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: NO WORDS, by Frank Borne (interview)
With the exception of Grace Hart, students of Lexington Academy perform tunes at a fall concert. When she's suspended, her divorced parents, Adam and Emma, squabble over the cause of her mutism. The Harts have attempted to put their divorce behind them, each with younger lovers, Emma with hunky O...
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Short Film Trailer: BRAINLAND. Directed by Chiara D'Anna
BRAINLAND, 13min., UK
Directed by Chiara D'Anna
In 1935 Egas Moniz, renowned Portuguese neurologist, visit psychiatrist Sobral Cid in order to persuade him allow his patients to be act as subjects for Moniz's experiemntal treatment - frontal leucotomy. After some resistance Cid agrees. The first ... -
Best Scene Reading: BROKEN SANDWICHES, by Fernando Mattos
Antonio wants to be the next host of his high school’s TV morning show. But imagine a senior who is an immigrant from Brazil with cerebral palsy, whose speech is slurred and who can barely stay standing still in front of the camera.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Val Cole
Roberto: Steve Rizzo
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LGBTQ+ Festival Best Scene: GUN, by Dana M St. Amand (interview)
When a private detective goes missing, his gun comes to life with the task of finding him.
Get to know the writer:
1. What is your screenplay about?
A. I have a hard time answering this question deeper than the log line because I don't want to give away the ending. At it's most surface level,...
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Best Scene Reading: THE STYLITE, by Shane Hallawa (interview)
Teresa Amadei is a young stylite, a wandering, ascetic demon hunter, trained in the Way of Fire. Her teacher, Father Simon, a Byzantine martial artist monk, sends her on a journey to the city of Alexantine in the Midwestern US, where many are moving to escape the growing chaos in the world. Along...
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BEST Scene Reading: AMERICAN LIBERTY, by Wade F. Wilson
In a daring tale of friendship and perilous adventure, William Grimes, an African-American man with the remarkable ability to pass for white, assumes the role of master to aid his friend Paterson, a free black man masquerading as his servant, on a courageous journey across the South to rescue Pat...
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Best Scene Reading: SPEAK MONKEY SPEAK, by Steve Mikals (interview)
Will two chimps type Shakespeare? A pot smoking visionary enlists a struggling book shop owner in a screw-loose plan to jumpstart Evolution. Against long odds and a couple of Mob loan sharks, the rewards are higher consciousness, human speech, and a Nobel Prize for Literature.
CAST LIST:
Narra...
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FANTASY/SCI-FI Festival 1st Scene: 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...
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Best Scene Reading: GO YOUR WAY IN SAFETY, by Art Blum
A socially awkward teen with the psychic ability to channel spirits must confront the sinister government agency exploiting his powers, all while a looming extraterrestrial threat puts him and his loved ones in mortal danger.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Hannah Ehman
Stary Rover: Steve Rizzo
Teddy ... -
HORROR Festival 1st Scene: Galentine's Day, by Carlos Gabriel Ruiz (interview)
After finding her fiance with another woman, Lisa and her friends all head on vacation together to celebrate Galentine's Day. However, they were not prepared for the dangers they came to face.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Geoff Mays
Jim: Steve Rizzo
Lisa: Hannah Ehman
Elderly Woman/Female Voice: V... -
ENVIRONMENTAL Festival - June 29/30
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(PLASTIK), 3min., Singapore
Directed by Philip Rom
View the plastic pollution crisis through the eyes and imagination of a child in South-East Asia, a major hotspot for plastic pollution. (PLASTIK) is the first short film made in Asia for audiences in Asia that uses... -
Dippers in the Altai IV - Environmental Festival Feature - July 1/2 event
In the course of his work as a wildlife conservation advisor to the Mongolian government, Andrew Laurie followed up on a childhood fascination with White-throated Dippers on the Teme near Ludlow, by finding out more about their lives in the Altai Mountains. Now resident in Cambridge, Andrew has m...
