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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  • EXTINGUISH THE BURNERS AND LIGHT UP LIFE short film, ENVIRONMENTAL review

    EXTINGUISH THE BURNERS AND LIGHT UP LIFE, 30min., Netherlands
    Directed by Angel Hernandez
    Pablo Fajardo, the renowned environmental lawyer who managed to bring down the North American transnational Chevron (formerly Texaco), shows us his world of commitment for the rights of an Amazonian populati...

  • THE LAST TIME MARTIANS CAME HOME short film, Fantasy/Sci-Fi Festival review

    THE LAST TIME MARTIANS CAME HOME, 19min, Australia
    Directed by George Tsounis, Jason Da Silva
    Set at the turn of an era in 1961; Jack and Donna occupy a rural farm in America, are expecting their first child but their relationship is strained by Jack's abusive and controlling behavior. One night,...

  • LET YOU GO short film, LA LGBTQ+ Festival review (interview)

    LET YOU GO, 11min,. Mexico
    Directed by Dylan Edgardo Galicia León
    Andrea, a girl who's in a lesbian relationship, begins to have visions of an old love that her heart has not overcome, the guilt she feels for her new relationship causes the memory of this past love to make her question her feelin...

  • NEMORISE short film, Fantasy/Sci-Fi Festival review (interview)

    NEMORISE, 6min., Spain
    Directed by Vladi Haivoronski
    A scientist tries to put his consciousness into the AI drone.

    http://haivoronski.co/
    https://twitter.com/haivoronski
    https://www.instagram.com/haivoronskis/

    Get to know the filmmaker:

    1. What motivated you to make this film?

    Having some...

  • VIRAL shorts film, Thriller/Suspense Festival review (interview)

    VIRAL, 11min., USA
    Directed by Al Chang
    In their pursuit of viral fame, a group of young women's social media recording session turns perilous when they're stalked by an internet serial killer.

    https://www.instagram.com/4lcfilm

    Get to know the filmmaker:

    What motivated you to make this film?...

  • REQUIEM FOR A RIVER short film, ENVIRONMENTAL review

    REQUIEM FOR A RIVER, 58min., USA
    Directed by Mary Patierno
    Requiem for a River explores the New Mexico stretch of the Rio Grande — an iconic but endangered American waterway — in a time of climate change and calls for environmental justice. Through lyrical imagery and in-depth interviews with a d...

  • AN ANGRY BOY feature film, Horror Underground Festival review (interview)

    AN ANGRY BOY, 99min,. USA
    Directed by Andrew Fitzgerald
    Owen was kidnapped by a ruthless predator when he was younger and his repressed memories are starting to flood back. As he struggles to piece together the haunting mystery of his past, he realizes what he must do - hunt him down and make him...

  • THE SONG OF THE SOLEMN SWAN short film, Dance Festival review

    THE SONG OF THE SOLEMN SWAN, 2min., Canada
    Directed by Aiden McMahon
    Shot in Montreal, Quebec, The Song of the Solemn Swan captures a performer's struggles with having to take everything so seriously.

  • MATERNITY short film, Horror Underground Festival review (interview)

    MATERNITY, 5min., Finland
    Directed by Joel Koskinen
    A timid, pregnant woman living alone, finds her inner strength when she must defend herself against a mysterious intruder.

    https://www.instagram.com/maternity_film/

    Get to know the filmmaker:

    1. What motivated you to make this film?

    My mo...

  • ONCE AND AGAIN short film, LA LGBTQ+ Festival review (interview)

    ONCE AND AGAIN, 5min., USA
    Directed by Jessica Q Moore
    Tasha, a woman in her mid 40’s, trudges through the end of
    her day until she sees an old flame on the train platform. The
    lovers reminisce and rekindle feelings towards each other only
    to realize that circumstance continues to keep them apart...

  • NOT FROM HERE short film, Style/Experimental/Fashion Festival review

    NOT FROM HERE, 5min., South Africa
    Directed by Oscar Tony O'Ryan, Louise Coetzer
    NOT FROM HERE is an ode to the unique South African Karoo landscape. The film follows two visitants, conjured by their circle, as they journey across the barren desert landscapes. Stark contrasts are drawn between th...

  • MÅNGATA short film, Fantasy/Sci-Fi Festival review

    MÅNGATA, 16min., Germany
    Directed by Maja Costa
    Little Alya and her father are crossing the Mediterranean Sea on a boat that takes them from Africa to Europe in search of a safe place to call home. Tragically, the boat sinks. Thanks to Mångata—“the road to the moon”—the rescuers spot little Alya,...

