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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  • Poetry Reading: Intoxication, by Duane March (interview)

    Performed by Val Cole

    Intoxication

    By Duane March

    Ask me to describe my earnest fascination?

    Ask me, might as well, pi's endless calculation,

    Words do not suffice to offer explanation.

    Her eyes gleam a golden brown,

    Athena’s owls, soft as down,

    Her hair is a mane of chesnut fire,

    It t...

  • Poetry Reading: My God, by Logan Clarke

    Performed by Val Cole

    My God
    Has not guaranteed me a reservation in Heaven
    Nor has he threatened me with purgatory.
    For he knows no purgatory-
    Except mental
    In the minds of the living.

    I walk with God down the beach,
    Lie back with him at night...

  • Short Film Trailer: WORLD WAR II: THE SHIPWRECKS OF TRUK LAGOON

    WORLD WAR II: THE SHIPWRECKS OF TRUK LAGOON, 45min., Germany
    Directed by Christian Wehrle
    "World War II: The Shipwrecks of Truk Lagoon" is a 45-minute documentary that dives into the haunting underwater world of Chuuk Lagoon, a site of immense historical and ecological significance. Once a formid...

  • SHORT Story Reading: When The Stars Fall Quiet, by Melissa R. Mendelson

    Logline: At the end of the world, Nan was left alone with a busted robot, but in the blinking lights, it was the busted robot that reminded Nan that she was still human.

    Dystopian short story.

    Performed by Val Cole

    Get to know the writer:

    What is your short story about?
    When The Stars Fall ...

  • FAN FICTION Festival - March 12/13 event

    See the Full Lineup of Films:

    BONDING, 13min., USA
    Directed by Luke Rex
    A solitary figure at an empty bar, CIA clinical and forensic psychologist, Dr. John Flemington, is planning to visit his girlfriend in Mexico when he is pressured by mysterious underground operatives to join them on a secre...

  • POLITICAL Festival (March 4-12) - UK Short Film Selection - March 12/13

    See the Full Lineup of Films:

    TIME OF INSURRECTION, 11min., UK
    Directed by Gabriel Fernández-Gil
    In a modern take of Miguel de Unamuno's 1930's novel "San Martín Bueno, martir", where a priest loses faith in god, "Times of Insurrection" tells the story of the CEO of a global corporation who st...

  • Poetry Movie The Rhythms Never End: A Series of Short Poems About Creation

    A series of short poems about creation.

    by Leonard I. Eckhaus

    Narration by Val Cole

    Editor and Visual Design by Steve Rizzo

    Produced by Matthew Toffolo

  • THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, reactions ENVIRONMENTAL Festival (Interview)

    THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, 12min,. USA
    Directed by John Concillo

    http://williamodouglas.org/
    https://www.twitter.com/WODouglasfilm

    Get to know the filmmaker:

    1. What motivated you to make this film?

    Supreme Court Justice William O Douglas is one of the most undersung influential public fi...

  • SWAMPS short film, reactions ENVIRONMENTAL Festival

    SWAMPS, 1min., Canada
    Directed by David Convery
    Bello takes a mystery trip through the wood wide web and lands in a swamp - nature's water treatment plants.

    https://futurechicken.com/
    https://www.instagram.com/futurechickenofficial/

  • THE CLOUD short film, reactions LA Feedback Film Festival

    THE CLOUD, 18min., UK
    Directed by Dean Walton
    An everyday man is struck by a world-changing idea. Whilst in the grip of inspiration, he races to understand the potential consequences of his epiphany before it disappears, not only towards greater society but also those closest to him.

    https://in...

  • NOSTALGIA TRANSPLANT short film, reactions LA Feedback Film Festival (interview)

    NOSTALGIA TRANSPLANT, 6min, USA
    Directed by Yuxing Xu
    In a future world where people archive history as interactive virtual reality experiences called “Vistories,” "Nostalgia Transplant" introduces the "Vistorian" to relive the LA river's historical stages. His emotional journey reveals a perplex...

  • A BEAUTIFUL LIFE film, Crime/Mystery Festival reactions (interview)

    A BEAUTIFUL LIFE, 15min,. USA
    Directed by Zsolt Kormendy
    Two detectives investigate a mysterious kidnapping in Vác, Hungary. One of them is relentlessly being pursued by a malevolent dark figure that will stop at nothing to undermine the case and his life.

    https://zsoltkormendy.com/films-and-pr...

