New Releases
New videos from the WILDsound Festival. Daily MOVIES to watch. Plus, screenplay readings, poetry readings, audience feedback videos.
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BEST Scene Reading: KEVIN'S NOT DEAD, by Sarah Edmonds (interview)
G-man and Greg are just two guys trying to get through the day by doing the bare minimum. However, when a vampire hunter appears at their place of business, the pair start to suspect that their sunscreen-loving coworker Kevin is her target. After a few near-misses with the hunter’s traps, G-man a...
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NYC Feedback Festival Besti Scene: NO MEDALS, by Susan Rossi
Boris, a Soviet army veteran sentenced to the gulag by Stalin, transforms from tortured prisoner to a guard in gulag camp when he causes a train wreck and steals a guard’s identity. His true identity and plan to escape to Finland are endangered by the scheming of a malevolent gulag officer, and w...
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COMEDY Festival Best Scene: NUNS WITH GUNS, by Mark Wakely
Four nuns in a crime-ridden neighborhood ask a shady parishioner for a few discreet guns to help them protect their frequently robbed church, only to accidentally receive high-powered weapons and a gold megaphone meant for a local crime boss. Using them to thwart two robbery attempts in their chu...
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SCI-FI/FANTASY Festival Best Scene: 1 11, by Regine Resbeut
1.11 is a dystopia that takes places in 2060 when, to curb population growth, an algorithm selects each year, on a random basis, 100 million people around the world to be euthanized.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Arthur: Geoff Mays
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BEST Scene Reading: WE'RE GOING ON A CRUISE, by John McCann
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Hannah Ehman
Fem (F): Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Dealer (M): Geoff Mays
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BEST Scene Reading: A Better Hero, by Robert Feldges (interview)
Based on the animated series "Teen Titans" and characters appearing
in DC Comics.CAST LIST:
Narrator: Hannah Ehman
Kid Flash: Geoff Mays
Zoom: Steve Rizzo
Jinx: Elizabeth Rose MorrissGet to know the writer:
1. What is your screenplay about?
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BEST Scene Reading: MAGGIE MAY, by Audrey Mosdell (interview)
MAGGIE MAY - first 5 pages
Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Maggie May: Val Cole
Chelsea: Elizabeth Rose MorrissGet to know the writer:
1. What is your screenplay about?
Maggie May is a story about falling in love with your best friend and the fallout of that experience. This theme is set to the b...
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SHORT Script Reading: Human Liabilities, by Richard M. Kjeldgaard
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Val Cole
Richard: Geoff Mays
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BEST Scene Reading: HAPPY YET?, by Laura M. Gray
Summary: A group of women in their 40s find themselves navigating the next chapter of their lives by facing issues of cheating, menopause, building careers, becoming mothers and friendships.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Geoff Mays
Isabel: Val Cole
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COMEDY Festival 1st Scene: Truth Falls, Jamie Latta & Cristen Coppen (interview)
Amidst holiday chaos, Gaby and Fitz embark on a road trip to a spiritualist commune to confront Gaby's estranged Aunt Tibby, leading to family revelations, spiritual meltdowns awakenings, and unexpected bonding.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Little Gaby/Gaby: Val Cole
FItz: St... -
ROMANCE 1st Scene Reading: SEEING CHRISTMAS, by Lizanne Southgate
Summary: A beautiful story about a race car driver losing his eyesight temporarily and a nurse who has a blind nephew helps him learn how to function as a blind man while he awaits surgery. Stepping into each other's world, they teach each other to appreciate the simple things in life while tryin...
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BEST Scene Reading: Terran Tapes, by Gerard O'Neill
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Geoff Mays
Billie: Val Cole
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THRILLER Festival Best Scene: The Presage, by Les Lahage (interview)
Leisal Werster lived in the woodsy shadows of Marstons Mills, Cape Cod. A former clergyman with a mysterious past and even darker secret who’s now on the run. Jessica Stone is no stranger to seeing tragedy in her life. With one year of college left she’s more determined than ever to see her dr...