  • THE GREAT NO-MAN'S LAND short film, Fantasy/Sci-Fi Festival review (interview)

    THE GREAT NO-MAN'S LAND, 6min,. Belgium
    Directed by Giacomo Segers
    A fantasy creature by the name of Chloro undertakes a journey across the Great No-Man's Land; a ruined fantasy world destroyed by mechanized conflict. He does this in order to return to his home and reunite with his family.

    Get t...

  • DANCING BEARS short film, Style/Experimental/Fashion Festival review

    DANCING BEARS, 4min., Germany
    Directed by Dominik Hill
    Even today, bears are still mistreated in Europe as dancing bears or restaurant bears. The film delves into the bears' lives and humanizes them.

    http://www.hello-films.com/
    https://www.instagram.com/hello_dominik/

  • THE RELAPSE shorts film, Thriller/Suspense Festival review

    THE RELAPSE, 27min., India
    Directed by Naren Singh Nayak
    Psychological suspense thriller based on adiction.

    https://www.facebook.com/Therelapsefilm

  • MEMORIES OF FUTURE PAST short film, Dance Festival review

    MEMORIES OF FUTURE PAST, 9min., USA
    Directed by Dale Andree, Claudio Marcotulli
    Giving voice to the Everglades through the generational presence of past, present, and future.

  • THE LAST ASHLYN short film, Fantasy/Sci-Fi Festival review (interview)

    THE LAST ASHLYN, 9min,. USA
    Directed by AJ Moss
    A young girl in an ancient, fantasy world attempts to stop her mother and father, the last of her family, from dueling to the death over honor and spite.

    Get to know the filmmaker:

    1. What motivated you to make this film?

    For a decade I have slo...

  • NIGHT FEED short film, Horror Underground Festival review (interview)

    NIGHT FEED, 1min., UK
    Directed by William Allum
    Late one night a baby is terrorised by a monster in their room.

    Get to know the filmmaker:

    1. What motivated you to make this film?

    My wife and I had just had our first baby, and the country was just about to go into lockdown with COVID.
    After m...

  • WAWA BY THE OCEAN short film, Dance Festival review (interview)

    WAWA BY THE OCEAN, 5min., USA
    Directed by Ryan Walker Page
    A dance narrative that explores inner and outer landscapes—emphasizing the overlap of pain, sensuality, and joy.

    Get to know the filmmaker:

    What motivated you to make this film?

    I stumbled upon this song and it flung all the doors op...

  • THE INVISIBLE FOREST short film, ENVIRONMENTAL review

    THE INVISIBLE FOREST, 27min., Brazil
    Directed by Andy Costa
    In a time of advanced deforestation in the Amazon, we delve into the stories of struggle and resilience of individuals who view the forest as an inseparable part of their lives. These are people who shield the forest, confront the harass...

  • MOTHERLAND short film, LA LGBTQ+ Festival review (interview)

    MOTHERLAND, 19min., USA
    Directed by Lijie Xie
    When a Chinese mother visits her son in Manhattan to celebrate news of his engagement, she's taken aback to discover that her son is actually planning to marry another man. As she watches the couple prepare to come out to her, she must grapple with he...

  • SILENT SKIES - THE FIRST ELECTRIC PLANE FLYOVER film, Science & Nature review

    SILENT SKIES - THE FIRST ELECTRIC PLANE FLYOVER, 17min., USA
    Directed by Matthew Troy, Casey Hogue
    Silent Skies follows the groundbreaking journey of three Pennsylvania college students who orchestrated and piloted the first ever fully electric airplane stadium flyover. Stunning fans with a whisp...

  • TOOTH REGENERATION short film, Science & Nature review

    TOOTH REGENERATION, 6min., Canada
    Directed by Ken Yu, David Klitovchenko
    Ken Yu, David Klitovchenko
    Tooth decay is a problem that affects roughly over a third of the population. Although treatments like fillings and root canals can take care of this issue, sometimes the problem is so severe that ...

  • PLASTIC GOURMET short film, ENVIRONMENTAL review

    PLASTIC GOURMET, 3min., Germany
    Directd by Pester Kuhtz
    A mysterious seaman cooks plastic-polluted fish meals in a gloomy ship's kitchen in the middle of a storm on the ocean.

    https://www.jupeter.com/plastic-gourmet
    https://www.instagram.com/peterkuhtz/