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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  • SHORT Screenplay: THE CHASE, by John Schlag (interview)

    ACTION

    A boy runs for his life, but gets the upper hand on his pursuer, in a very dark way.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Val Cole

    Get to know the writer:

    1. What is your screenplay about?
    A man jumped out of a car and chased me when I was a kid. Spoiler alert: I got away. (I'm a fast runner!) I ...

  • COMEDY Short Script: Postage Due, by Janna Jones

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Hannah Ehman
    Nancy: Val Cole
    Stuart: Steve Rizzo
    Dave: Sean Ballantyne

  • ROMANCE Shorts Festival - Nov. 29/30 event

    See the Full Lineup of Films:

    HARRY AND MABEL: A LOVE STORY, 4min,. Ireland
    Directed by Adam Kemp
    Using a recorded conversation and combining 2D animation with stop motion, this film tells a simple, yet engaging story of Mabel and Harry Caroll recalling their younger days in Dublin.

    Watch the ...

  • SHITSTORM 1st scene feature script reading. COMEDY Festival

    Written by Adrian Cunningham

    A Berlin-based plumber is forced to play a part in the final, chaotic hours of Hitler's Third Reich when he's summoned to unblock the toilets in the Fuhrer's bunker.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Hannah Ehman
    Female Officer: Val Cole
    Russian Soldier: Geoff Mays

  • Losing It TV Pilot screenplay reading. WILDsound Festival

    Written by Victoria Wojick, Deborah Wojick

    The Day/Wilson family, composed of siblings Breezy and Finn and their father Chris, recently moved to a small town in Maine where Chris will be working at the local police department.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Val Cole
    Zander: Steve Rizzo
    Luke: Geo...

  • MUSIC Festival - Nov. 28/29 event

    See the Full Lineup of Films:

    WAYNETTE - DISTANCED AND HOLLOW, 3min., Germany
    Directed by Zee Marla Osh
    The official music video for Waynette - Distanced and Hollow.

    https://www.instagram.com/zeemarlaosh/

    Watch the Audience Feedback Video:
    https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/waynette-review

    MOM...

  • PAINFUL FLAVOURS short film, Experimental Festival film review

    PAINFUL FLAVOURS, 22min., UK
    Directed by Julian Hand
    There was no plan. I found some pages I had written over twenty years ago. I read the words whilst Oli and Joe slipped deep into an improvised, ambient jam - a cognisant, responsive soundscape conjured up to bring the prose to life. It was all ...

  • BIG FREEDIA - JUMP film, Music Film Festival video review

    BIG FREEDIA - JUMP, 5min., USA
    Directed by Wilberto Lucci
    A history of uber-successful New Orleans Bounce Music, narrated by New Orleans own LGBTIQA+ artist &Reality Show star "Big Freedia".

  • A TACO short film, Under 5 Minute Festival film review (interview)

    A TACO, 2min., Mexico
    Directed by Antonio Rotunno
    A young man walks through the streets of the city when a beggar child asks him for help to eat, will he help him or pass him by?

    https://www.instagram.com/antoniorotunnofilmmaker/

    Get to know the filmmaker:

    1. What motivated you to make this ...

  • THIS IS NOT A STALL film, Music Film Festival video review

    THIS IS NOT A STALL, 12min., USA
    Directed by Emmanuel Hristofis
    A bard in a bar performs songs at a local open mic night.

  • DOUBLE BOUNCE short film, DOC Festival film review

    DOUBLE BOUNCE, 6min., Austria
    Directed by Christina Lao
    Mario Roque Garcia's current reality is markedly different from his past experiences. Overcoming his darkest moments, he now faces the daunting task of relearning the world around him. Despite these challenges, he remains unwavering in his d...

  • Lil' RED is RIDING the wrong way in the HOOD! short fflm review (interview)

    Lil' RED is RIDING the wrong way in the HOOD!, 8min., USA
    Directed by Venus Jones
    This short film with a long title is a Hip Hop twist on a classic cautionary tale starts with an adventurous little boy getting lost on the wrong side of town. Childhood labor and public safety may sound like heavy ...