  • AN INTERMISSION short film, reactions ROMANCE/RELATIONSHIP Festival (Interview)

    AN INTERMISSION, 13min,. France
    Directed by William Georges-Garcia
    After receiving a letter and questioning everything he took for granted, Rufus prepares to leave everything behind when a chance meeting with Amelia, his childhood love, forces both of them to come to terms with the end of their y...

  • CLOUT CHASER short film, reactions ANIMATION Festival

    CLOUT CHASER, 3min,. USA
    Directed by Lubomir Atan
    The animated video shows two girls in a fierce race to get to Star2 and his riches. They hurdle over a series of blocks and use supernatural powers to battle each other to reach him in a room guarded by a golden dragon and Buddha where he sits on ...

  • ROOM OF MEMORIES short film, reactions ANIMATION Festival (interview)

    ROOM OF MEMORIES, 2min., Australia
    Directed by Suniva Maya Miller
    The story of heartbreak told from the memory center of the brain.

    https://instagram.com/caffeinated_dream_dream

    Get to know the filmmaker:

    1. What motivated you to make this film?

    It was my first ever animated film that I d...

  • INTERNAL short film, reactions LA Feedback Film Festival

    INTERNAL, 10min,. USA
    Directed by Winter Tomisato
    When a young woman’s ailing mother makes a personal request, she is forced to wrangle her fractured internal monologues that threaten to destroy both her identity and her relationship.

    https://sneezusproductions.wixsite.com/internalshort
    https:/...

  • CRISIS short film, reactions ENVIRONMENTAL Festival (interview)

    CRISIS, 6min,. USA
    Directed by Patrick Wei
    Set against the backdrop of a drought-stricken New York City, this gripping short film delves into the harsh realities faced by its residents as the government imposes a stringent water rationing measure, limiting each individual to just 1 gallon and 3 o...

  • DISMISSAL TIME short film, reactions POLITICAL Feedback Festival (interview)

    DISMISSAL TIME, 29min,. USA
    Directed by Andre Joseph
    When a black high school student in a reputable prep school becomes the victim of a vicious form of cyberbullying, his history teacher makes it her mission to bring those responsible to task when the administration fails to act. Inspired by tru...

  • SINCE THE SPILL short film, reactions ENVIRONMENTAL Festival

    SINCE THE SPILL, 16min,. USA
    Directed by Declan Lighthouse

  • THE CAN short film, reactions DRAMA Film Festival

    THE CAN, 22min,. USA
    Directed by Shadow C. LaValley, Danielle Purdy
    A broken-spirited Tim struggles to navigate love and loss, only to find the extraordinary beauty of life from an ordinary can.

    https://www.instagram.com/lavalleyshadow/

  • CHARCOAL DUST short film, reactions ANIMATION Festival

    CHARCOAL DUST, 4min., USA
    Directed by Ian Dooley
    Along a quiet stream, an artist uses their medium to capture moments that would otherwise go unseen.

    http://iandooleykc.artstation.com/
    https://www.instagram.com/iandooleykc/

  • AL REVES short film, reactions LATINO Film Festival (interview)

    AL REVES, 3min., Venezuela,
    Directed by Luis Figeuredo
    A music video by Human Productions featuring Danny Pryp and Pat Gales. ‘Al Revés’ is an original song performed by Danny Pryp.

    http://dannypryp.com/
    https://facebook.com/dannypryp
    https://instagram.com/dannypryp

    https://www.youtube.com/wa...

  • THE GIFT OF MAGPIE film, Crime/Mystery Festival reactions

    THE GIFT OF MAGPIE, 11min,. USA
    Directed by Anita George
    It's carpe diem for a couple of small time grifters on Christmas Eve 1934.

    Get to know the filmmaker:

    1. What motivated you to make this film?
    I love the genre and thought it might be interesting to tell a story about expectation and bal...

  • PEGASUS HIGHWAY short film, reactions STUDENT Feedback Festival (interview)

    PEGASUS HIGHWAY, 15min., Australia
    Directed by Ethan Grahek
    Two Bronies (Adult male fans of small, collectable Pony toys) are out to buy weed for their first time. Unbeknown to them, it is also their dealers first deal. What should have been a simple transaction quickly devolves, forcing one of t...