New Releases
New videos from the WILDsound Festival. Daily MOVIES to watch. Plus, screenplay readings, poetry readings, audience feedback videos.
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POLLINATOR HIGHWAYS short film, reactions Environmental Festival
POLLINATOR HIGHWAYS, 2min., Canada
Directed by David Convery
Frittata and Rocket Pants head to the big city to check out some green highways: Pollinator Highways! Pathways of flowers and greenery planted to make it easier for pollinators to get around in urban spaces
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LIVE FOREVER short film, reactions Scence/Nature Festival
LIVE FOREVER, 2min., Australia
Directed by Drew Berry
A powers-of-ten dive into the molecular mechanisms inside an egg cell that reset the biological clock to zero days old.
Ageing is an inevitable fact of life. But one type of cell can reset its age to zero and continue as the immortal lineage t... -
DIRECT ACTION short film, reactions Environmental Festival (interview)
DIRECT ACTION, 13min., UK
Directed by Tor Kristoffersen
A teenage environmentalist leads a protest
against a coal mine, setting her on a collision course
with her father, the police and courts.
https://www.instagram.com/torkistoffersen/Get to know the filmmaker:
1. What motivated you to mak...
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CIRCUS BREAKERS short film, reactions Environmental Festival
CIRCUS BREAKERS, 2min., Canada
Directed by David Convery
Join Potato the Chicken and Frittata the Egg on a thrilling carnival adventure that takes an unexpected turn! When they find themselves in a retro 2020s carnival powered by gasoline, they engage in an epic competition to see who can turn of... -
WILDsound DOCS Festival - April 21/22 event
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TEAM OCEAN, 40min., USA
Directed by Bethany Teague
10 nonprofits along both U.S. coasts fight for a better future for our one ocean, and therefore our world. Team Ocean is a celebration of how each organization’s talents, expertise and passions weave together a bea... -
Sci-Fi Festival Feature Film Showcase: THE STARS MY DESTINATION. April 20/21
THE STARS MY DESTINATION, 2hr. 15min., Japan
Directed by Keishi Suenaga
A retired Russian-Japanese soldier Eiji Onodera (Keishi Suenaga) was going to his hometown in Japan. But on his way, he was caught and given a new mission by his ex-colleague Captain Vadim Dadikov (Gohnosuke Tokuda). Onodera ... -
STEEL LIBIDO short film, audience reactions
STEEL LIBIDO, 15min., USA
Directed by Bronwyn Cornelius
Spurred by her tween daughter’s assessment of her sex life (or lack thereof), a single mom goes on a journey to rediscover her own sexuality. -
DISMISSING THE ENVELOPE short film, audience reactions (interview)
DISMISSING THE ENVELOPE, 10min., USA
Directed by Steven Wright Clarkson
A young girl enters the painting world of four prominent artists
Get to know the filmmaker:1. What motivated you to make this film? Really it started with my collaboration with classically trained tabla player Shreyas Iy...
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LEI short film, audience reactions
LEI, 12min., Canada
Directed by Huiru Shi
Our story follows S, a seamstress tormented by her dreams of a moth Yokai, as she navigates a literal and symbolic maze to confront the creature and free herself from the psychological labyrinth that mirrors her inner struggles. It's a symbolic journey th... -
THE SWEATER short film, audience reactions (interview)
THE SWEATER, 9min., Canada
Directed by Maziyar Khatam
Pressured into giving away his clothes, an emasculated young man obsessively attempts to reclaim his cherished sweater before it vanishes into the donation abyss.
https://www.instagram.com/funnybonepictures/Get to know the filmmaker:
1. ...
