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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  • SAGARMATHA NEXT short film review Environmental Festival review

    SAGARMATHA NEXT, 12min., Sweden
    Directed by Martin Ivar Edström
    A small organization of local Sherpa set out to solve the problem of waste management around Mt. Everest. Facing an explosive expansion of tourism in the last few decades, they work to turn the tide of trash and plastic from the moun...

  • GALACTIC GREED short film Animation Festival review

    GALACTIC GREED, 3min., USA
    Directed Hokin Chan
    An alien travels to Earth only find out he cannot afford gas here. Using only coin he has to play the slot machine, he hits the jackpot but gets greedy.

    https://www.instagram.com/not_anaccount_yet/

  • FREEDOM HOUSE AMBULANCE - THE FIRST RESPONDERS short film revuew DOC Festival

    FREEDOM HOUSE AMBULANCE - THE FIRST RESPONDERS, 28min,. USA
    Directed by Annette Banks
    This 30-minute documentary explores the rise and fall of Freedom House Ambulance. With rare archival images, the program features the story of inception from an original founder, compelling reflections of surviv...

  • THE BRIDGE TO NOWHERE short film DRAMA Festival review

    THE BRIDGE TO NOWHERE, 8min., USA
    Directed by Danilo Ernaldo Rodriguez
    A couple deeply intertwined must face reality and come to terms with the hardest decision in life, letting go of those you love. A small glimpse into this abusive relationship can hopefully inspire those who need to take that ...

  • MOTHERS: OUT OF A PANDEMIC short film Toronto DOC Festival review (interview)

    MOTHERS: OUT OF A PANDEMIC, 27min,. Canada
    Directed by Shonna Foster
    A look into the experiences of motherhood and womanhood for three women during the pandemic. The film centers on their challenges, learning experiences and growth during this time.

    https://www.instagram.com/mothersoutofapande...

  • WHO LOST A DREAM? short film Animation Festival review

    WHO LOST A DREAM?, 17min,. Canada
    Directed by Asaf Rahamim
    This film revolves around a brave dream that embarked on a journey to find its dreamer – a child. However, things get a bit dicey when school teachers find themselves grappling with an unexpected scenario: a dream roaming the school's hal...

  • THE TALES OF BOBA FETT short film Fan Fiction Festival review (interview)

    THE TALES OF BOBA FETT, 4min., USA
    Directed by Benson Mckay
    After a group of smugglers acquire a valuable asset, they soon realize they're not alone. Without warning, they are being hunted by one of the most feared bounty hunters in the galaxy.

    https://youtu.be/XEfHLQy-xLk

    Get to know the film...

  • SUPERMAN short film Fan Fiction Festival review (interview)

    SUPERMAN, 4min., Canada
    Directed by Andre St-Amour
    Lois Lane is captured by two dangerous gangsters! Superman flies to her rescue, but is challenged by Metallo and then things only get worse! PART ONE of short animated Superman FAN FILM SERIAL!

    https://www.facebook.com/andre.stamour.10
    https://...

  • TURN BACK SOUTH short film Toronto DOC Festival review

    TURN BACK SOUTH, 12min., Mexico
    Directed by Franc Gabriel Contreras
    Using two decades of archival footage, a Mexican American reporter, himself an immigrant to Mexico, reflects on his 30 years of telling the stories US-bound immigrants.

  • DEAR MEN short film Crime/Mystery festival review

    DEAR MEN, 18min, Nigeria
    Directed by Damilola Adeyeri
    Obinna Chukuemeka is put on trial for the murder of his side chic as he was placed on the scene of the murder by two witnesses. With all the evidence against him, Obinna is found guilty however he did not commit the crime. The lead detective i...

  • VARIANCE PROPAGATION short film Animation Festival review (interview)

    VARIANCE PROPAGATION, 4min., USA
    Directed by Brian Alexander
    “Variance Propagation” is an ongoing exploration in observation, meditation, and artistic research. Why do we stare and slowly decompress at the sight of light on water, a distant flock of birds or an empty bag hovering in an alley ? Th...

  • MISSING IN THE MIDWEST short film Crime/Mystery festival review (interview)

    MISSING IN THE MIDWEST, 18min., USA, Documentary
    Directed by Harper Brock
    Filmmaker Harper Brock journeys back to her roots to learn what happened to her cousin Joelle Lockwood whose 2014 abduction case shocked southwestern Indiana.

    http://missinginthemidwestdocumentary.com/
    https://www.instagr...

