reactions CHICAGO Film Festival (interview)

    NOVA, 7min., USA
    Directed by Noah Guardado
    In the year 2468, Jackson, a seasoned bounty hunter, finds himself in dire straits when his partner mysteriously vanishes. Struggling with financial difficulties, Jackson reluctantly accepts a risky job offer to track down an elusive criminal. Set in a f...

  • IMMERSION feature film, reactions CHICAGO Film Festival

    IMMERSION, 93min., USA
    Directed by William R.A. Rush
    A woman in a new home must protect her family while contending with the unexpected inhabitants of her house.

    http://www.ogcinpro.com/
    https://www.instagram.com/originalcinematic

  • HUO TONG'S CAVE HEAVEN reaction, Documentary Festival

    HUO TONG'S CAVE HEAVEN, 17min,. USA
    Directed by Shenghui Liu, Jingyuan Huang
    Dive into the rich history of Southern Chinese Daoism with "Huo Tong's Cave Heaven," a documentary unfolding against the vibrant backdrop of Huo Mountain. From its Southern and Northern Dynasties origins to the present, ...

  • THE GIRL FROM THE VILLAGE film, DOC Festival reactions (interview)

    THE GIRL FROM THE VILLAGE: A STORY OF HOPE, 40min., USA
    Directed by Billy Surges
    Join us on a journey of educational hope for students in poverty-stricken Kenya. Surging Films teams up with The Weiss Scholarship Foundation to bring the stories of various Kenyan scholarship recipients, hopefuls, a...

  • MAD FOR IT: TIM EMMETT'S INSANE LIFE, SO FAR....., film, DOC Festival reactions

    MAD FOR IT: TIM EMMETT'S INSANE LIFE, SO FAR....., 16min., USA
    Directed by Jon Glassberg
    One of the most influential adventurers of our time that you’ve probably never heard of, Tim Emmett has been everywhere. He’s on the BBC, he’s flying through the sky in a wingsuit, he’s mingling with royalty,...

  • MAGIC OF PODLASIE - WHISPERS film, reactions WILDsound Festival (interview)

    MAGIC OF PODLASIE - WHISPERS, 70min., Poland
    Directed by Malgorzata Szyszka
    Why, in today's civilized world, do we still use the methods and means of healing bodies and souls used by our grandparents? Who really are Whishperes? How does modern psychology look at rituals and whisherers? The tradit...

  • FIGURES feature film, reactions New York Science & Nature Festival (interview)

    FIGURES, 82min., USA
    Directed by Rhett Cutrell
    A zoologist couple travels to West Africa to document some of the worlds deadliest snakes. Their expedition reveals a surprising similarity between handling deadly snakes and living in a healthy relationship.

    http://www.figuresfilm.com/
    https://www...

  • NIGHTWISH - PERFUME OF THE TIMELESS, reactions New York Science & Nature Fest

    NIGHTWISH - PERFUME OF THE TIMELESS, 8min., Finland
    Directed by Ville Lipiainen
    "Nightwish-Perfume Of The Timeless" is a music video exploring themes of evolution, connection with nature and meaning. With a strong, dynamic and epic sound, the music video showcases the strong link between all livi...

  • 1st Scene Reading: THE CONNECTING BETRAYAL, by Vivianne Rosenberg (interview)

    A widow finds herself in a toxic relationship with a younger man after losing her husband and finds herself in a relationship where he is forcing her to give money to invest in his cryptobusiness. After some lengthy back and forth, Valerie is approached by an investigating officer who let's her k...

  • BEST Scene Reading: DELTA STATION, by Ronald McQueen

    A rescue mission to a remote space station finds only one evasive crewman, an obstinate AI and the station cat still alive. With no explanation for the missing personnel and with members of the rescue crew beginning to die, suspicion grows that one of these three is responsible.

    CAST LIST:

    Nar...

  • FEMALE Festival BEST Scene: Mary Kay & Johnny, by Amanda Minchin (interview)

    A newlywed couple takes on a one time gig to make ends meet and wind up creating America’s very first sitcom in the process... based on a true story.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
    Mary Kay: Hannah Ehman
    Johnny: Geoff Mays

    Get to know the writer:

    1. What is your screenplay...

  • CHICAGO Festival 1st Scene: Mina Plays The Game, by E. Wendell, R. M. Olivier

    A woman plays a poker game for a second shot at life, but what are the stakes and what is the real prize?