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BENEATH THE SOIL short film, audience reactions
BENEATH THE SOIL, 4min., Australia
Directed by Peter Edward Hartwig
A deeply introspective experimental film, delving into the psyche of an eclectic artist on a quest to complete his most important art. In 4 minutes, we journey through the artist's emotional landscape as he unveils a haunting col... -
HIT-GIRL: A Kick-Ass Christmas Story short film, audience reactions
HIT-GIRL: A Kick-Ass Christmas Story
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SCI-FI Film Festival - Best of South American Films - April 20/21 event
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GOOD NIGHT, 1min., Brazi
Diected by Paulo Leão
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NO MAN'S LAND, 15min., Argentina
Directed by Enzo Pedroni, Francisco Castro Inveninato
Threatened by imminent danger, Victoria and her baby seek ... -
DOC International Showcase - Apri 20/21 event
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THE ROAD OF INHERITANCE, 9min., China
This is about the inheritance of traditional craft of sword-making by craftsmen.Watch the Audience Feedback Video:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/the-road-of-inheritance-reviewWORLD WAR II: THE SHIPWRECKS OF TRUK LAGOON, ...
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1pg. Comedy Short Script: SECOND CHANCE, by Paul Huenemann (interview)
Sam is out to avenge his true love being stolen from him.
CAST:
Narrator: Geoff Mays
Sam: Steve RizzoGet to know the writer:
. What is your screenplay about?
Poor Sam, outmaneuvered by a devious, conniving administrator , not only lost his job, but his true love and is going to get his ... -
ASIAN Festival Best Scene: TARAKI, by Robert Salter
An Air Force Pararescue commando battles an organized crime syndicate who killed his sister and is hunting his niece. Taraki Gil, a deadly hand-to-hand fighter trained at a very young age by a Filipino martial artist, is recalled from combat duty in Syria to return to Las Vegas by a Red Cross mes...
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CRIME/MYSTERY Festival 1st Scene Reading: REV, by Dante Savion (interview)
When a petty car thief gets into a Monte Carlo he finds abandoned and running, he doesn't realize he's also getting into a $500,000 drug deal gone wrong. Will he be the hero of someone else's story, or will everyone be brought down by his hidden past?
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Val Cole
Business Ma... -
Fan Fiction: DOCTOR WHO "The Prodigal Heist", by Jessie S. Hymowitz (interview)
In this episode of Doctor Who, The Doctor and her friends are caught in the middle of a museum heist, but the perpetrator is a familiar face to the Thirteenth Doctor. But who is she?
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Shawn Devlin
Jen: Val Cole
Ryan Sinclair: Geoff Mays
Yasmin Khan/: Allison KampfGet t...
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Action Best Scene: PATHFINDER DOWN, by Thomas Anthony Brannagan (interview)
She’s an emotionally damaged agent with a dilemma. Find a downed airman behind enemy lines, then decide whether to become his saviour or his assassin.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Val Cole
Paisley: Geoff Mays
Madelaine: Hannah EhmanGet to know the writer:
1. What is your screenplay about?
Pa... -
1pg Short Script: THE ANSWER, by Nate Lewinski (interview)
A film student makes a call, the answer changes his life.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Val Cole
Nathan: Steve Rizzo
Police Officer: Sean Ballantyne
Grandma: Hannah EhmanGet to know the writer:
1. What is your screenplay about?
This one page script The Answer is about the moment I received th...
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COMEDY 1st Scene Reading: PIECE OF CAKE, by Kevin Peter Irigoyen Penatello
You may think that breaking up a wedding is a piece of cake, but sometimes you get a slice that's fully loaded.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Val Cole
News Caster: Andy Camp
Gina: Hannah Ehman
Mike: Sean BallantyneGet to know the writer:
1. What is your screenplay about?
Piece of Cake follows Gi...
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SCI-FI/FANTASY Best Scene: SAND - Part I "Burial", by Rhyess Nash (interview)
Summary: After Nefret goes missing, it puts Mazim's place in the war in doubt, but despite his family's safety, he won't leave without Nefret, which leads him to face horrifying consequences.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Val Cole
Mezut: Steve Rizzo
Layla: Hannah EhmanGet to know the writer:
1. Wh...
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Winning TV Spec Screenplay: NIGHT COURT "Abby vs The Lawbot" , by Corey Taft
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Val Cole
Abby: Hannah Ehman
Dan: Steve Rizzo
Proseuction-Bot: Sean Ballantyne
Defense Bot: Andy CampGet to know the writer:
1. What is your screenplay about?
It's a spec script of Night Court on NBC. The episode that I wrote is about Judge Abby Stone, a sympatheti...