  • SPACE RYDER short film Action/Adventure Festival review

    SPACE RYDER, 13min,. USA
    Directed by Jeff Kenji Yamashita
    Space Ryder is a sci-fi action-adventure short film that follows Ryder, an intergalactic bounty hunter in pursuit of his white whale: a monstrous alien creature that has eluded his capture for years. As Ryder sets out on a mission to final...

  • THE SEAL OF DEATH 2 short film Crime/Mystery festival review (interview)

    THE SEAL OF DEATH 2, 18min., USA
    Directed by Harris Josey
    When Tony Han, a former detective, receives a “Seal of Death” letter threatening his honor and life, he ventures out to New York to take down the one person responsible, Shang Lee, The Head of the Yakuza. He joins forces with NYPD Captain ...

  • KILLING JOKE short film Fan Fiction Festival review (interview)

    KILLING JOKE, 6min., France
    Directed by Yann Ar Branov
    Joker asks Batman to draw the tarot for him

    https://www.youtube.com/@LeRamageduCorbeau

    Get to know the filmmaker:

    1. What motivated you to make this film?

    Make a new Joker and play it, in a different style, a white clown.

    2. From the id...

  • I AM KANAKA short film Toronto DOC Festival review (interview)

    I AM KANAKA, 15min., UK
    Directed by Genevieve Sulway
    Despite a dark history, a local Hawaiian hero fights to save his culture by teaching language, sustainability and life skills to disadvantaged kids.

    http://iamkanakafilm.com/
    https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064117771149
    https://www...

  • RESISTANCE - THEY FOUGHT BACK feature film Toronto DOC Festival review

    RESISTANCE - THEY FOUGHT BACK, 111min., USA
    Directed by Paula S Apsell, Kirk Wolfinger
    They Fought Back: We’ve all heard of the Warsaw Ghetto, but how many of us know how widespread and prevalent Jewish resistance to Nazi oppression was? Instead, many believe Jews went to their deaths “like shee...

  • THE BEE short film review Environmental Festival review

    THE BEE, 7min., USA
    Directed by Kim Lowe
    'The Bee' is the first short film in the series ‘In Their Nature’ and it highlights Bill Perkins, a beekeeper in Boston who shares his knowledge and love of bees with his community, much like a bee spreading pollen. He is vital to the health and well-being...

  • SPIRIT DIVE short film Animation Festival review (interview)

    SPIRIT DIVE, 5min., USA
    Directed by Hugo Wu
    Spirit Dive depicts an artist's exploration of self-identity and recollection of childhood's wildness and imagination through fragments of dreams. It captures the elusive nature of the artist's experiences, blurring the boundaries between the past and p...

  • EXILE short film Action/Adventure Festival review (interview)

    EXILE, 17min., USA
    Directed by Corey Gilbert
    When an assassin decides she wants out, she is put to the ultimate test.

    Get to know the filmmaker:

    1. What motivated you to make this film? The script, written by Frank Ziede. It was an action thriller, but he based on strong character developmen...

  • THE BLOOD CRYSTAL: A STAR WARS FAN FILM short film Fan Fiction Fest (interview)

    THE BLOOD CRYSTAL: A STAR WARS FAN FILM, 32min., USA
    Directed by Dark Hoffman
    Two young JEDI, Daptain Drovat and his Padawan, were secrectly sent by the Rebellion to find the Blood Crystal, rumored to have infinite powers. A young Sith races to an abandoned Imperial Kyber mining base on the moons...

  • HATE CAN KILL short film DIVERSITY Festival review

    HATE CAN KILL, 30min., Canada
    Directed by Imtiaz Popat
    Hate Can Kill is a documentary by Imtiaz Popat that looks at the community response to the murder of Nirmal Singh Gill, a caretaker at the Guru Nanak Gurudwara in Surrey BC by five white supremacist skinheads in 1998

    https://www.facebook.co...

  • THE ASSASSIN'S APPRENTICE 2 short film Action/Adventure Festival review

    THE ASSASSIN'S APPRENTICE 2: SILBADORES OF THE CANARY ISLANDS, 25min., USA
    Directed by Russ Emanuel
    Kaylee, an apprentice assassin for TAA Corp., is taking a long-deserved vacation in the Canary Islands, when her Freerunner drone arrives to project a holographic image of Rick, her handler. Rick e...

  • STEWARDS OF THE LAND short film Toronto DOC Festival review

    STEWARDS OF THE LAND, 7min., USA
    Directed by Thomas Wavid Johns, William Hartsock
    From large scale range operations in the west to smaller farm flocks in the east, raising sheep improves the quality of our land, supports rural communities, and provides food and fiber for our nation.

    https://ame...