  • Inclusion: The Story of the Americans with Disabilities Act short film review

    Inclusion: The Story of the Americans with Disabilities Act
    Directed by Shelly Simmons
    Lack of accommodation in buildings and streets is challenging for persons with disabilities; lack of awareness on the part of society, more so. Thirty years after the passage of the Americans with Disabilities ...

  • INTERLUDE short film, Under 5 Minute Festival film review

    INTERLUDE, 1min., USA
    Directed by Silvia A Malagrino
    A poetic response to the inner experience of the passage of time.
    [email protected]

    https://www.silviamalagrino.com/

  • ILLUSION short film, Under 5 Minute Festival film review

    ILLUSION, 5min., Poland
    Directed by Jacek J?drzejczak
    Illusion - distorted interpretation of existing external stimuli. They also occur in healthy people and is not a psychopathological symptom.

  • STANDING ON WATER short film, DOC Festival film review

    STANDING ON WATER, 10min., USA
    Directed by Tommy Corey
    The film profiles Christophe by showing the convergence of him living life with a rare form of dwarfism and his love for surfing. Christophe shares how his height, 4’4”, and his many operations have affected his life and how surfing has becom...

  • cor·re·spond·ence short film, DANCE Festival film review

    cor·re·spond·ence, 20min., USA
    Directed by Akwi Nji
    cor·re·spond·ence is a hypnotic exploration of our human quest for connection, intimacy, and the elusive sense of geographical and spiritual home. Drawing inspiration from transatlantic letters exchanged between a Cameroon-based father and his U...

  • METAMORFOSI film, Music Film Festival video review

    METAMORFOSI, 5min., Canada
    Directed by Arty Sandler
    A composer chooses to write music for "Alice in Wonderland" and by doing so accidentally opens a portal inside her piano, falls down the rabbit hole into the Wonderland and meets manifestations of different sides of her own character - Queen of ...

  • SILK AND IRON short film, DOC Festival film review

    SILK AND IRON, 10min., USA
    Directed by Kee Streater Heywood
    A short film spotlighting Gary Llamido, an antiques collector and restoration artist. We have an intimate conversation with Gary on the important role that Samurai Armor has played in his life, as well as the impact it continues to have ...

  • THE BREATH, THE FIRE short film, DANCE Festival film review

    THE BREATH, THE FIRE, 9min., New Zealand
    Directed by Kelly Nash, Nancy Wijohn
    Two M?ori dancers engage in the abstract circling's of 'Te H?, Te K?" the breath and the fire, seen here as many fangled creatures who whip around the various landscapes of Aotearoa, NZ together.

    http://www.bodyisland...

  • TIGHTROPE WALKER short film, DOC Festival film review

    TIGHTROPE WALKER, 12min., Turkey
    Directed by Faruk Bagkesen
    "Cambaz" features mostly visuals captured from an attic, with most of the footage dating back to 2020. The documentary tells the story of a small family living in Sarajevo during the initial year of the global pandemic lockdown. They wit...

  • STIGMA short film, DANCE Festival film review

    STIGMA, 8min., Canada
    Directed by Reilly Michael Saso
    Confronted with a devastating diagnosis, stigmatized and shrouded in despair, a young man desperately grapples with the dark specter of mortality and societal rejection in his tender teenage years. Thirty years on, he reflects on his extraordi...

  • EAT YOUR YOUNG short film, DANCE Festival film review (interview)

    EAT YOUR YOUNG, 4min., USA
    Directed by LaKesha Sowell

    https://instagram.com/iam.lakesha

    Get to know the filmmakers Skye Todaro, Evan Beek, LaKesha Sowell

    What motivated you to make this film?

    Skye Todaro - I am usually the one that is in front of the camera and not a part of the creative pr...

  • THE PERFECT SHOT: ANTARCTICA short film, DOC Festival film review

    THE PERFECT SHOT: ANTARCTICA, 10min., USA
    Directed by Quinn Halleck
    "The Perfect Shot" is an inventive and captivating documentary that profiles award-winning fine art photographer Artem Shestakov as he attempts to photograph the most remote locations on the planet affected by the climate crisis....