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WILDsound Showcase Shorts - June 28.29 event
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EUPHORIA, 19min., Taiwan
Directed by Hsiao-Tsun CHIU
As nightfall cast shadows on their secrets, the woman schemes under the shroud of darkness, returning to the house to share her clandestine plans with her partner in crime. Yet, an otherworldly aura permeates the... -
LGBTQ+ Shorts Festival - June 27/28 event
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WHERE TO PISS, 8min,. UK
Directed by Karter Masuhara
A trans man wants to use the men’s bathroom for the first time, however, he’s hindered by his own fears and insecurities. He shares these fears to his friend shown through imaginary scenarios.Watch the Audience...
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RESLIENT GENIUS feature film, reactions WILDsound Festival (interview)
RESILIENT GENIUS, 73min,. Canada
Directed by Joanne M. Hodges
Resilient Genius gives voice to children and youth affected by war, conflict, and political unrest. 13 children and youth immerse us in memories of Syria, Ethiopia, Ukraine, Rwanda, Afghanistan and Iraq, reflecting on their lives befor... -
THE HARDSHIPS OF SUMMONING A DEMON film, reactions WILDsound Fest (interview)
THE HARDSHIPS OF SUMMONING A DEMON, 14min., Canada
Directed by Britt Dallyn
In order to woo his school crush, a determined but highly misguided Stan attempts to summon a demon with the help of his sister stuck at home on Halloween night, by kidnapping a heavily intoxicated young man under the rus... -
SCREAMING SILENCE short film, reactions WILDsound Festival
SCREAMING SILENCE, 17min,. UK
Directed by Kalyn Elizabeth Wood, Hal Waghorn
In the hauntingly enigmatic and dialogue-free short film, 'Screaming Silence', Elizabeth, a young woman in the aftermath of a traumatic event, navigates her world through a haunting soundscape of everyday noises, which 'p... -
SOUTH PLUG: LATITUDES short film, reactions WILDsound Festival (interview)
SOUTH PLUG: LATITUDES, 6min., Spain
Directed by Juan de Dios Valdivieso
South Plug presents “Latitudes”, a documentary series that follows the lives of 5 artists from the Latin electronic music scene and Chile as country of origin. From different cities around the world and under their own gaze o... -
INVaaDERS short film watch, France, Dance
INVaaDERS
" They came from far, far away, bringing their lights, sounds and vibrations. They came in peace. Let's be friends ! "
"To make the film INVaaDERS, I drew on my childhood memory (born in 1964...) in order to use all my visual memories related to cinema and tv shows from the 70s and 80...
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GARDEN PARTY short film watch, France, Dance
« GARDEN PARTY is part of DFC dance for camera project, started in 1998 by french choreographer and film maker Didier Mulleras. The idea for this film was born during a visit to the botanical garden in Rio de Janeiro. There was a woman, alone, sitting on a bench, who kept getting up, going around...
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TUSALIH - A Jouyr Tale short film watch, France, Dance
What would your emotional body say to you, if you would have decided to cut your links with him in order to survive in a toxic environment ?
Tusalih is a dance film directed by Shaun Bui, in collaboration with Parisian designer Georgie Salama and creative studio Jayah Studio.
It tells the story...
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WAITING ROOM short film watch, France, Dance
This film is a dance exploration of Dylan Thomas poem “Love in the Asylum”, performed by 15 dancers, gathered in an enclosed space. Waiting rooms are places far from regular time and space notions, where everyone can get lost in inner thoughts. A place that opens up to inner madness, a dedicated ...
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FAKTORY 92 short film watch, France, Dance
film & music : Didier Mulleras
"According to the information we have, no one knows what really happened that evening in this warehouse. Witnesses speak of an underground party with deafening sounds, others simply saw the employees enter the factory to start their day of handling. The mystery rem...
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HOME 23.20 short film watch, France, Dance
a dance portrait of french dancer Magali Viguier, by choreographer and film director Didier Mulleras
Directed by Didier MULLERAS
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