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
    Mina: Hannah Ehman
    Bannister: Geoff Mays

  • BEST Scene Reading: Spiritual Awakening, by James Odulaja (interview)

    After being released from a psychiatric clinic, Dwayne is one a on-track mission to get revenge against the supernatural forces of Moonlight Ridge.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Hannah Ehman
    Edris: Sean Ballantyne
    Brandon: Geoff Mays

    1. What is your screenplay about?

    Spiritual Awakening is a co...

  • BEST Scene Reading: ON THE RECORD, by Adam Goudchaux

    In a nondescript near future, a grief stricken, neophyte print journalist embarks on a journey of self-discovery while working on a story about a new psychedelic drug.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Hannah Ehman
    Brian: Sean Ballantyne
    Bow: Geoff Mays

  • EXPERIMENTAL Festival SHORT Script: Shadows of Stardom, by Mel Masry (interview)

    "Shadows of Stardom" (Inspired by True Events) is a screenplay that follows the journey of Jack, a middle-aged man with unfulfilled dreams of acting and dancing. The story delves into the stark contrast between Jack's vivid dream sequences, where he experiences success and fulfillment, and the ha...

  • HORROR Festival 1st Scene: BLACK GIRL MAGIC, by Sasha Kai

    Seizing a career-making opportunity, a trouble but talented jewelry designer joins a group of influencers on a California desert retreat, but quickly finds herself in a fight for her life when things take a sinister turn.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
    Randy: Sean Ballantyne
    Au...

  • Short Film Trailer: AFROLISTIC: BLACK HEALING FROM ZIMBABWE TO THE BAY

    AFROLISTIC: BLACK HEALING FROM ZIMBABWE TO THE BAY, 22min., USA
    Directed by Nekia Wright, Shylet Ndarambwa
    Black American healer shares about her practice and explores traditional healing, music, and dance in Zimbabwe.

    https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-afrolistic

  • NOVEL Reading: UNMASKED, by Howard K. Pollack

    https://www.amazon.ca/Unmasked-Howard-K-Pollack/dp/B0B456VHVW

    When the wife of a shady Florida businessman is shot in bed in their exclusive home, all signs point to a senseless robbery. Detectives are on the case, but it's the dead woman's high school sweetheart, now a high-powered attorney, wh...

  • Novel: THE MAYOR OF MARDI GRAS: A MEMOIR, by Gregory Fischer (interview)

    Narrated by Val Cole

    Get to know the writer:

    1. What is your novel about?

    It's a memoir about my cousin who was more like a loving older brother to me. He died at 47. He was a third-generation Mardi Gras sculpture artist and float builder in New Orleans. I quit graduate school in 2011 and s...

  • Poetry Reading: The Complete History of Our First Kiss, by Gary Beaumier

    Narrated by Val Cole

    POEM:

    The old trees bend protectively around us
    as we rest on the park bench in our winter wear
    your faltering mind following the course of the river that is close and sure and deep

    even now I can still find your younger face and remember the pillowy softness
    of your lips...

  • Poetry Reading: THE BLACK SHUTTLE IS PASSING OVERHEAD, by Lawrence Bridges

    Narrated by Val Cole

    POEM:

    i. THE BLACK SHUTTLE IS PASSING OVERHEAD

    ii. The Chumash (California) referred to meteors as Alakiwohoch,
    which simply meant “shooting star.” They believed a meteor was a
    person’s soul on its way to the afterlife.

    iii. The black shuttle is passing overhead, sent ea...

  • Poetry Reading: NO MOW MAY, by Jonathan Memmert

    Narrated by Val Cole

    POEM:

    Grass grown tall green slicks drizzle wet,
    new planted seedlings shakily take hold,
    crumpled mulch retains soil covered mold,

    run tongued dogs
    checked for ticks
    lap water bowls.

    And I am left with trowel and rake
    to gather weeds in sunlit rain still cold.

    How easi...