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BEST Scene Reading: THE SWORDBEARER SAGA, by Tim Morell
The story is the final chapter in the saga of a warrior’s journey from brutal conqueror to epic hero and of the love that led to his redemption.
Narrator: Hannah Ehman
Ravenwolf: Geoff Mays
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ANIMATION Shorts Festival - Nov. 21/22 event
See the Full Lineup of Films:
bodies that fight, 3min., Chile
Directed by Catalina Ibañez
The meeting between the performance and the crowd. The idea embodied in everyone's gaze. Happiness by own judgment carried out. The meeting of the ideal with reality, embodied in the woman's body.http://...
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Relationship Festival Feature: 115, 81min,. Canada
115, 81min,. Canada
Directed by Dave Huynh Macon
In the '80s, alien Emily crash-lands near the quaint town of Stony Plain, desperate to find the enigmatic fuel "115." Stuck in a reverse time loop, she relives her mission daily, struggling to blend in while searching for the elusive substance. Eve... -
MUSIC & EXPERIMENTAL Festival - Nov. 20/21 event
See the Full Lineup of Films:
a film called black: King's Speech, 20min., USA
Directed by Cam Be
‘a film called black’ is an evolving film. Each screening presents different elements to an ongoing conversation. Blackness. ‘King’s Speech’ is a short film that resides within the entirety of ‘a fi... -
Watch WILDsound Festival Winning Feature: BROTHERS, Kazakhstan
BROTHERS, 100min,. Kazakhstan
Directed by Darkhan Tulegenov
Akzhol - just a graduate of the orphanage, he is convinced that his father is alive and begins his search. He moves from these walls and begins his new and independent life. Having met their neighbor Dimash, they begin to earn a living b... -
HONORABLE short film, reactions WILDsound Festival (interview)
HONORABLE, 16min., USA
Directed by Zachary Scott Clark, Mariah L. Richardson
Two months after he denounces the Nation of Islam and nine months before his assassination, MALCOLM X SHABAZZ has a chance encounter with his estranged brother and mentee MUHAMMAD ALI.
https://linktr.ee/Honorablefilm
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HEALING FOR THE NATIONS short film, reactions WILDsound Festival (interview)
HEALING FOR THE NATIONS, 3min., Canada
Directed by Christopher Angus
An animated vignette built on dreams and visions for the nation of Canada.
http://www.attic-films.ca/
https://twitter.com/attic_filmsGet to know the filmmaker:
What motivated you to make this film?
My experience of growi...
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ALISHER'S GIFT short film, reactions WILDsound Festival (interview)
ALISHER'S GIFT, 16min,. USA
Directed by J Matt Wallace
An Uzbek and Kyrgyz blended family learns there are more than ethnic issues behind their historic misfortune. The recent death of their uncle Alisher prompts the delivery of gifts to a nephew and niece who learn important truths about both th... -
HOME SWEET HOME short film, reactions WILDsound Festival
HOME SWEET HOME, 31min., USA
Directed by Stephan Looney
30 minute short-film documenting a group of close friends traveling to the director's home state of West Virginia. An intimate and nostalgic look into friendship and roots.
https://www.youtube.com/@jpegstephan
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GROCERY SHOPPING short film, reactions WILDsound Festival (interview)
GROCERY SHOPPING, 38min., USA
Directed by Harry Roseman
I am at the grocery store three to five times a week. It has become a ritual, picking out the items, going over the shopping list, interacting with the same people year after year. It seems to me, an important aspect of my and many other peo... -
TRUE ROMANCE short film, reactions WILDsound Festival (interview)
TRUE ROMANCE, 29min., Canada
Directed by Katherine Costal
A lovesick teenager tries to rekindle her relationship with a past boyfriend by inviting him to a surprise party, only to discover the harsh truth behind their romance and the love lives of the guests.
https://www.instagram.com/kat_costa...