New Releases
New videos from the WILDsound Festival. Daily MOVIES to watch. Plus, screenplay readings, poetry readings, audience feedback videos.
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HOTPANTS short film, reactions DOC Festival (interview)
HOTPANTS, 15min., Sweden
Directed by Vera Berggren Wiklund
A story about finding your way back to volleyball where the dress code in the sport and self-hatred of the body stands in between. The film is Vera's process (the director) of re-approaching the sport after a break caused by hotpants and ... -
WE'RE STILL BREATHING, AMHARA GENOCIDE IN ETHIOPIA, DOC Festival (interview)
WE'RE STILL BREATHING, AMHARA GENOCIDE IN ETHIOPIA, 23min., Ethiopia
Directed by Graham Peebles
We're Still Breathing, Amhara Genocide in Ethiopia is a short documentary about the systemic silent genocide of the Amhara people in Ethiopia.
https://twitter.com/AAA_AmharaGet to know the filmmake...
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WASTED feature film, reactions DOC Festival
WASTED, 55min., Singapore
Directed by Jessica Cheam, Fraser Morton
Wasted prompts us to re-examine who we are and our values — to re-think our relationship with the world around us. We cannot continue to extract and exploit our ecosystems at unprecedented rates, and continue down the path of wast... -
1st Scene Reading: The Refugee And The Racer, by Noura Abd Alsalam
Biography/Drama/Romance
When the arrival of a female Syrian refugee fleeing a war-torn past completely disrupts the quiet life of an Italian former car racer who retired from ...
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Rita: Hannah Ehman
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Chicago Festival Scene: THE PEBBLE CHAMPION, by Alan David Pritchard (interview)
When a grieving teenage boy, sent to live with the father he's never met, is haunted by memories and wrestling with his identity, it takes the magic of pebbles on water and the transformative power of kind friends to help him accept his past and welcome his future.
http://www.alandavidpritchard....
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BEST Scene Reading: WEDDING RESCUE, by Jack Sherry
Romantic Comedy
In order for a bride-to-be to drastically lower the budget for her wedding, she turns to her creative marketing boss who does not believe in marriage.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Sean Ballantyne
Jennifer: Hannah Ehman
Gerard: Geoff Mays
Ashleigh: Elizabeth Rose Morrisshttps://j...
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Best Scene Reading: PIPE DREAMS, by Jack Sherry
A grieving female CIA analyst goes undercover on a mission to stop a Frenchman from smuggling uranium to Iran, only to learn that he is also undercover and is working for her husband, who is still alive.
Thriller
https://jacksherryscreenplays.com/pipe-dreams/
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Elizabeth R...
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Best Scene Reading: HAUNTED LAMENT, by Raed Hojiej (interview)
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Realor: Hannah Ehman
Soothsayer: Elizabeth Rose Morrisshttps://www.shadowhorsetheatre.com/dark-pony-radio
Get to know the screenwriter:
1. What is your screenplay about?
A couple who are dealing with a loss, and purchase their first home. Only to exper... -
Horror Fest Scene: THE NEW HIRE, by Matthew Summersgill, Mark Palgy (interview)
Mike's beloved "Office Family" dynamic is ominously disrupted by a strange new hire who threatens to upend everything Mike has built.
https://www.instagram.com/de4thrace/
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Mike: Steve Rizzo
Carol: Hannah Ehman
Dale: Geoff Mays1. What is your s...
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Best Scene Reading: THE LAWS OF THE GODS, by Mary Oleske
LGBTQ+ Drama
This is a study in gender rights and the rights of all humankind. What truly makes one female or male?
A female attorney is assigned to represent a transgendering inmate seeking a transfer from a male to a female prison. This is a study in the struggle for the balance of rights: pe...
