New Releases
New videos from the WILDsound Festival. Daily MOVIES to watch. Plus, screenplay readings, poetry readings, audience feedback videos.
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ELLIPSIS short film, THRILLER/SUSPENSE Festival review
ELLIPSIS, 18min., Ireland
Directed by Greg Purcell
"What is your first memory?"
Ellipsis awakens, abandoned and seeking answers in a haunted dystopia where nothing is what it appears to be. -
PLEASE short film, Student Feedback Festival review
PLEASE., 7min,. USA
Directed by Chudi Zhang
After many years apart, a mother and daughter reunite and continue the story of the daughter's escape from family life in the first half of her life. -
YOU JUST CAN'T SEE THEM FROM THE ROAD short film, WILDsound Festival film review
YOU JUST CAN'T SEE THEM FROM THE ROAD, 49min., USA
Directed by Keely Brazil Covello, Michaela Brazil Gillies
An immigrant family in California’s Central Valley faces the loss of their land and way of life. One of the few remaining ranchers in the Bay Area watches urban sprawl creep in from every ... -
BONDING short film, Fan Fiction Festival review (interview)
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 secret mission. He really doesn't hav... -
WHALES OF THE HIGH DESERT short film, Science & Nature Festival review
WHALES OF THE HIGH DESERT, 22min., USA
Directed by Joseph Adam LeBaron
Whales of the High Desert explores the story of James Wickham; an Englishman who was reported to have brought whales to Great Salt Lake in the 1870's.
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REGENERATION short film, Chicago Feedback Festival review
REGENERATION, 3min., Brazil
Directed by Mario Fernandes
A sci-fi 3-minute short film with an artificial intelligence interaction.Get to know the filmmaker:
1. What motivated you to make this film?
I had been writing the film's story for a long time, just as a hobby. I had in mind to create a g... -
TAKE ALL OF ME short film, Chicago Feedback Festival review
TAKE ALL OF ME, 4min., USA
Directed by Declan Franey
A woman must make a choice to overcome her pain. -
UNDER THE BED short film, Horror Film Festival review
UNDER THE BED, 1min., UK
Directed by Jeremy Sladdin
Horror legend Robert Englund, who gave us all nightmares as the iconic Freddy Krueger, narrates a bedtime story with a difference. -
SPIN: NO MATTER WHAT short film, Horror Film Festival review (interview)
SPIN: NO MATTER WHAT, 3min., USA
Directed by Jim Vacca
In 'SPiN: No Matter What' a woman's seemingly quiet night home alone becomes a gripping thriller, wherein the classic power pop song's lyrics undergo a haunting metamorphosis, culminating into a suspenseful reality as the next morning unveils... -
THE FLOOD short film, Environmental Festival review (interview)
THE FLOOD, 1min., France
Directed by David Tessier
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 ...
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HONEYMOON short film, Romance/Relationships Festival review
HONEYMOON, 4min., Switzerland
Directed by Anaëlle Morf
A man and a woman meet in a bar for the first time -
THE PHONE CALL short film, Student Feedback Festival review
THE PHONE CALL, 16min., Greece
Directed by Jim Georgosopoulos
The short film "The Phone Call" deals with the fear and insecurity that two lovers experience after their breakup, regarding the possibility of reconnecting. In this case, the main character, Thomas, attempts to approach Anastasia thro... -
OPPOSITE short film, Student Feedback Festival review
OPPOSITE, 5min., China
Directed by Duo XU
An unscrupulous doctor who accidentally kills a patient because he is drunk. While hiding at home, he sees a figure standing in a vacant building across the street. Unexpectedly, this figure guides him to an unexpected end. -
FOR PETE'S SAKE short film, WILDsound Festival film review
FOR PETE'S SAKE, 9min., Canada
Directed by Max Sun, Massimo Russo
Based on a true story, For Pete’s Sake is a coming-of-age drama about a boy (LEE) who struggles to defeat his father in an arm wrestling match as he grows up. But when LEE finally achieves victory over his father, he realizes the b... -
WHAT IS THE FOURTH DIMENSION? short film, Horror Film Fest review (interview)
WHAT IS THE FOURTH DIMENSION?, 9min., USA
Directed by Felipe Marinheiro
A paranormal investigator examines an eccentric woman’s sanity, unriddling the apparition she claims to contact while confronting his haunted past.Get to know the filmmaker:
1. What motivated you to make this film?
Well,...
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OCD short film, Student Feedback Festival review (interview)
OCD, 1min,. Canada
Directed by Madonna Gonzalez
“Amanda, a girl with a debilitating "tick" fights to survive the war raging within her terrifying psyche - all while stuck sitting in a Psych 101 lecture.
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STORK short film, Chicago Feedback Festival review
STORK, 31min., USA
Directed by Khiray Tyrell Richards
A woman must navigate an anti-abortion America after her surrogate family reneges on their agreement.
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COMMON GROUND feature film, Environmental Festival review
COMMON GROUND, 105min., USA
Directed by Josh Tickell, Rebecca Tickell
COMMON GROUND, which features appearances and narration by Laura Dern, Jason Momoa, Rosario Dawson, Ian Somerhalder and Woody Harrelson, is the highly anticipated follow up film to Kiss the Ground, also directed by the Tickell’... -
LGBTQ+ Shorts Festival - Jan. 9/10 event
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RISE LIKE A PHOENIX, 8min., UK
Directed by Carl Hunter
Rise like a Phoenix is a short, poetic documentary about Eurovision Song Contest fans. The film hears the intimate testimonies of what the contest means to them. The interviews are played over their black and w... -
STORY Movie: THE QUIET, by Bob Conder
Narration by Val Cole
Executive Producer: Bob Conder
Editor and Visual Design: Steve Rizzo
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DOC NATURE Film Festival - Feb. 8/9 event
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BEFORE THE OIL, 11min., Netherlands
Directed by Roel Swierenga
Deep in the mountains in southern Norway Odd Kvinen runs a husky farm. Teaching about the energy transition from before the oil was found until the present day, about respect for nature and choices we ha... -
SCRIPT MOVIE: Who Are you, by Pat O'Brien
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Sebastian/Cardinal Fraser: Sean Ballantyne
Shooter: Geoff Mays
Jeff/Paul Sr.: Andy Camp
Lisa/Sammie: Hannah Ehman
Dylan/Francis: Julie Sheppard -
OLD HOUSE short film watch, 4min,. Experimental/Documentary
About the depth of the hypocrisy of Russian invaders and coming consequences of their crazy adventure at XXI century. For in addition to the woes and sorrows the war has brought to Ukraine, the Kremlin's perfidious madness is destroying Muscovy itself.
Directed by Alexander Sparinsky
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FIELD DAY short film watch, 22min. Drama/Fantasy
On his way to work one morning, a lonely widower pulls over to explore an empty field, and then discovers he can’t return.
Directed by Kevin Hart
Starring John C Ashton