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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  • WORLD WAR II: THE SHIPWRECKS OF TRUK LAGOON documentary, Toronto DOC (interview)

    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...

  • DOUBT short film, reactions Under 5min., Festival

    DOUBT, 4min,. USA
    Directed by Ly Boila
    A gardener's poetic perspective on self doubt in motherhood told through metaphors of gardening.

  • BURTON ROCKS CALLING documentary, reactions Toronto DOC Festival (interview)

    BURTON ROCKS CALLING, 30min., USA
    Directed by Burton Rocks
    Burton Rocks' health left him isolated. So, he started calling some of America's biggest stars.
    They answered.
    Forty years later, Burton shares his fascinating collection of interviews for the first time.

    Get to know the filmmaker:

    1. ...

  • BROOMSTICKS ON BROADWAY short film, reactions Dance/Music Festival (interview)

    BROOMSTICKS ON BROADWAY, 5min., UK
    Directed by Gordon Howie
    In this whimsical short animated musical, Fellinda Cauldron is inspired by the moon to make a magical dancing potion. Can she over come her doubts and complete her bubbling brew? Broomsticks on Broadway celebrates the joyful aspects of t...

  • A VALLEY REBORN documentary, reactions from Toronto DOC Festival (interview)

    A VALLEY REBORN, 11min., USA
    Directed by Zach Marks
    "A Valley Reborn" is a short documentary that highlights the careful restoration of a portion of the San Miguel River, situated in the historic town of Telluride, Colorado. Led by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in partnership with the...

  • TOTEM short film, reactions Dance/Music/Experimental Festival (interview)

    TOTEM, 3min., France
    Directed by Emeline Castaneda
    The day had started badly for Alice. But that was without taking into account the old saying "in the jungle you must wait, 13 helps yourself liberate"

    Get to know the filmmaker:

    1. What motivated you to make this film?
    It was originally for a ...

  • THE ROAD OF INHERITANCE documentary, reactions from Toronto DOC Festival

    THE ROAD OF INHERITANCE, 9min., China
    Directed by ?? ?
    This is about the inheritance of traditional craft of sword-making by craftsmen.

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  • THE EDGE short film, reactions Dance/Music/Experimental Festival

    THE EDGE, 5min., Turkey
    Directed by Recep Akar
    Some of us are aware, some of us are not, but we are all teetering back and forth on the edge of the same cliff, trying to keep our balance. Will a wind take us down, will a hand grab us and pull us over the edge, can hope sustain us in these uncerta...

  • ERASERHEAD short film, reactions Dance/Music/Experimental Festival (interview)

    ERASERHEAD, 2min., Czech Republic
    Directed by Denis Rustamov
    https://instagram.com/denysrustamov

    Get to know the filmmaker:

    1. What motivated you to make this film?

    Despite the declarative priority of ideas over technologies, because the latter are ultimately considered a product of the same ...

  • TRAFFICKED VOICES documentary, reactions from Toronto DOC Festival

    TRAFFICKED VOICES, 44min., Canada
    Directed by Viveka Melki
    The hour-long documentary reveals that human trafficking for sexual exploitation is at national crisis levels in Canada: The film tells the stories of two Canadian-born women who are survivors of this horrific world, and a third whose sto...

  • HELADO short film, reactions Under 5min., Festival (interview

    HELADO, 3min., UK
    Directed by Jimena Larraguivel
    HELADO is a short-film which reflects on how the choices we may or may not make are directly related to how truthful we are to ourselves. It does this through a clown exploration which alludes to our inner most honest feelings and emotions in contr...

  • STOP BEFORE THE SYSTEM FAILS short film, reactions Dance Festival (interview)

    STOP BEFORE THE SYSTEM FAILS, 4min., Russia
    Directed by Pavel Greenkevich
    The video contains a message about the devastating consequences of neglecting rest. The main character, while dancing, shows different aspects of work life and the constant need to impress. As the video progresses, her danc...

  • TARARUA S-K documentary, reactions from Toronto DOC Festival (interview)

    TARARUA S-K, 22min., New Zealand
    Directed by Andy Carruthers
    Have you ever wondered what it feels like to push your limits in the wild, facing the ultimate physical challenge? The Tararua SK Traverse is waiting for you.

    https://tararuask.com/
    https://www.facebook.com/TararuaSK
    https://www.inst...

  • THE FLOOD short film watch, 1min., France, Environmental/Comedy

    A political debate, broadcast live on a 24-hour news channel. As the speakers are arguing about social issues, water invades the set and floods the whole room. Nobody seems to notice ...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VLvj5gYyV8
    https://www.instagram.com/reel/CqDHfO7O_AH/

    Directed by David Te...

  • ARTIST DOCUMENTARY Showcase Festival - Feb. 26/27 event

    See the Full Lineup of Films:

    A SISTER'S PERSPECTIVE, 7min., USA
    Directed by Olivia Dabinett

    Watch the Audience Feedback Video:
    https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/a-sister-s-perspective-review

    SCULPTING THE GIANT, 87min., Indonesia
    Directed by Banu Wirandoko, Rheza Arden Wiguna
    A man promised t...

  • HORROR Shorts Festival - Feb. 25/26 event

    See the Full Lineup of Films:

    MASON, 12min., USA
    Directed by Sharena Sigmon
    As a Black pregnant woman suffers from medical complications and vicious hallucinations, she fears the visions are a warning of her and her unborn child's untimely demise.

    https://facebook.com/masonshortfilm
    https://in...

  • Screenplay Trailer: PUNCTURED, by SHARI GREWAL & KARL WILLIAMS

    PUNCTURED

    A FEATURE FILM by SHARI GREWAL & KARL WILLIAMS

    It's Splash and When Harry Met Sally meets Once Bitten and Annie Hall.....

    Rom/COM:

    TEASER:

    Herschel Hartman, an award winning horror writer, finds his world completely turned upside down when he realizes his "fictional" characters in...

  • Script Movie: THE FOUNDERS PLOT, by Frank Victoria

    A governor and the President of the United States jeopardize their political lives when they defy a Supreme Court ruling because they fear that judicial activism endangers the nation’s political and justice systems.

    CAST: Val Col, Shawn Devlin, Silas Stevens

    Editor & Visual Design by Steve Rizz...

  • SCI-FI SHORTS Festival - Feb. 24/25 event

    See the Full Lineup of Films:

    TO THE MOONS AND BACK, 11min., USA
    Directed by Owen David Solomon
    Two prisoners in a dystopian society, try to escape from their past life and make it to a mysterious place called the Beyond.

    https://www.instagram.com/tothemoonsandbackfilm/

    Watch the Audience Fee...

  • BLOODLANDS feature film, audience reactions Fantasy/Sci-Fi Festival

    BLOODLANDS, 135min., Switzerland
    Directed by Luke Gasser
    2'300 BC. This old warrior never thought that he had to walk the path of war again. But when his world collapses, everything changes. It becomes a path of seduction, decisions and experience, when he puts his life on the line.

    http://www....

  • Short Story: Writing On A Ball, by Candy Grandpre

    Voice over by Val Cole

  • POETRY Reading: The Jubilant Journey, by Preston Mehr

    Voice Over by Val Cole

    Get to know the poet:

    1) What is the theme of your poem?
    Fantasy, adventure, humanity, optimism, recovery, inspiration, motivational, entertainment, healing, sanity, utopia and kindness

    2) What motivated you to write this poem?
    I first wrote a short fake humorous advert...

  • Short Story: CRIME, by Badradeen Mohammed