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SHORT Screenplay: Cowabunga, by Kabrien Gathers
Set in 1991, a cocky young boy faces off against the menacing main villain of a popular video game... in real life.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Hannah Ehman
J.C.: Geoff Mays
Shredder: Sean Ballantynehttps://www.instagram.com/kay.gatzby/
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FANTASY/SCI-FI 1st Scene: The Hoover 2000, by Steven Antonuccio
The Hoover 2000 is an A.I. computer used by the FBI to track crimes as they happen in real time. Combing A.I. technology, cellphone tracking information with satellite photography, you can follow a crime from the moment it happens and also solve cold cases by replaying a crime that took place.
C...
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HORROR Festival Best Scene: CURSED TO CONCEIVE, by Taissia Lomako (interview)
When a New York City Nurse becomes trapped in the south because of their backwards bodily autonomy laws, she must brave the folks of Mississippi and the Appalachian Mountains in order to make it home.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Marie: Hannah Ehman
Adam: Sean BallantyneGet ...
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FEMALE Festival SHORT Screenplay: Silent Redemption, by Ami Brown (interview)
A hot-tempered writer finds redemption after losing control, he connects with an unlikely neighbor.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Hannah Ehman
Michael: Steve RizzoGet to know the writer:
1. What is your screenplay about?
Silent Redemption is about a man struggling with anger issues. When he loses... -
Chicago Festival 1st Scene Reading: Marah From Eilat, by Leiter Daniellson
At the risk of losing his soul, a guilt ridden Deacon suffers the Devil's wrath after he refuses to complete her final demand.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Geoff Mays
Stanley: Steve Rizzo
Sister Luciana: Hannah Ehman
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COMEDY Festival 1st Scene: HUSTLE FOR THE BUCKLE, by Ross Langil (interview)
A down-on-their-luck women's rugby sevens team must win the prize money from the beer drinking-est rugby tournament, or else their club, and team, will fold.
https://www.instagram.com/perspectivefilms1990/?hl=en
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Sean Ballantyne
Char: Geoff Mays
Jen: Hannah Ehman
Asha: ... -
FANTASY/SCI-FI Festival Best Scene: DELIVERED, by Clifford Evan (interview)
An artistically-gifted pizza delivery boy, caught up in a criminal enterprise that funds his creative pursuits, confronts otherworldly and possibly dangerous forces when a mysterious girl sprung from his dreams appears at his next drop.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WI_hkltVFM8
CAST LIST:
N...
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TV PILOT Best Scene Read: Tamara's Escape, by Rebecca Day Robinson (interview)
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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POETRY MOVIE: White Wine by Aaron Beck
Narration by Steve Rizzo
Produced by Matthew Toffolo
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Best of WILDsound Shorts Festival - Aug. 6/7 event
See the Full Lineup of Films:
THE BLUE ANGEL...NIGHT CLUB, 25min., Mexico
Directed by René Pereyra
Set in the 1990s, in a Mexico so turbulent, insecure, and pitiful that we continue to live in to this day, "The Blue Angel... Night Club" tells, In the form of dark comedy, a poignant story about ... -
Sizzle Reel - SAFER STUFF_ GREEN CHEMISTRY GETS DOWN TO BUSINESS
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WILDsound Showcase Festival - Best of Shorts Aug. 5/6 event
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MORNING ROUTINE, 2min., Canada
Directed by William Thibodeau
Inspired by the epic true story. After sleeping in, Jack must go through his morning routine before it's too late...Watch the Audience Feedback Video:
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AFROLISTIC_ BLACK HEALING FROM ZIMBABWE TO THE BAY, audience feedback July 2024 FEMALE Film Festival (1)
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STUDENT Film Festival - Aug. 4/5 event
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GOLD AND HONOR, 5min., USA
Directed by Nathan Jinsoo Lim
Greed and retribution. Are these two young men fighting for something worthwhile?A ROOM DIVIDED, 9min,. USA
Directed by Rusian Khromin
Mark, a student at a secluded boarding school, notices a hundred-dollar...